On Mon, 9 Jun 2003 18:13:16 +0100, Carol wrote: >I can endorse what Nicky says! I took my Advanced Driving Test about >thirty-five years ago, and found the hardest bit was the commentary one had >to do whilst driving. Normally, I can talk the hind leg off a donkey (just >where did that expression originate?) but when I am concentrating hard, the >speech process seemed to evaporate! I don't know whether they still >require a commentary, but it was certainly a trial!
I did my Advanced Driving Test exactly 20 years ago, the year after I did the basic test for a license. By then the commentary had become optional, and I didn't give a commentary during my test. However I did do commentaries during the practice sessions. My local group then worked on the basis of 2 learners and 1 helper (not an instructor) in each car. Listening to the other learner comment while watching the road really helped me learn, and listening to the helper do it when he or she drove was a revelation about how much stuff I was not seeing. It's not a skill one needs in practice, but having to note that you've seen something ahead, behind, are slowing down for a hill, a child and so on did help me learn to observe better. A lot of the advanced test is about observation skills, as most of the physical skills can be taken for granted in someone who has passed the normal test. -- Time is the great legalizer, even in the field of morals. Henry Louis Mencken Steph Peters, Manchester, England [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
