MOSSSIDEDEEP:
Having explained my caution he wasn’t interested and only wanted to have seen me hit the speed limit. Clearly he’d never driven an attic before
Holding a HGV licence is not requirement on HGV examinor job adverts…
The same as experience of driving HGV…
The same as ability of driving HGV…
I do not know about EXAMINORS but an Examiner does require a C+E licence.
Dear dear where do you get all this drivel from? And you have the audacity to say I talk bull.
“Since that time, 33 DVSA staff have taken their HGV test and gone on to join the pool of 330 HGV driving test examiners.”
Let’s edit this so or glorified albion can understnad - Test today —> no driving —> Examining on HGV test tomorrow, happy now…?
Enjoy…
Disregarding of proffession roughly the same percentage of unprofessional employees exist.
If out of 100 cleaners 20 are not doing their job properly.
If out of 100 drivers 20 are not doing their job properly.
Then out of 100 exeminers also some number will not be doing their job properly.
Glorifying your breed and blatantly screaming all over internet that all people representing your proffession are doing everything correctly and are right at all they do is worse than being complete idiot…
Enjoy your status in human world, creature…
Let’s start to make library of caught examiners maybe to prove that their kind is not such a glorified, untouchable, goodlike breed…?
I see, but why such emphasis On getting up to the speed limit and driving at it in treacherous conditions is beyond my comprehension. I thought the idea with driving tests was to drive safely and to the road conditions?
I appreciate your comments cheers lads, Albion it appears trouble seems to follow you on here but I’ll take your advice. Of course I’ll be listening to the trainer mate, I want to pass after all
Lightning - cheers mate, I’ve spoke to John on the phone and he sounds like a nice chap, I’ll put a name to a face soon!
Benjie - yeah mate will let you know what goes on, will probably do a training blog to share experiences. I’ve been round the army navy lately with all the building of the new bridge - it’ll be interesting lol! And that bit where the viaduct is, that’s a pretty busy junction too!
I appreciate your comments cheers lads, Albion it appears trouble seems to follow you on here but I’ll take your advice. Of course I’ll be listening to the trainer mate, I want to pass after all
No problem and once more good luck.It is not a hard test if you can control your nerves. The examiner will try to put you at ease and will tend to let minor faults go for the first 5 mins or so but concentrate and as I said try to drive like your instructor has told you.
Remember you start with a clean sheet and it is up to you to keep it that way. The examiner will always give you the benefit of the doubt. Just concentrate try to stay relaxed and enjoy the drive.
PS Yes most of the trouble arises because I speak my mind and the truth and some do not like hearing the truth.
Fun for me though.
“Since that time, 33 DVSA staff have taken their HGV test and gone on to join the pool of 330 HGV driving test examiners.”
Let’s edit this so or glorified albion can understnad - Test today —> no driving —> Examining on HGV test tomorrow, happy now…?
Enjoy…
Disregarding of proffession roughly the same percentage of unprofessional employees exist.
If out of 100 cleaners 20 are not doing their job properly.
If out of 100 drivers 20 are not doing their job properly.
Then out of 100 exeminers also some number will not be doing their job properly.
Glorifying your breed and blatantly screaming all over internet that all people representing your proffession are doing everything correctly and are right at all they do is worse than being complete idiot…
Enjoy your status in human world, creature…
Let’s start to make library of caught examiners maybe to prove that their kind is not such a glorified, untouchable, goodlike breed…?
Well you seem to have a bit of a problem with examiners. I wonder how many times you failed your test?
I did hear something about them taking on car qualified examiners putting them through their LGV and letting them test but I did not take much notice as I am no longer in the game.
Years ago the place I worked at took on a load of qualified car instructors put them through their LGV and let them loose to train.
Some did a decent job and others were rubbish.
I would imagine it is much the same now. I certainly do not agree with it but I would imagine the reason they are doing it is because they cannot get already qualified examiners with LGV experience so what choice have they got. It’s not surprising if they are only paying 20 grand a year. I was on nearly double that 10 years ago. Like everything else they are cutting back and hence standards drop.
What you need to remember is these examiners are there to test you and yes they have no experience but they have passed the LGV test and will probably only be allowed a maximum of 6 minors on their test so they will be at a far higher standard than any basic driver. Are you foreign by the way?
I looked at some of the links you posted and unfortunately there are good and bad in every profession thankfully more good than bad.
By the way I also drove trucks for 20 odd years before moving onto training.
I passed with Flair at Chelmsford a few years back ( btw John has a sweet tooth so home made cake / biscuits is good ) John will show you the test routes you will know them well by the end & never forget them
Can recommend him
You do need to get up to speed of the road as soon as is practically poss
Also watch for that 7.5t weight limit near the hospital don’t g through it turn right at lights
albion1971:
You have to do wrong things just to get licence to do things right with current system.
This must be one of the most stupid statements I have ever read on here. Please tell me how you pass your test by doing things wrong?
I hope your driving is as good as your trolling.
Why do you seem to think I am trolling? Just because you obviously do not know anything about the LGV test apart from what is in your own head (garbage)
Its like some others on here. They think they know all about a job yet they have never done it.
albion1971:
You have to do wrong things just to get licence to do things right with current system.
This must be one of the most stupid statements I have ever read on here. Please tell me how you pass your test by doing things wrong?
I hope your driving is as good as your trolling.
Why do you seem to think I am trolling? Just because you obviously do not know anything about the LGV test apart from what is in your own head (garbage)
Its like some others on here. They think they know all about a job yet they have never done it.
My driving is fine thanks and that is not my opinion. I was regularly assessed and passed driving tests far stricter than the basic test many many times.
Now please tell me how other vehicles can cause you to fail a test?
LEFT AT BRITVIC ROUNDABT stay wide its arear wheel kerb clipper !!! THEY KNOW ALSO left at ole bill station is a clipper and then left at springfield road , also broomfiled road if not promted to turn right after KFC its 7.5 limit straight on THEY KNOW PASSED both mine here and i live chelmsford so knew the dangers
Yes I did my test in Chelmsford in 1984. I took a week long course with Bradbury’s in Bishop’s Stortford. They had Bedford TM with a 40 foot flat trailer. I really liked it but that may well have changed if I’d had to drive it with a load on board.
Well in those days the A12 ran through Chelmsford and the Wok U Like was a transport cafe. We drove in and parked behind the cafe on Friday lunchtime just as a light snow began to fall. My test was booked for 2 or 2:30 and by time I’d eaten my all day breakfast there was a fair covering of snow in lorry park.
We drove round to the test station in plenty of time where they told us that all tests were cancelled due to the snow, which was a bit frustrating. They managed to get me another test two or three weeks later on a Wednesday morning though.
Preparing to leave Bishop’s Stortford for said test we noticed though that the tread on the nearside front tyre was hanging off on the Bedford! By the time this was changed we were running late but set off while the office made frantic phone calls to the test station.
Well for the first time I gave the old Bedford tally ho, which with a non turbo Bedford 500 probably isn’t saying much, but I’d swear I had the speedo nudging 60 a couple of times! Slowing for the bend at Roxwell I got a cloud of smoke from the trailer wheels too!
We were about half an hour late at Chelmsford but the examiner came out and said we’d go ahead. It’s quite possible that my instructor had a word with him and told him I’d had a trying time? Anyhow we did the yard bit first I think, then ambled out onto the road. At that time the road outside the station was one way, probably still is, and as we approached the bend to the left a car came at me going quite fast. I moved left and put the trailer wheels on the path. The car was going the wrong way but you’ve got to expect that on an industrial estate so I resigned myself to having failed and just thought I’d do my best get some feedback and stump up for another test.
As it happened I passed, the examiner congratulated me and advised me with a wink to try to keep my vehicle on the road. They were using the lorry for another course so they got me a taxi home. I felt pretty good being driven back in a V6 Granada which where I’d hit 60 was managing over 90. At the time the driving school used to put a little ad in the local free paper congratulating their successful learners and I’ve still got the clipping in one of my photo albums.
Oh yes advice. Don’t take it over the Army and Navy flyover, though I was always tempted.
Good story Eric. That’s not the sort of thing you want to go through before a test. Nothing worse than getting all siked up and then having it cancelled.
It is a nerve racking experience anyway depending on your confidence. Most examiners are very fair though.
Slightly different scenario from you but I always remember taking a guy for test. This particular chap had a bit of a reputation (not a good one either) but I got on fine with him during training.
Took him for test and off he went. Came back about one hour later. The examiner called me over which meant he had not passed.
Next thing the guy pulled a knife and went for the examiner. Luckily I managed to intervene in time and calm him down.
I can assure you that moment was far more nerve racking than any test.
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Also watch for that 7.5t weight limit near the hospital don’t g through it turn right at lights
Make sure you get far enough over to the right at that junction as well so you don’t encroach in the lh lane - John will explain that to you, you don’t want to be blocking an ambulance with blues and twos on your test!
You won’t have any problems with flair - john got me through both tests first time, so he must know his stuff!
