Peter Smythe Residential; Dashcam

NEW AND WANNABE DRIVERS (INTERACTIVE)
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Hi esteemed members,

I booked my training today with Peter Smythe for December (they’re very popular, clearly, & book up quickly!) & I’ll be staying at the B&B (free, thanks to Peter Smythe),

  1. Those who’ve done residential courses, what must I remember not to forget? License, theory test certificates, anything else I should remember to take? I don’t want to be driving back to Wales to fetch something I’ve forgotten, naturally!

  2. Question in advance: Do LGV drivers generally fit dash-cams on their vehicle? Or is the consensus that it’s not really necessary? Those who have one, which do you recommend?

Thanks!

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All I took was my plastic card licence and all my paper test passes, but pretty sure they only needed my case studies one as I did the mod 4 there - it will all be on your paperwork from them at the bottom of the training schedule.
Good luck & hope you enjoy it. They’re a great bunch, back there myself back end of December for class 1.

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Firstly, thanks for your booking.

You will need the obvious stuff you’ve mentioned - plus the normal personal day to day clothes etc.

Dashcams are becoming more and more the norm. I trialled one in a training vehicle as a training aid. But it took so long to find the relevant bit of footage, I’ve reverted to my pad and a quick diagram where it’s helpful.

All the very best for your training and test.

Pete :laughing: :laughing:

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I have a Street Guardian SGGCX2PRO with the suction cup mount to move between vehicles. I’m very happy with it. It is clear enough to pick out number plates, which to me was the main reason or what’s the point in getting a camera?

I got a discount by joining DashcamTalk forum and contacting a guy called Hiniko on there. His website is here: hiniko.com

Dashcams are getting more and more common with generally only the smaller companies and Unionised companies not using them. I used to do a fair bit of London, so used my own as an insurance policy in case someone did something silly. Sadly no camera will catch the cyclists holding on to the back of your vehicle as you drive up hill :imp:

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One thing came to my mind: depending on what you wanna do in your free time, but if you want to do some walking around I’d advise you too take some walking boots or anything you wouldn’t mind getting muddy. There is a nice walk around the lake nearby or a little forest neat the training centre or even Sherwood Forest.
That’s the only thing I wished I had taken with me. But I enjoy walking especially after such an intensive time in the training I was glad I could stretch my legs and get some exercise.

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Thank you, everyone :smiley: :smiley:

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gratiaDei777:
2) Question in advance: Do LGV drivers generally fit dash-cams on their vehicle? Or is the consensus that it’s not really necessary? Those who have one, which do you recommend?

Thing is most new trucks have dashcams fitted. These will be set up to trigger if there is a shunt. I have a cheapish one called Supereye (which I got for my previous job with an older truck and really small) which is fine but does not record speed or coordinates. Nextbase are the best I believe - it seems the more you pay the better the features. But a cheapo will provide necessary video evidence.