HelmutX Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 "A statement from the Department says they'll look into whether to continue scheduling tests during the Manx Grand Prix." What about TT??? Just the Manx? Why allocate these times/spaces when these examiners know, perfectly well, that these delays may/will occur. Move the tests elsewhere or, just give the examiners the week off without pay? How deliberately disruptive can they be? They know what the story is. Shame on Tromode. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizo Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 How about we cancel the MGP and let everyone get on with their lives and business. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A fool and his money..... Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 16 minutes ago, Gizo said: How about we cancel the MGP and let everyone get on with their lives and business. But your life is on here, whinging about it. You'd be even more of a miserable dullard if that was taken away from you. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 Are driving tests relevant today? Doesn't everyone learn on Gran Tourismo??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, HelmutX said: "A statement from the Department says they'll look into whether to continue scheduling tests during the Manx Grand Prix." What about TT??? Just the Manx? Why allocate these times/spaces when these examiners know, perfectly well, that these delays may/will occur. Move the tests elsewhere or, just give the examiners the week off without pay? How deliberately disruptive can they be? They know what the story is. Shame on Tromode. They don’t book tests in TT Edited September 7, 2023 by CrazyDave 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 ....and therein lies the irony, road safety put aside for a death race!!!😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Buggane Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Road safety put aside for death race. Have you seen the standard of driving here on the island, most of the people have no idea about road positioning, if you are turning right get over to the right. Allow traffic to flow around you, pull up to lines be it at junctions/traffic lights lights not 4 foot back or 2'9" over the line trying to bully some one to let you out. If you passed in a micra be aware that you are not a good driver in a Shogun/Range rover. Learn the size of your vehicle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Colombe Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 You got road rage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred the shred Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 I think the whole learning to drive / taking test scenario is over subscribed at the moment, every day on social media people are asking if any driving instructors have spaces and the testing examiners are trying to clear up a waiting list I expect they are just trying to get the waiting list down. Damned if they do damned if they don’t. There are certainly a lot of driving instructors around , when I was learning there were only three as I remember but then 16 year olds did not have the money to learn and owning a car at that age was a distant dream. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 6 minutes ago, Fred the shred said: I think the whole learning to drive / taking test scenario is over subscribed at the moment, every day on social media people are asking if any driving instructors have spaces and the testing examiners are trying to clear up a waiting list I expect they are just trying to get the waiting list down. Damned if they do damned if they don’t. There are certainly a lot of driving instructors around , when I was learning there were only three as I remember but then 16 year olds did not have the money to learn and owning a car at that age was a distant dream. No spaces anywhere and they are all charging £40 an hour. It makes a tempting business proposition at the moment even with a decent car costing 30k these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxanne Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 12 minutes ago, Fred the shred said: I think the whole learning to drive / taking test scenario is over subscribed at the moment, every day on social media people are asking if any driving instructors have spaces and the testing examiners are trying to clear up a waiting list I expect they are just trying to get the waiting list down. Damned if they do damned if they don’t. There are certainly a lot of driving instructors around , when I was learning there were only three as I remember but then 16 year olds did not have the money to learn and owning a car at that age was a distant dream. Don’t worry. It’s all going to get a lot better when we have an extra twenty thousand residents. 1 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxanne Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 5 minutes ago, CrazyDave said: No spaces anywhere and they are all charging £40 an hour. It makes a tempting business proposition at the moment even with a decent car costing 30k these days. From someone who was once very close to a driving instructor I would say, don’t. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Colombe Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 What, closer than the driving seat? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Colombe Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Were you sitting on his lap? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manx Bean Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 16 hours ago, HelmutX said: "A statement from the Department says they'll look into whether to continue scheduling tests during the Manx Grand Prix." What about TT??? Just the Manx? Why allocate these times/spaces when these examiners know, perfectly well, that these delays may/will occur. Move the tests elsewhere or, just give the examiners the week off without pay? How deliberately disruptive can they be? They know what the story is. Shame on Tromode. You clearly know nothing, or next to nothing. No driving tests are booked or taken during the whole of TT, not only because of road closures, but the sheer additional volume of traffic, including a fair share of utter nutters. Some tests are booked during MGP in a genuine attempt to keep waiting times down, because it’s generally ok, with only a sprinkling of nutters on BSA Bantoms. However, these were cancelled on a contingency day. On an average year you’d still have a say c70% chance of it going ahead. Perfectly reasonable. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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