Have failed twice today so far on the mock tests. Some of the questions are absolutely baffling. For example why do I need to know how old I should be before taking a provisional license holder out in my car? Do I need to know this before I can drive?!!
No but the test is about driving in general and one day you might be foolish enough to want to help your kids learn to drive so you'll need to know the minimum requirements (or they might want to help their mates pass more specifically so as a parent you'd need to know how old they have to be to do this)
Neither am I about to tow any trailers and never have done, so I know little about the speeds and lanes I can drive them on motorways (most that past me are doing 80....) Stabiliser Bars or Jock Wheels.
Again, it's a general test so it makes perfect sense for trailers and towing to be covered (given that B and B1 [Car] also come with the +E entitlement as a provisional) plus you can't (afaik) get any commerical license type (C + D) without first having B so it makes perfect sense to cover towing and limits.
Apparently motorway phones used to link directly to the police, but now either A. Link to a Highways control centre, B The local fire brigade, C, A breakdown service control centre.... (choose which one) DO I NEEEEED TO KNOW THIS?
Logic says A however I could be wrong, once again, it makes sense to educate you on how to use a roadside emergency phone.
I have my test tomorrow having recently found out I do not have a license any more. Apparently if you do not send off your pass sheet within 2 years you have to resit your test......... Well I have been driving for 12 years so that would mean 10 of them was without a full license (eeek) When I first did my theory test I got 100%
However they seem to have updated it in the last decase to include some bloody stupid questions....
Me thinking I aught to have studied more for it
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No such thing as a stupid question, it's all relevant the moment it happens to you, hell you've been driving for 12 years? why complain now? there is a good chance that you've learnt the answers to whatever questions they throw at you anyway.