| Turning an Interview into an Article can
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| | Motorways, Rural roads and Carriageways
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| be useful since it will be more
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| | which make up by far the greatest types
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| conversational in style and perhap less
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| | of driving conditions!"2- What do you
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| formal.It is straight from the hip."I
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| | think is the primary reason people
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| suppose I want to know a couple of things
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| | fail?"Lack of foundation Lessons and lack
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| 1- How do you rate the testing system in
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| | of in depth pre-test tuition and
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| Ireland- both for theory and the full
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| | practice. Without a good grounding with a
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| test?"The Theory Testing Service is fine
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| | professional Instructor (not Mum or Dad
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| up to a point. It's only been in
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| | or the Boyfriend or next door neighbour)
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| existence for five years and is better
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| | no amount of heading off to the beach
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| than nothing. I guess it does prevent
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| | every weekend or up and down the Country
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| total loonies from signing up for a
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| | in the Nissan MICRA will bring a Learner
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| Provisional License. It is not quite the
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| | Driver up to Test Standard by wishing and
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| same standard as the UK. Version since
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| | hoping!"3-What do you think people should
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| there are many more signs in the UK that
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| | do after they fail?"Reapply immediately
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| we don't have here in Ireland. Perhaps in
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| | and take the Lessons that they should
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| future years it will be extended. I don't
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| | have done to begin with! Then practice
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| have any figures for failure rates. A
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| | the new found skills (which they would
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| hazard awareness test was introduced into
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| | already have if they had gone to a
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| the UK recently to form part of the
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| | professional Driving School in the first
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| overall Driving Test. This would be a
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| | place)."4- What would you say to people
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| good model for Ireland since hazard
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| | who might suggest that Learner Schools
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| awareness is one of the more difficult
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| | want people to fail so that they might go
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| aspects of driving particularly for
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| | to you for more lessons?"No Professional
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| Learner Drivers. Dealing with, and
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| | Instructor wants his or her Pupil to
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| anticipating hazards I believe is one of
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| | fail. Some pupils of course might think
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| the most fundamental aspects of safe
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| | that an Instructor could extract more
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| Driving. A learner just doesn't have the
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| | lessons out of them and not be truthful
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| on road experience to be more than
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| | about their real capabilities or chances
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| mediocre in this skill unless they are
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| | of passing. As for me I teach (or try
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| taught by a really experienced
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| | to!) skills for life which are way beyond
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| Instructor!The full Driving Test is no
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| | the level of the Driving test. Passing
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| where near the standard that pertains
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| | The Driving Test is only the beginning of
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| throughout Europe currently but it has
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| | the learning process and enables a Driver
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| improved a lot in the last four years
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| | to start to practice and perfect many
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| (mostly due to E.U.Directives)For example
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| | diverse skills and techniques."5- What do
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| we don't have an emergency stop nor a
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| | you think are the primary reasons for the
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| reverse park into a space between two
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| | fatalities on Irish roads?"No mandatory
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| cars. The introduction of these two
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| | Training in force (but it's coming...it
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| manoeuvres alone would, at current skills
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| | has to!)Not enough input from Parents at
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| level throughout the Learner Driver
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| | a very early age. Many basic skills and
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| community, dramatically increase the
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| | levels of awareness can be taught to
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| failure rate. The one common denominator
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| | young children as they are carried as
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| in the failure rate and the level of
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| | Passengers in a car. Children of fifteen
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| accidents is the fact that so many young
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| | and sixteen can be coached in the Theory
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| learner Drivers seem to be under the
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| | Principles and actually sit their theory
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| impression that owning and driving a car
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| | test before their 17th Birthday since the
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| (often unaccompanied) for a year or so
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| | Test Certificate is valid for two
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| makes them (a) a skilled Driver and (b)
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| | years.Not anything like enough emphasis
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| ready to pass the Test! They don't take
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| | on skills for life from many Instructors.
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| lessons when starting off because its
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| | Hell we have so called Instructors in
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| Uncool...it's expensive...it's not
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| | Limerick who leave Test Centres with
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| mandatory... and "sure all I have to do
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| | Pupils in Pupils own cars without L
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| is to press the accelerator and the brake
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| | Plates displayed! A Professional Driving
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| pedal occasionally and I'll be fine"! We
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| | School carries sets of L plates with them
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| both know that this laissez-faire
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| | all the time so if they are meeting a
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| attitude is what is causing a very high
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| | pupil in his or her own car for the first
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| proportion of accidents both fatal and
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| | time it's the first thing they
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| otherwise.There should also be a high
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| | check...then they check the certificates
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| speed carriageway section on the Driving
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| | on the Windscreen and then give a close
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| Test since experience here would benefit
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| | scrutiny to all of the tyres.Summing up
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| a Learner Driver enormously. As a matter
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| | ...not enough tuition of a sufficiently
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| of course I have always given high speed
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| | high caliber ...not enough experience in
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| tuition as soon as a pupil was ready
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| | poor weather conditions, which allied
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| (usually about the fifth session...these
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| | with the poor state of many secondary
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| are two hour sessions now) that's our
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| | roads contributes greatly...and basically
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| standard lesson. Also rural roads should
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| | a complete lack of understanding of the
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| be included in the Driving Test as these
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| | dangers involved in Driving a Motor
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| are probably the most lethal of the Irish
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| | Vehicle."That's all that I can think of
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| roads network. You know... the coming too
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| | for now..."Hope this helps...
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| fast round a bend to suddenly find ten
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| | Instructor"Thanks a million"Robin Piggott
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| tons of field spread all over the road as
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| | is a Driving Instructor in Ireland who
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| a Farmer does his muckspreading or silage
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| | brings four decades of experience to his
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| or whatever. All of this would add up to
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| | Astral Driving School based in Limerick.
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| a much longer Driving Test which would
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| | His newly refurbed web site launching any
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| require much more serious Tuition and
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| | day now will be found at Here you will
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| greater preparation if the candidate was
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| | find a treasure trove of everything for
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| to pass. Driving round and round
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| | the Learner Driver and also pages for the
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| Caherdavin housing estates in Limerick or
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| | visitor who is contemplating Touring
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| Raheny in Dublin does not prepare a
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| | Ireland by Car. Need to pass your Driving
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| Driver for the real Irish Conditions on
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| | Test with cards stacked in your favour?
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