driving test question
Discussion
untakenname said:
The driver will still need to crane their neck around and do all the proper checks and user the mirrors rather than staring at the dashboard screen.
Exactly. Cant see that changing until you have fully automous cars that don't need a license full stop. The idea of not learning to park is silly. Your fancy car with auto parking suddenly develops a fault. Just abandon it in the middle of the street?
TwigtheWonderkid said:
No. It's perfectly fine to make use of it during the test.
Correct, but you must not use it too much at the expense of direct observation through the windows. Over-reliance would be a fault, and if the examiner deems that your observation is inadequate then the fault would be serious, in which case it’s instantly game over for your test.When I was instructing, I used to demonstrate the folly of relying entirely on the camera by parking up, getting the student to engage reverse gear, then comparing the image on the screen with what you can see by looking directly. Ideally I’d choose a point where there’s a parked car about 50m or so behind us. The problem with the camera is it’s a very wide angle lens, which makes anything in the medium distance appear tiny, or even invisible. The parked car would be so small you can hardly see it, so I ask the student “what if that were a moving car coming towards us?” This exercise demonstrates that you wouldn’t be able to see an approaching car until it’s right on you.
I used to teach my students to incorporate it into their scan, almost as if it were an extra mirror.
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