Past the IAM test today (yay) what to do next?

Past the IAM test today (yay) what to do next?

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firstmk1

Original Poster:

82 posts

217 months

Thursday 5th April 2007
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I passed the IAM test this morning and I'm now looking for the next challenge to improve my driving. What did you do next?

Cheers
Ian

EDIT: to correct my spelling mistake silly


Edited by firstmk1 on Friday 6th April 19:48

Julie.

89 posts

211 months

Thursday 5th April 2007
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Nice one!

I'm hoping to pass my test soon and my observer mentioned ROSPA as a possible next step but I don't know any details about it.

J


Edited by Julie. on Thursday 5th April 20:38

SamHH

5,050 posts

217 months

Thursday 5th April 2007
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Congratulations on passing.

You could become an observer for the IAM. Some of the observers on here say it helps them to keep their standards up. It would also allow you to put something back in to the group.

If you fancy more of the same you could do the RoADA test which I am told is the same as the IAM one except you are graded Bronze, Silver or Gold.

You could go down the route of professional instruction. There are numerous individuals and companies who offer these services, some of whom incorporate track work.

Finally, there is the High Performance Club. Details can be found at their website: www.hpc.org.uk/

To join you have to do some training with and be recommended by one of three 'gatekeeper' organisations. I think this is quite expensive.

There's loads of info on this forum on all of the things I've just summarised. Since passing my IAM test I've not done any of these things but the High Performance Club looks very appealing and it's something that I'm keen to do when my finances allow.

SneakyMcC

34 posts

207 months

Thursday 5th April 2007
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Mazal-Tov Firstmk1!

aideen

11 posts

209 months

Monday 9th April 2007
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Good ol' MR2. Whatever challenge you take on next, it'll lap it up.

firstmk1

Original Poster:

82 posts

217 months

Monday 9th April 2007
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The MR2 isn't 100% so had to borrow a Focus for the test.

I'm going to have a chat with Don Palmer this week to see what I can do HPC wise. I'm also thinking of joining the local IAM observers.

SamHH

5,050 posts

217 months

Tuesday 10th April 2007
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firstmk1 said:
I'm going to have a chat with Don Palmer this week to see what I can do HPC wise.


As I mentioned, I'm hoping to do HPC at some time in the future so I'll be interested to know how that goes for you.