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Hand signals were part of the test in 1957 and there was no alternative in the car I had at the time.
Nearly 40 years later I acquired a 1912 car and have to use hand signals when driving that. Only one hand signal is easy for the modern motorist to understand, i.e. "I am going to TURN RIGHT" but happily it is the most important.
Nearly 40 years later I acquired a 1912 car and have to use hand signals when driving that. Only one hand signal is easy for the modern motorist to understand, i.e. "I am going to TURN RIGHT" but happily it is the most important.
Allan L said:
Hand signals were part of the test in 1957 and there was no alternative in the car I had at the time.
Nearly 40 years later I acquired a 1912 car and have to use hand signals when driving that. Only one hand signal is easy for the modern motorist to understand, i.e. "I am going to TURN RIGHT" but happily it is the most important.
Showing your age there Allan! I took my test in 1968 and definitely used hand signals. It was pouring down and my arm got wet. After the parallel parking attempt I was asked about 6 basic questions on the Highway Code - none of this theory test malarkey back then.I hit the kerb when reversing during my 3-point turn but only very gently and I don't think the examiner noticed. He didn't say anything.Nearly 40 years later I acquired a 1912 car and have to use hand signals when driving that. Only one hand signal is easy for the modern motorist to understand, i.e. "I am going to TURN RIGHT" but happily it is the most important.
I can't remember all the hand signals. Turning left was rotating the arm anri-clockwise, turning right fairly obvious, slowing down was flapping the arm up and down, but there was one in which you had to put your hand up above the wheel , palm outwards, I can't even think what that was about!
Laurel Green said:
nicanary said:
but there was one in which you had to put your hand up above the wheel , palm outwards, I can't even think what that was about!
That was to indicate that you were going straight on.Flapping up and down: I'm stopping.
I remember my instructor asking if I wish to wear a seatbelt as they were discussing it becoming law and may as well get used to it (Early 1980s).
Laurel Green said:
nicanary said:
but there was one in which you had to put your hand up above the wheel , palm outwards, I can't even think what that was about!
That was to indicate that you were going straight on.Eta I put my hand up and he said 'do you think he'd see that? So I obviously raised it.
Bought a new pair of number plates from Halfords today. I took my V948 DVLA certificate with me and my driving licence.
Plopped the entitlement certificate down on the counter and the young lad typed the appropriate information onto his till's keyboard.
I then slid my driving licence across, still in its plastic folder, which was inspected with some suspicious puzzlement. "What's this?" he asked. "Is it the V5?"
Plopped the entitlement certificate down on the counter and the young lad typed the appropriate information onto his till's keyboard.
I then slid my driving licence across, still in its plastic folder, which was inspected with some suspicious puzzlement. "What's this?" he asked. "Is it the V5?"
Cold said:
Bought a new pair of number plates from Halfords today. I took my V948 DVLA certificate with me and my driving licence.
Plopped the entitlement certificate down on the counter and the young lad typed the appropriate information onto his till's keyboard.
I then slid my driving licence across, still in its plastic folder, which was inspected with some suspicious puzzlement. "What's this?" he asked. "Is it the V5?"
Bloody kids. Plopped the entitlement certificate down on the counter and the young lad typed the appropriate information onto his till's keyboard.
I then slid my driving licence across, still in its plastic folder, which was inspected with some suspicious puzzlement. "What's this?" he asked. "Is it the V5?"
I was going to say it’s like the gramophone sketch, but that’s another sign of my age.
Frimley111R said:
When you see people in their late teens/early 20s and think 'WTF are you wearing?! Did you honestly put that on think it was a good look?!!'
Twas always thusIn the mid 80's I was strolling through Beaumaris, proudly displaying a green mohican when a local scroat said to the local copper, what the eff does he look like.
I'm not old, 31 to be exact. However, it's very clear that I'm not in line with the new generation (15-25). Everything these days is about accepting people for who they are, no matter what that is. I find myself thinking a lot of it (see: not all) is down to mental illness, and rather than trying to get to the bottom of issues, we're now far more accepting things that I feel perhaps we shouldn't.
For example, my partner and I are expecting, and in her NHS booklets breastfeeding is now referred to as 'chest feeding', and women are now referred to as 'birthing people'. Does this not detract from what it means to be a woman? Surely you can't be more of a woman than when you're growing a human, or breast feeding?
People these days just state 'how does this effect you?'. Well truth be told it doesn't, however it might effect my kid(s), or my family, or friends. I know that this is very much a generational thing, and things like social media have played a huge part in the way things are now, but I can't stop thinking how the outlook the world now has on sexuality and gender is not a healthy one. I do feel that everyone should be happy, however this is not the right way to go about it. You only have to look at the statistics to show that a worryingly large percentage of post-op trans people have major regrets, and in a lot of cases, wanted to revert genders.
Heh, I'm just a moaning git that's getting old before my time.
For example, my partner and I are expecting, and in her NHS booklets breastfeeding is now referred to as 'chest feeding', and women are now referred to as 'birthing people'. Does this not detract from what it means to be a woman? Surely you can't be more of a woman than when you're growing a human, or breast feeding?
People these days just state 'how does this effect you?'. Well truth be told it doesn't, however it might effect my kid(s), or my family, or friends. I know that this is very much a generational thing, and things like social media have played a huge part in the way things are now, but I can't stop thinking how the outlook the world now has on sexuality and gender is not a healthy one. I do feel that everyone should be happy, however this is not the right way to go about it. You only have to look at the statistics to show that a worryingly large percentage of post-op trans people have major regrets, and in a lot of cases, wanted to revert genders.
Heh, I'm just a moaning git that's getting old before my time.
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