door Wouter » 13 dec 2011, 09:45
1. Doors should be locked, in order to prevent theft. During the exam, part of the "exercise" is to see if you can remember to lock the doors when you're leaving your car. During the exercise, you will clearly get the assignment to leave you're car AS IF YOU WERE GOING TO RUN AN ERRAND.
=> That means you should lock the door.
You're not doing "just an exercise". You're taking a test. And part of the assignment actually is to lock the doors.
2. If you don't want this explained with rules, there's another reason:
If you get your driver's licence, you are allowed to overtake. So you should be able to do that. So the examiner will want to see if you're capable of overtaking safely and correctly, before granting you your permit.
If you don't overtake, and keep on driving at 90km/h behind the truck, the examiner won't be able to properly judge all of your driving qualities. And when he can't properly judge, you will fail the exam. (D*mn it, I thought I could explain this without rules, but that last sentence actually kind of is a rule...)
Also by not overtaking, the candidate gives the impression that he KNOWS that he's not very good at overtaking, and therefore just keeps on driving in the right lane "to play safe". So the examiner won't just "not see" you capacities, he will even get the impression that you very well know that you're incapable of overtaking. What else would be a reason not to overtake even though it's perfectly possible?
Therefore, a candidate can fail the exam, if he doesn't overtake when possible.
1. Doors should be locked, in order to prevent theft. During the exam, part of the "exercise" is to see if you can remember to lock the doors when you're leaving your car. During the exercise, you will clearly get the assignment to leave you're car AS IF YOU WERE GOING TO RUN AN ERRAND.
=> That means you should lock the door.
You're not doing "just an exercise". You're taking a test. And part of the assignment actually is to lock the doors.
2. If you don't want this explained with rules, there's another reason:
If you get your driver's licence, you are allowed to overtake. So you should be able to do that. So the examiner will want to see if you're capable of overtaking safely and correctly, before granting you your permit.
If you don't overtake, and keep on driving at 90km/h behind the truck, the examiner won't be able to properly judge all of your driving qualities. And when he can't properly judge, you will fail the exam. (D*mn it, I thought I could explain this without rules, but that last sentence actually kind of is a rule...)
Also by not overtaking, the candidate gives the impression that he KNOWS that he's not very good at overtaking, and therefore just keeps on driving in the right lane "to play safe". So the examiner won't just "not see" you capacities, he will even get the impression that you very well know that you're incapable of overtaking. What else would be a reason not to overtake even though it's perfectly possible?
Therefore, a candidate can fail the exam, if he doesn't overtake when possible.