Becoming an A/W

[nun_hunter]

I passed my driving test yesterday, 10 lessons then pass first time! I am now going to get a job as a driving test examiner. No bother I can drive there's nothing to it! Start the engine, put it in gear and off I go. I haven't driven on a motorway yet, but what's the difference? It's all the same isn't it? My Dad has been driving for 50 years says I haven't enough experience of driving in various conditions in all weathers and on different roads, but what does he know?

Plenty of people with 40+ years of experience still have accidents, get caught speeding, stop in yellow boxes, drive drunk, the list goes on. Experience on its own means nothing as its too easy to have been doing something wrong the whole time. To be a teacher you need both experience and qualifications to be good but as has been said an AW is not a teacher but a witness there to assess what the student is doing.

 

[cervus1981]

So whos at fault because you cant become a Driving instructor or a Driving examiner until you have been driving for 4 + years have a clean Driving licence and pass three tests on the first case and two in the second. So becoming an AW is nothing like any exam process its just if you want to do it. Not good but I am sure if/when its is made a legal requirement in Scotland then things will definitely need to change.

4+ years and 3 tests! Bugger that I'll become an A/W instead then