Brian Walker recently passed his test with a First. We have the pleasure of presenting his certificate at one of our observed run sessions. Brian has kindly written a few notes about the test experience.
A few years ago, on renewing my licence at 70 I took advantage of a Staffs County Council freebie, an IAM Mature Drivers Review which went very well, much better than I expected.
I decided rather than just having another one at 73 to take the bull by the horns and go for the Advanced Driver course. I paid my money and became an Associate IAM Member aligning myself to the Derby
Group. My first observed drive was 19th Jan 25. It took till May 25th to get to eight at which point my observer, Bernard, suggested it was time to apply for my test. I managed two further observed drives before test day, 22 August at 10am with Mr Peter Harrison.
We met at Derby and Burton Services. In our chat Peter indicated if I wanted to achieve a First I would need to commentate for at least part of the drive. I suggested I would do so from the start and he could tell me when to stop, he never did! We spent about an hour on our drive on a variety of roads, quite a few I didn’t know just to up the stress level. I managed to get him back to the services in one piece. Within a few seconds of pulling up he told me, I can’t remember his exact words, but simply put I had got a First. You could say I was quite pleased.
So my thanks to the seven observers who helped me, I plan to join your ranks and help pass on the skills and Knowledge to others.
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