Worth its weight in gold. I passed my driving test 25 years ago. The driving test has changed out of all recognition in that time. It was a really good refresher and hazard awareness session.
Comments like this actually scare me a little, because
It staggered me how many people on the course had what appeared to be no understanding of the rules of the road, or the highway code….
… was my experience of it. As a driver I try to keep abreast of any major changes, that’s just the responsible thing to do. I know the Highway Code as well if not better now than when I passed my test. One young lad on the course I went on confessed that he knew what road signs were asked on the test so just learned those and hadn’t a clue about the rest. 😯
The test has changed over the years sure, and roads have got busier, but how to drive hasn’t fundamentally changed in the 20-odd years since I passed my test. They didn’t redefine what a red light means or suddenly make us go the other way round roundabouts one day.
Myself aside, on the course the only people who knew the speed limits were the younger drivers who’d passed more recently. And once the intellectual proletariat had come to a consensus, no-one really understood what a single / dual carriageway actually was.
Yet another call for mandatory re-tests really. Every ten years would be a good start.