Let’s say goodbye to hedges
And roads with grassy edges
And winding country lanes;
Let all things travel faster
Where motor car is master
Till only Speed remains.
That Betjeman was on to something you know.

When I did the driving assessment for a paramedic job they wanted me to demonstrate double declutching

Double declutching hasn’t been used in the Advanced Driver training for many years – I was told it puts unnecessary wear on the clutch pinion bearing* and has no real benefit with modern synchro gearboxes.

My old man was a Police Officer with advanced pursuit training (in the days before Class 1 pursuit) and he had to use double declutching in test. I believe it’s used to promote unhurried gear changes but might be wrong – in which case, that’s probably why they insisted you did it in an ambo test.

*I’m not a mechanic so have no idea what this actually means.