whos the better driver? (1 Viewer)

[jhorsf]

I think it is a silly question as all standards are encountered

 

[Jaws]

I would not like to say, but there is a transport company in Bacton who seem to go out of their way to employ drivers who are possibly the worst in the UK !!

 

[Ridgeway]

Log truckers

[ame="http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KMyFUGdRjUY"]Delivery truck turns it around on a dirt road on the side of a mountain - YouTube[/ame]

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[Mel]

Log truckers

Delivery truck turns it around on a dirt road on the side of a mountain - YouTube

Must be ex Army from what i read on here

 

[mondo]

I'm a product of "The Army School of Driving"..I passed my basic test on the 12th July 1971..in a half ton FFR land Rover (FFR means Fitted for radio) reg no 17DM20..at Catterick Camp...I transferred regiments a while later...and started my time with 1DWR (The 1st Battalion The Duke of Wellingtons Regiment The West Riding)..I did a series of jobs there basic Grunt (ya know a Soldier running about digging holes..a Trench Pig) Then I joined The Recce Platoon Oh yes vehicle mounted I did driver op for 2 years with them then back to the rifle companies as OCs cabby driver op again..

Then I went to the Mechanical Transport Platoon where over the course of 2 years I went from basic driver in 1978 to HGV Class 1 driver doing class III then Class II then Class I all as upgrading..In 1983 I took my Driving Instructors Course ( I taught for 15 years in all)..to teach all classes of vehicles which I passed as one of the top 5 students I was the highest placed non RCT badged driver..then in 83 I did my Motorcycle Instructors course..passed top 5 again then I did my PSV drivers test in 87 then I qualified as a Bus Instructor..So I was able to teach from Motorcycles right up to HGV1/PSV1..before I left my regiment I was senior instructor (wheeled vehicles) so the Forces system does work and I too would say certainly the guys I taught were given the best instruction ever..so to answer your question of who's best I would say (Mostly) Forces trained drivers...

 

[frankhanna]

Driver...

Answer....Rory McIlroy, if only he could putt!

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[algill]

a question guys and dolls.whos the better driver a truck driver a coach driver a bus driver

A JCB driver - because I have to put up with a lot of strange hand signals from other drivers

Al

 

[PP Bear]

Dustmen

I want to be a dustman, they drive big trucks and only work on Thursdsys :thumb:

 

[Andrew G M]

I want to be a dustman, they drive big trucks and only work on Thursdsys :thumb:

They work ?

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[Chris]

I want to be a dustman, they drive big trucks and only work on Thursdsys :thumb:

No such thing as dust men anymore.

I think they are now called waste disposal technicians.

Or something equally ludicrous.

 

[rainbow chasers]

I must admit - I did end up putting off bus drivers from a company around here when I was hiring motor homes. They are well known for driving pretty poorly - only that company really.

Army drivers are well trained, and there is no coincidence in HGV Operators preferring them when recruiting. If it has something to do with higher standards, more experience in extreme situations or maybe the training leaves the drivers more relaxed ad able to learn at their own speed as it isn't costing them anything I don't know.

I do think it should be law that all drivers start on a motorbike first though - you understand the road better, understand grip and surface contamination, and you do notice bikes!

Like anything - there are good and bad drivers everywhere.

 

[Mel]

The best driver is the one that understands his vehicle
How the brakes work

What is in the engine

Why he has a gearbox

Why he has a cooling system

Why the get hot going down hill.

And then anticipates the movements of other drivers

And knows that there is no sucth thing as an accident .

British Police school class one drivers are probaly the best.

And all Motorhome drivers must be true look at the claims records

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[mondo]

I'm a product of "The Army School of Driving"..I passed my basic test on the 12th July 1971..in a half ton FFR land Rover (FFR means Fitted for radio) reg no 17DM20..at Catterick Camp...I transferred regiments a while later...and started my time with 1DWR (The 1st Battalion The Duke of Wellingtons Regiment The West Riding)..I did a series of jobs there basic Grunt (ya know a Soldier running about digging holes..a Trench Pig) Then I joined The Recce Platoon Oh yes vehicle mounted I did driver op for 2 years with them then back to the rifle companies as OCs cabby driver op again..

Then I went to the Mechanical Transport Platoon where over the course of 2 years I went from basic driver in 1978 to HGV Class 1 driver doing class III then Class II then Class I all as upgrading..In 1983 I took my Driving Instructors Course ( I taught for 15 years in all)..to teach all classes of vehicles which I passed as one of the top 5 students I was the highest placed non RCT badged driver..then in 83 I did my Motorcycle Instructors course..passed top 5 again then I did my PSV drivers test in 87 then I qualified as a Bus Instructor..So I was able to teach from Motorcycles right up to HGV1/PSV1..before I left my regiment I was senior instructor (wheeled vehicles) so the Forces system does work and I too would say certainly the guys I taught were given the best instruction ever..so to answer your question of who's best I would say (Mostly) Forces trained drivers...

Almost forgot I did the Police course too at Hendon..also the staff car course anti Hi-jack course only thing I haven't done and would dearly love to is Get on that skid pan with a Double Decker routemaster bus...:thumb:

 

[Mel]

Just a Question

Why a Routemaster?

But I think anyone interesed in improving there driving, isnormaly a beter driver.

Too many people think once the test is passed training is over.

By the way you never mentioned I.A.M test

But you should have that via the police school.

Mel

 

[busby]

i must admit - i did end up putting off bus drivers from a company around here when i was hiring motor homes. They are well known for driving pretty poorly - only that company really.

Army drivers are well trained, and there is no coincidence in hgv operators preferring them when recruiting. If it has something to do with higher standards, more experience in extreme situations or maybe the training leaves the drivers more relaxed ad able to learn at their own speed as it isn't costing them anything i don't know.

I do think it should be law that all drivers start on a motorbike first though - you understand the road better, understand grip and surface contamination, and you do notice bikes!

Like anything - there are good and bad drivers everywhere.

and you wont live long.

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[busby]

I thought everyone thought they were the best driver in the world. I now know at 68 i am not as good as i was twenty years ago when i was driving 500 to 600 miles a day. I therefore drive much slower.

 

[hdvrod]

I'm a product of "The Army School of Driving"..I passed my basic test on the 12th July 1971..in a half ton FFR land Rover (FFR means Fitted for radio) reg no 17DM20..at Catterick Camp...I transferred regiments a while later...and started my time with 1DWR (The 1st Battalion The Duke of Wellingtons Regiment The West Riding)..I did a series of jobs there basic Grunt (ya know a Soldier running about digging holes..a Trench Pig) Then I joined The Recce Platoon Oh yes vehicle mounted I did driver op for 2 years with them then back to the rifle companies as OCs cabby driver op again..

Then I went to the Mechanical Transport Platoon where over the course of 2 years I went from basic driver in 1978 to HGV Class 1 driver doing class III then Class II then Class I all as upgrading..In 1983 I took my Driving Instructors Course ( I taught for 15 years in all)..to teach all classes of vehicles which I passed as one of the top 5 students I was the highest placed non RCT badged driver..then in 83 I did my Motorcycle Instructors course..passed top 5 again then I did my PSV drivers test in 87 then I qualified as a Bus Instructor..So I was able to teach from Motorcycles right up to HGV1/PSV1..before I left my regiment I was senior instructor (wheeled vehicles) so the Forces system does work and I too would say certainly the guys I taught were given the best instruction ever..so to answer your question of who's best I would say (Mostly) Forces trained drivers...

I have very similiar background except RAF joined as a driver in 1964,wont go into all the details take too long but left 32 years later as WO,if it had wheels then I drove it it and taught at some point taught it.
So would agree theoretically a Military driver is probably the most skilled.

 

[busby]

what did i tell you we are all the best!

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}