Things that make you go :-)) take two!

When I was working in ophthalmology, my boss - a professor of ophthalmology - was moaning about the UK vision test and said it doesn't work, because due to the way the brain works and processes images the computer simulations used didn't actually test the things they were supposed to - because of issues like depth perception and how it is relevant to processing images.
 
I think you're talking about the hazard perception test. That's not the vision test. UK learner drivers still take their vision test on the day of the practical driving test. They still have to read a car number plate from a set distance. If you get it wrong you get to move 3 steps closer. Get it wrong again and they take your provisional license away there and then and proceed to humiliate you by measuring the distance from which you failed to read a car number plate correctly with the sun glaring in your eyes.

As vision tests go it's utterly useless.

The hazard perception test is conducted as part of the theory test. It's basically a video game where you watch a video, click a button when you spot a hazard and click again when the priority of the hazard changes. Click too many times or too soon and you lose all your points that you've accumulated. The first and only time that happened to me I thought the computer had crashed because it flashes up a big blue screen. I instantly thought "oh crap ... BSOD".

However in the DSA's twisted logic basically everything is a hazard. But they only want you to click the button for the hazards they intended you to spot in the video. So it's fairly easy to trigger their "anti-cheat" feature. Which means the pass mark for the hazard perception test is set quite low. Around 50% or some such. Making it pointless.

In fact the vast majority of the UK driving test is pointless.
 
I stand corrected! Yes, it was the Hazard Perception test I meant.

I'm so glad I passed my test when it was based on real life driving and answering a few questions from the examiner.
 
You still have to answer question for the examiner. And now you have to drive around for twenty minutes following road signs instead of directions. The examiner will just say "follow the signs to [insert pointless destination]". You still of course have to do two reversing manoeuvres. Which begs the question as to how women actually manage to pass their driving test ever?
 
You cannot run fast enough to escape my ninjery powers...

Oh, and yes, when I passed I was driving a 4 horse chariot - think Ben Hur!
 
If we're going to be totally accurate it's Boudicca! But I suppose it's probably a better description for me (except for the bit where she loses to the Romans - I certainly didn't lose to my driving examiner!)
 
*whistles innocently*

also, that awkward moment when you stop wondering why your UK friends aren't online as soon as you realize it's 4 AM in the UK.
 
Tomorrow at 6:30pm, after six to seven long months, I am finally returning to martial arts training.

Hell yes.
 
First session back at aikido since my neck went crunch last night and my neck is ok

Just the rest of me that feels like I've been hit by a truck
 
Get a room, guys!

I can provide you one if you don't mind the cameras and the punters.
 
Ninjers have rope skills Damn safety mode on youtube I can't find half the things at work that I can at home, all for, emm research purposes
Nawa Jutsu.mp4 - YouTube
 
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