From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-10-08 19:07, Chris wrote:   
   > Peter Johnson  wrote:   
   >> On Wed, 8 Oct 2025 11:14:47 +0200, "Carlos E.R."   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>> And the exam is done in the same type of car, probably the same physical   
   >>> car. The double pedal has a signal of some sort, so that the examiner,   
   >>> sitting in the back, knows instantly of the instructor intervention and   
   >>> fails the exam.   
   >>>   
   >> In the UK the instructor doesn't go on the test, so the examiner sits   
   >> next to the person being tested.   
   >   
   > Yup. And they control the dual pedals, if present. Which happened to me   
   > during my second test. D'oh! Instant fail :(   
   >   
   > Can't imagine having the examiner *and* instructor in the car during the   
   > test.   
      
   The instructor is checking safety during the test (it is his car, he is   
   responsible for it), and the instructor is taking notes with nobody   
   looking at him :-)   
      
   >   
   >> They use dual control cars in the UK as well but I don't know how   
   >> widespread they are.   
   >   
   > Very. Although, not obligatory while learning nor when being examined.   
   >   
   > You can even hire them for your own use. Which I did with both my kids the   
   > first few times I took them out. They can scratch a hire car rather than   
   > mine.   
      
   Heh :-)   
      
   My father tried to teach my mother. It was a disaster. My mother sacked   
   him and went to a proper school with a proper instructor :-)   
      
      
   After that experience, my mother insisted in me learning as soon as I   
   was of age, and convinced other women to learn to drive asap, even if   
   she refused to ever drive again.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
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