Are they a good guide of your driving skills?
I think not, I have a friend who scored 6 points for his TP,
whereas I scored 30 in my first try and 8 in my 2nd and also
another friend who scored 18 in his first try.
My 18 pointer friend and I have rather steady driving, albeit I
have the tendency to drive fast when I'm not with my family
members.
This week I rode my 6 pointer friend's car for the first time,
damn it was nerve-wrecking every single second. Never mind that he
likes to lean close to his side of the lane marking, he's not as
experienced as me in terms of driving without 'L' plate although he
got his license 3 months before me.
He tried to mimick my way of driving and almost got into
accidents many times, some includes driving only 2 inch away from
the next car and turning into a filter lane, he almost mounted the
kerb, and while looking out for oncoming traffic, he failed to stop
fully and half his car body was already onto the main road causing
at least 2 cars to brake and the first car to perform evasive
action.
Another one that takes the cake, coming out of TPE(Tampines) he
turned right into a 3 lane road, the road was totally empty, at the
first lane, he didn't turn neither did he in the 2nd. Only at the
last lane, when his car body was half way in, he did a full
lock. When he straighten his car, he almost mounted kerb again and
he cited reason that "Angle was too tight to turn properly".
Other faults include, poor estimation, poor anticipation and not
being alert.
We drove the same car for the first time - Fiat Bravo T-Jet.
Although the car is has a high pick-up, I can handle it fairly well
while he cited his poor driving due to not being able to adapt to
the car, maybe because I drove a Euro-R before.
I think TP should extend the test time to fully test a driver's
capabilities before passing them, I don't even know why I failed
the first time round when both times I drove in the same
manner.
Or at least make the test a 2 or 3 phase test like for example,
the first time round, he passes, a week later there will be another
evaluation on his improvements and such.
Because the way I see my friend drive, it's very dangerous, even
for a habitual speeder like me, I know when to slow down and act
accordingly.
