Satnav use in the new driving test

Wording of The Highway Code

Many of the rules in the Code are legal requirements, and if you disobey these rules you are committing a criminal offence. You may be fined, given penalty points on your licence or be disqualified from driving. In the most serious cases you may be sent to prison. Such rules are identified by the use of the words ‘MUST/MUST NOT’. In addition, the rule includes an abbreviated reference to the legislation which creates the offence. See an explanation of the abbreviations.

Although failure to comply with the other rules of the Code will not, in itself, cause a person to be prosecuted, The Highway Code may be used in evidence in any court proceedings under the Traffic Acts (see The road user and the law) to establish liability. This includes rules which use advisory wording such as ‘should/should not’ or ‘do/do not’.

Rule 201
Do not reverse from a side road into a main road. When using a driveway, reverse in and drive out if you can.

Well I certainly did not pay the best part of £1000 for it to sit there decorating the van.😉

I agree Steve......and often far quicker than the die-hards who insist on driving backwards and forwards over and over, trying to get it in the right place.

I agree with both Steve and Ian, I really think the caravan mover is the top caravaning invention ever, closely followed by EHU, service pitches and the aquaroll!

But going back to the OP, isn't this just a case of moving forward with the times and technology? Are hand signals still tested in the driving test. I remember being asked during my test. I've just asked my two daughters and they can't remember that being in the practical part at all.

wow, just done some online research and on a web site for driving instructors it says:

However, hand signals are so infrequently used or needed in real-life driving that many driving instructors do in fact not even cover this part of the training process for their learner drivers.

DRIVING TEST AND HAND SIGNALS
Although you may be taught hand signals during driving lessons, it’s highly unlikely you will need to demonstrate them during the actual practical driving test. The driving examiner will not ask you to demonstrate hand signals but in the event of an indicator bulb failure, the use of hand signals may be important.

http://www.drivingtesttips.biz/driving-hand-signals.html

(as always be careful what you read on the net)

Bonus questions: 1) how do you show you're slowing down with hand signals? 2) turning left?

Recent investigations have shown using a sat nav isn't always a good idea, especially if totally reliant upon them. Brain switches off........

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/mar/21/all-mapped-out-using-satnav-switches-off-parts-of-the-brain-study-suggests-navigation

Combined with some pre planning and a few decent map reading skills, basic common sense and spatial/hazard awareness, then great bit of kit. But if you rely wholeheartedly on one..........

classic car drivers here..... slowing down is use right arm and move up and down, turning left, use right arm out of window in circular motion! Seldom used though, seldom seen even on classic rallies. 99% of today's drivers would think you were giving them the bird!