P's test - heads up anyone?
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 12:04 pm
Hi all, I have my P's test booked for Sat 17th July (Unanderra), & i'm shaking in my boots! I read online a couple of days ago that there was apparently the whole test marked out at the Oak Flats train station (Illawarra/Wollongong area), so i went there last night after work, & indeed the tests were marked out here & there. I tried them, & 70-80% got the hang of them, but i had a few questions, for ppl who have already done the P's test...
For the stopping test, i am pretty sure i was using the right marks on the ground for it (the marks seem to be used for both the stopping test and the swerving test), but it didn't seem like enough room to get up to 20+kms before having to stop or swerve, can anyone confirm this? I have the pdf of the test, & there is no distance for the stopping test on there, so that doesnt help, just wondering what the distance is (approx.) in the actual test.
Same for the swerving test, it used the same marks on the ground as the stopping test, but again it didn't seem like enough room to get up to 20+km before having to swerve, i think i might have just hit 20km, but not sure cos by that stage i was looking ahead & swerving!
On the cone weave i keep missing the last cone (i am using cheap yellow frisbee things as markers), i ran one over & smushed it to bits (doh! 5 left), just wondering if its better to try go slightly faster thru the cones, or slowly?? I got the hang of the u-turn mostly too, was crawling thru & going over the line, hubby showed me how to go thru it faster & leaning more, all good when turning to the left, but crap when turning to the right (not my good side!), anyone have any tips on how to turn better on ur bad side?? On my good side when u-turning my wrist doesnt even hit the tank (way off) but when u-turning on my bad side my wrist hits the tank & i STILL go wide, dunno how to fix that!
I will appreciate any helpful advice that is thrown in my general direction
For the stopping test, i am pretty sure i was using the right marks on the ground for it (the marks seem to be used for both the stopping test and the swerving test), but it didn't seem like enough room to get up to 20+kms before having to stop or swerve, can anyone confirm this? I have the pdf of the test, & there is no distance for the stopping test on there, so that doesnt help, just wondering what the distance is (approx.) in the actual test.
Same for the swerving test, it used the same marks on the ground as the stopping test, but again it didn't seem like enough room to get up to 20+km before having to swerve, i think i might have just hit 20km, but not sure cos by that stage i was looking ahead & swerving!
On the cone weave i keep missing the last cone (i am using cheap yellow frisbee things as markers), i ran one over & smushed it to bits (doh! 5 left), just wondering if its better to try go slightly faster thru the cones, or slowly?? I got the hang of the u-turn mostly too, was crawling thru & going over the line, hubby showed me how to go thru it faster & leaning more, all good when turning to the left, but crap when turning to the right (not my good side!), anyone have any tips on how to turn better on ur bad side?? On my good side when u-turning my wrist doesnt even hit the tank (way off) but when u-turning on my bad side my wrist hits the tank & i STILL go wide, dunno how to fix that!
I will appreciate any helpful advice that is thrown in my general direction