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PostPosted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 12:21 am 
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Google the survey it will confirm it
It also says women should not wear them with tights as tights are called pantyhose for that reason
Skippy. is there something you're not telling us. :wink:


Wore, them all the time in winter whilst in the trenches, the nice thick woolly ones, you had to shave or wax your legs for the Lycra ones though
I believe... not that I personally would know.. that motorcyclists used to wear them under their jeans... a Hell's Angel's on the back and tights on their bum.. :wink:

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It concerns me that you know these things about Lycra. :shock: As I said I don't do tights


He like the pics of linford christies lunch box too :lol:

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Now you're scaring me :shock:

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skippy41 wrote:
Google the survey it will confirm it

Not really sure that makes anything conclusive. :roll: :roll:

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Google the survey it will confirm it

Not really sure that makes anything conclusive. :roll: :roll:

I'm not really sure the original post makes anything conclusive, I didn't understand it.


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it seems to me a bit rich that the so called n.v.q. instructors in york have to judge people on there driving standards.


I was always under the impression that only qualified persons can instruct or test drivers under the 1988 road traffic act. Anyone not registered under the act as a qualified person commits an offence if they undertake any duty that consists of a practical test of the ability and fitness of a persons ability to drive.

I would ask anyone who suggests they are competent to test your driving skills if they are registered under the 1988 Road Traffic act as a qualified examiner or instructor?

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it seems to me a bit rich that the so called n.v.q. instructors in york have to judge people on there driving standards.


I was always under the impression that only qualified persons can instruct or test drivers under the 1988 road traffic act. Anyone not registered under the act as a qualified person commits an offence if they undertake any duty that consists of a practical test of the ability and fitness of a persons ability to drive.

I would ask anyone who suggests they are competent to test your driving skills if they are registered under the 1988 Road Traffic act as a qualified examiner or instructor?

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I don't believe that they are instructors at all and shouldn't be descrided as such. They are not there to assess somebodies ability to drive. There is a lot of misconceptions about the NVQ and I think drivers that are undertaking this course actually read what is required of them as set out by Edexcel. If they do not have an Edexcel log book then I suggest they obtain one from their provider.

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it seems to me a bit rich that the so called n.v.q. instructors in york have to judge people on there driving standards.


I was always under the impression that only qualified persons can instruct or test drivers under the 1988 road traffic act. Anyone not registered under the act as a qualified person commits an offence if they undertake any duty that consists of a practical test of the ability and fitness of a persons ability to drive.

I would ask anyone who suggests they are competent to test your driving skills if they are registered under the 1988 Road Traffic act as a qualified examiner or instructor?

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I don't believe that they are instructors at all and shouldn't be descrided as such. They are not there to assess somebodies ability to drive. There is a lot of misconceptions about the NVQ and I think drivers that are undertaking this course actually read what is required of them as set out by Edexcel. If they do not have an Edexcel log book then I suggest they obtain one from their provider.


Not having participated in one of these courses I wouldn't know what transpires in the way of assesment but perhaps you can advise us of whether or not any type of driving assesment is carried out under either qualifications?

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This is the actual unit requirement I think that some drivers are referring to:-

This unit is about driving your vehicle safely and efficiently. You should be able to prepare to drive the vehicle and drive the vehicle while considering passenger comfort and safety and general driving conditions. You should know and understand current relevant legislation regarding your vehicle and driving your vehicle. You shoud be able to pick up and set down passegers safely. You should know and understand the importance of parking and handing over your vehicle in line with your own, or your organisations's procedures.

Make of it what you will. :D

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This is the actual unit requirement I think that some drivers are referring to:-

This unit is about driving your vehicle safely and efficiently. You should be able to prepare to drive the vehicle and drive the vehicle while considering passenger comfort and safety and general driving conditions. You should know and understand current relevant legislation regarding your vehicle and driving your vehicle. You shoud be able to pick up and set down passegers safely. You should know and understand the importance of parking and handing over your vehicle in line with your own, or your organisations's procedures.

Make of it what you will. :D


I would suggest the requirements of the 1988 act will apply, therefore anyone not so registered as described under the act is "legally" disqualified and incompetent to test or pass judgment on the driving standards of those who already hold a full driving license and even those that do not hold a full driving license.

On an entirely different matter I shall put the same question to you as I put to Cabbyman, which I notice he has so far declined to answer.

The question is this, how does the customer benefit by travelling with you, presuming you have a BTEC or NVQ rather than travelling with Sussex who does not have an NVQ? I'll add another point and that is, "if Sussex was fully conversant with the rules and regulations appertaining to all the local byelaws and legislation in respect of hackney carriage and private hire licensing would that make him a more qualified person than you and in return would it make the passenger feel less vulnerable and more confident that the journey they were undertaking was likely to be trouble free"?

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I think you will find they are called "Assesors" not instructors.........

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I think you will find they are called "Assesors" not instructors.........


I don't recall mentioning instructors but nevertheless an assesment requires the person doing the assesing to be competent and the legal requirement for such competence resides in the 1988 Road traffic act. If you are assesing my driving then I require you to be legally competent as prescribed by law otherwise your assesment will be meaningless.

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Surely not for a NVQ, they would only need to be a certified assesor...


certified by who...whom.....i aint got a scooby doo..........

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Surely not for a NVQ, they would only need to be a certified assesor...


certified by who...whom.....i aint got a scooby doo..........


If you are being assessed then you expect the person doing the assessing to be qualified for the job of assesing. That's why we have the driving standards agency because they are qualified to assess the competence of drivers to drive. I can't wait for the first court case based on the competence of these so called assessors and the quality of the courses and those who teach them.

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They are qualified as assessors by taking an A1 assessors course :wink:

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They are qualified as assessors by taking an A1 assessors course :wink:


In other words according to some of those who have taken these courses the qualification amounts to being mediocre bordering on insignificant.

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