I took my Scooter Test at Acton Test Centre in 1963 and passed first time. In those days the Examiner would walk and hide around the streets he told you to drive over so he could watch your driving, so you had to follow all the rules all of the time. My friend took his Scooter test a week later, Bounds Green TC I think, but after driving around the streets for about 10 minutes, he pulled up, because he was nervous and stood by by his Scooter on the side of the road and smoked a cigarette. When he finished he carried on but the Examiner was nowhere to be seen, he had gone back to the Test Centre. My friend eventually returned and was told that he had failed the Test. I laughed for the rest of the day lol
In 1971 my old man was fined for driving without a licence and shortly after failed his first driving test for being drunk! No further action ws taken regarding the driving test, and he passed on the second attempt.
My late dad, when he taught me to drive, told me to "always make allowances for idiots". That simple bit of advice has helped a lot over the years. Thanks dad.
Great! Had'nt seen that one before;a typically charming and evocative Look At Life . 3.07- 3.28 is the old driving instructors at Crystal Palace SE 19 (now the bus station), with Crystal Palace Parade and Farquhar Rd. in the background at 3.17-3.21. If the bus had'nt been there you'd have got a nice view of the old High Level Station,demolished a couple of years after this in 1961
I learned to drive and took my test in 1973, (in a Vauxhall Viva). I'll always remember my driving instructor telling me to never trust another driver who wears a hat...
You know, a modern-day documentary looking back at the recent past at times does not bring out the pure feel against actually watching something made from that period. Little impresses me more than the genuine article. Samuel F.
1:31 You don't see moustaches like that any more. He must be WWII ex RAF pilot. (And judging by the way he mops his brow was probably more frightened by the people he was trying to teach to drive than he ever was by the Luftwaffe.)
- Barely any drink drive laws. - No standardised signage. - No speed limits in places. - Bias ply tyres. - Unreliable cars. - Very few road markings. - People just randomly on your side of the road. - All cars had awful brakes. - Barely any safety aside from hoping you'd be "thrown clear" and not impaled on a steering column - Terrible guidance on how to treat other road users "yeah, they could be drunk or insane" - Even the "best" driver driving horribly - He lays out guidance that sees him doing 50 in a clearly residential area! - Generally bad advice for driving - The "correct" way for steering having hands all over the steering wheel. - Still relying on hand signals despite the advent of brake lights and indicators. How did anyone setting foot in a car in the 1950's survive the ordeal? No amount of imaginary rose tinted "common sense" could save these people. Though, I would be lying if I said it didn't look like fun though!
As an American I was of course born with a set of keys in my hand, but I've always said, and this is after driving in the UK many hundreds of miles, the reason it's so hard to drive on the left is because most people are right handed, and the same reason you mostly sleep on your left (I've researched these things mind you 😎) you instinctively want to drive on the right. I'm a professional driver, trucks, taxi driver in San Francisco, OTR nationwide, and manipulation of a stick shift with the left hand and right on the wheel? Who came up with that idea🤣?
@@freddymarcel-marcum6831 Also Ladies sat on the left in Carriages so the Gentleman would shield them from any dirt thrown up from the road by other vehicles .
That's the hand signal for " I am slowing down " , back in the day you had to know all of the relevant hand signals to pass your driving test and some cars then didn't have brake lights . When I passed my Car test in 1977 and my PSV ( Bus ) test in 1978 you had to demonstrate ALL of the hand signals to pass your test .
Ah... the good old days, at a time when every one drifted, from the cops to the double-decker buses
Superb quality of the colour and film .
Look how lovely England look then
Lovely shots of RTWs and a pre-war RT on the Chiswick skid pan. All history now, Chiswick Works is now Chiswick Park business park....
If only life was still this simple
I took my Scooter Test at Acton Test Centre in 1963 and passed first time. In those days the Examiner would walk and hide around the streets he told you to drive over so he could watch your driving, so you had to follow all the rules all of the time. My friend took his Scooter test a week later, Bounds Green TC I think, but after driving around the streets for about 10 minutes, he pulled up, because he was nervous and stood by by his Scooter on the side of the road and smoked a cigarette. When he finished he carried on but the Examiner was nowhere to be seen, he had gone back to the Test Centre. My friend eventually returned and was told that he had failed the Test. I laughed for the rest of the day lol
Brilliant!
Thanks for posting.
In 1971 my old man was fined for driving without a licence and shortly after failed his first driving test for being drunk! No further action ws taken regarding the driving test, and he passed on the second attempt.
How that double decker didn’t roll over beats me
They're very stable. Only time they're more prone to possible tip over is way abnormal distribution of passengers upstairs.
They are designed to be bottom heavy like a ship
Always remember that the other fellow may not be sober or even sane! Lol that’s funny but very true....a lot of nutters on today’s roads!
My late dad, when he taught me to drive, told me to "always make allowances for idiots". That simple bit of advice has helped a lot over the years. Thanks dad.
Great! Had'nt seen that one before;a typically charming and evocative Look At Life . 3.07- 3.28 is the old driving instructors at Crystal Palace SE 19 (now the bus station), with Crystal Palace Parade and Farquhar Rd. in the background at 3.17-3.21. If the bus had'nt been there you'd have got a nice view of the old High Level Station,demolished a couple of years after this in 1961
Use. : in between your clip numbers, they become blue and will go to the clip when pressed 👍🏼. Try it 3:17
I learned to drive and took my test in 1973, (in a Vauxhall Viva). I'll always remember my driving instructor telling me to never trust another driver who wears a hat...
Sound guidance! I guess a person in a hat was the 1970's equivalent of your average leased BMW/Audi/Merc driver or White Van Man?
Where's Blakey falling off the side of the London Bus? Or Olive learning to drive the bike and sidecar? (I know, that was 1971 or so).
Sideways on a decker that looks fun! Did I mention I am a bus drivers 😄😄
Drifting in the ‘50s. And people say they had no fun!
i was expecting blakey to come sliding out the back the bus hahahaha!
Saturday morning cinema when I was a teen
The veteran bus driver at the end was looking over his shoulder at the camera and not ahead when he pulled off
Checking his blind spot , ahead wasn't an issue as he was on the skid pan and there was nothing ahead of him .
*..." or, even sane!"*
Superb. . Sweet old time
You know, a modern-day documentary looking back at the recent past at times does not bring out the pure feel against actually watching something made from that period. Little impresses me more than the genuine article. Samuel F.
You don’t need to sign off with your own name, your user name is sufficient- plank.
@@Sean-ce1hu I agree. Fred K.
@@fredkite Same, Gavin H.
Me too. John B.
DEJA VU
00:24 indicated right then turned left.
1:31 You don't see moustaches like that any more. He must be WWII ex RAF pilot. (And judging by the way he mops his brow was probably more frightened by the people he was trying to teach to drive than he ever was by the Luftwaffe.)
- Barely any drink drive laws.
- No standardised signage.
- No speed limits in places.
- Bias ply tyres.
- Unreliable cars.
- Very few road markings.
- People just randomly on your side of the road.
- All cars had awful brakes.
- Barely any safety aside from hoping you'd be "thrown clear" and not impaled on a steering column
- Terrible guidance on how to treat other road users "yeah, they could be drunk or insane"
- Even the "best" driver driving horribly - He lays out guidance that sees him doing 50 in a clearly residential area!
- Generally bad advice for driving - The "correct" way for steering having hands all over the steering wheel.
- Still relying on hand signals despite the advent of brake lights and indicators.
How did anyone setting foot in a car in the 1950's survive the ordeal? No amount of imaginary rose tinted "common sense" could save these people. Though, I would be lying if I said it didn't look like fun though!
United Dairies , they haven't been around for a few years !!.
Oh the silly woman. Thank god there was a man there with his hair thickly smothered in Brylcream and a handlebar mustache
As an American I was of course born with a set of keys in my hand, but I've always said, and this is after driving in the UK many hundreds of miles, the reason it's so hard to drive on the left is because most people are right handed, and the same reason you mostly sleep on your left (I've researched these things mind you 😎) you instinctively want to drive on the right. I'm a professional driver, trucks, taxi driver in San Francisco, OTR nationwide, and manipulation of a stick shift with the left hand and right on the wheel? Who came up with that idea🤣?
@@ArtyEffem It was easier to pull your flintlock pistol from your coat and take aim at the highway man when travelling on the lefthand side.
@@ArtyEffem But at least you have a fighting chance.
California drivers are the worst in the world!
@@eugenechester8748 we are 🌝
@@freddymarcel-marcum6831 Also Ladies sat on the left in Carriages so the Gentleman would shield them from any dirt thrown up from the road by other vehicles .
Do the bus companies still do the wet road skid?
damn i wish the driving test included how to safely drift
Here in Sweden it's included in the driving test. It's called "halkbana".
01:57 A driving test in a Heinkel bubble car??
Muggins...ROFL
This grip allows a man with no hands to carry on driving ..it's no bloody wonder 8 million were killed and injured...
Traffic Police.
What’s this waving your arm up and down out of the window and potentially into the path of other vehicles? Looks crazy dangerous.
A hangover from the days before cars had proper indicators. Same movements as used by horse-drawn wagon drivers.
That's the hand signal for " I am slowing down " , back in the day you had to know all of the relevant hand signals to pass your driving test and some cars then didn't have brake lights . When I passed my Car test in 1977 and my PSV ( Bus ) test in 1978 you had to demonstrate ALL of the hand signals to pass your test .
Tommy steel @ 1:41
1:25 Annnnnnnd test fail!!
Anyone who is free from giddiness! Must of removed from current road test then!.
I'd fail it 😂
Law & Order.
Bus drifting.really!,
But what’s this....oh dear, it’s a woman! Women......KNOW YOUR LIMITS!