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"Hazard Perception Test" my arse
Posted: 2003-09-23 02:06am
by Vympel
Went to do the HPT for my P2 license today (I'm on provisional, red P plate on your car, more restrictions, then it's P2, then it's unrestricted)- had to do this absurd test in front of a computer where they show video of 'real' traffic conditions and you have to touch the screen when you think you should slow down, when it's safe to turn, etc.
I fucked it up- I had no idea what the hell it wanted from me, even though I read the handbook about it- it consistently put up the same situation again and again, or the same question, the screen was small and crappy and resolution was bad, so it was often a matter of early-1990s twitch 'multimedia' gaming as to whether I got it right. What a waste of 30 bucks.
Re: "Hazard Perception Test" my arse
Posted: 2003-09-23 02:11am
by Kuja
Vympel wrote:Went to do the HPT for my P2 license today (I'm on provisional, red P plate on your car, more restrictions, then it's P2, then it's unrestricted)- had to do this absurd test in front of a computer where they show video of 'real' traffic conditions and you have to touch the screen when you think you should slow down, when it's safe to turn, etc.
I fucked it up- I had no idea what the hell it wanted from me, even though I read the handbook about it- it consistently put up the same situation again and again, or the same question, the screen was small and crappy and resolution was bad, so it was often a matter of early-1990s twitch 'multimedia' gaming as to whether I got it right. What a waste of 30 bucks.
Hey, if you think that's bad, imagine the living hell Federation pilots have to go through when they train to fly the Delta Flyer.
Re: "Hazard Perception Test" my arse
Posted: 2003-09-23 09:40pm
by Hyperion
Kuja wrote:Hey, if you think that's bad, imagine the living hell Federation pilots have to go through when they train to fly the Delta Flyer.
Yeah, like "What the fuck is this?" or "Why the hell is *that* in here? What does it do?"
Posted: 2003-09-24 01:21am
by Vympel
Passed it today. Yay. Then the fuckers fleeced me out of $62 for my new license.
Posted: 2003-09-24 04:37am
by Gandalf
Is the Learners test hard?
Posted: 2003-09-24 08:03am
by Zac Naloen
that hazard perception test bull shit, oh look a sign, it might fall over in high wind *tick*
oh look a pedestrian wants to cross the road *tick*
Hey look a car at a junction *tick*
absolutely pointless