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rks · 14th February 2007, 22:26

So others too have experienced the same low standards for driving tests. Actually the first time I took a driving test in 1975 at age 18 was in Ernakulam, Kerala (my father was stationed there at that time). The driving test was very rigorous by today's standards. I had to make a hill-start, turn back by reversing the car into a side lane, make a U-turn and then park close to the footpath on a narrow road. Further, I had to drive (forward and reverse) through a H-shaped path marked out by iron rods as fencing. If you don't get the tight turns right the first time or if you hit one of the rods, you fail. It was quite tough in an Ambassador.

I passed because the driving school instructor did an excellent job of making me practise before the test. I guess those days very few people owned or drove cars, so the driving schools and RTO inspectors had more time to train/test candidates.

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rks BANNED Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: ?? Posts: 1,198	So others too have experienced the same low standards for driving tests. Actually the first time I took a driving test in 1975 at age 18 was in Ernakulam, Kerala (my father was stationed there at that time). The driving test was very rigorous by today's standards. I had to make a hill-start, turn back by reversing the car into a side lane, make a U-turn and then park close to the footpath on a narrow road. Further, I had to drive (forward and reverse) through a H-shaped path marked out by iron rods as fencing. If you don't get the tight turns right the first time or if you hit one of the rods, you fail. It was quite tough in an Ambassador. I passed because the driving school instructor did an excellent job of making me practise before the test. I guess those days very few people owned or drove cars, so the driving schools and RTO inspectors had more time to train/test candidates.