The AA yesterday completed its rollout of free driving lessons for members or their children in an effort to improve road safety in New Zealand. Morgan Tait got behind the wheel with instructor David Bishara to see how her skills compared to testing criteria.
Luckily I passed my driver's licence test eight years ago, because according to the driving instructor who ran me through a mock test last week, I would have failed. Four times.
Thrice for not slowing down to 30km/h by the time I passed a road-works speed sign and once for an incident to do with giving way to a large truck at a blindspot intersection in Orakei.
Apart from the four immediate fails, my tutor would also have marked me down for not checking my blindspots enough, not indicating when exiting a roundabout and for losing concentration during the hour-long ordeal.
He did admire my consideration for cyclists, parallel parking and hazard identification abilities.
