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[LiberalFox]

Theory test questions were pretty easy when I did it but the hazard perception thing was a right pain. It wasn't hard to see what the hazard was but having to click at the right time to register it and then having the machine tell you that you clicked too much and were getting 0 was annoying. 

[Aus Fox]

49 minutes ago, Parafox said:

Hopefully.

In burns/scalds/heat injuries, the first thing you should do is run it under cold water for at least 15 mins to take the heat out of the injury. Then dry gently and if necessary repeat, then seal the burned area with clingfilm if the area is large. The residual heat in a minor burn causes pain and that's why it needs to be cooled. A larger more severe area of a burn exposes the nerve endings if the burn has taken off the first layer of skin. The pain from this is caused by exposure of the nerve endings to the ambient air which is why clingfilm is used to provide a barrier.

If you've got a good first aid kit, it might include a burns dressing which is a sealed pack of a chemical which, when applied, becomes very cold over time

Never put anything oily, such as a lotion or butter (as used to be advised) on a burn. Cold flannels, cold water is the first action. Keep it cold, take the heat out. The heat causes pain in minor burns.

Never burst blisters. They're a protective response. Let them heal over time.

Hope this helps. 

Thanks Para, very helpful! 
Whilst you’re there and answering questions, I have this rash… I can dm pics if you like…

[LiberalFox]

 

 

Got the one about burns wrong, should have read this topic first 

 

Other one was keeping well left when turning into a minor road from a main road - I don't do this because it just encourages people to go for a dodgy overtake imo and makes the turn tighter. 

Edited 26 January 2022 by LiberalFox

[ealingfox]

The problem with the hazard perception part is that you can genuinely be penalised for spotting the hazard too quickly. In most examples the developing hazard is on screen before the period in which you score points for clicking starts. It's bullshit really.

[tom27111]

28 minutes ago, Aus Fox said:

Thanks Para, very helpful! 
Whilst you’re there and answering questions, I have this rash… I can dm pics if you like…

@Parafox is just going to recommended that you hang out at classier bars and have a quick dose of antibiotics.

 

However, I want to know the bars you currently hang out at and am open to seeing pics 

[Parafox]

1 hour ago, Aus Fox said:

Thanks Para, very helpful! 
Whilst you’re there and answering questions, I have this rash… I can dm pics if you like…

Is it a raised bumpy rash or just a localised reddening? 

I don't need to see pics of your hard-on, just stop wanking. It'll go away.

[Jon the Hat]

8 hours ago, FoxesDeb said:

I've just had a go here

 

https://www.safedrivingforlife.info/free-practice-tests/practice-theory-test-for-car-drivers-1-of-2/

 

Got a pass at 43, it sounds like I just scraped in though! 

 

It's interesting to see what you've forgotten, and what's changed 

Passed with 45.  Hah not bad with no practice and 27 years after my driving test.

[Jon the Hat]

5 hours ago, ealingfox said:

The problem with the hazard perception part is that you can genuinely be penalised for spotting the hazard too quickly. In most examples the developing hazard is on screen before the period in which you score points for clicking starts. It's bullshit really.

That's called reacting to something before it is a clear hazard, which might suggest you are over cautious and a danger to other road users...

[Innovindil]

 

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[lcfc278]

12 hours ago, Milo said:

I found it quite tough, tbh. 
 

My nephew was moaning about how hard it was, and did the whole ‘it’s more difficult than when you did it’ nonsense.

So I bet him that I could pass it. 
 

Booked myself in for a test and actually struggled a bit 🙈

 

I was then a bit worried about what would happen if I failed…would I lose my licence?! 

 

Passed by a single point. 
 

Told him I nailed it, obviously. 

Did this actually happen?

 

You booked and paid for an official theory driving test just to win a bet against your nephew?

 

You can find mock exams online you know 

[Milo]

1 minute ago, lcfc278 said:

Did this actually happen?

 

You booked and paid for an official theory driving test just to win a bet against your nephew?

 

You can find mock exams online you know 

Yep, it happened. 
 

And no, I didn’t really think it through very well as to what would happen if I failed it. 
 

And no, I didn’t realise that I could have done it cheaper and a lot less stressy online. 
 

 

 

 

But I won 

[ealingfox]

4 hours ago, Jon the Hat said:

That's called reacting to something before it is a clear hazard, which might suggest you are over cautious and a danger to other road users...

 

Not really. As said you're also penalised for clicking too much and it's a different matter clicking everything that comes on screen which would happen under what you're suggesting. I'm not suggesting you should score points the millisecond the hazard comes on screen, but it seems unduly harsh that someone coming in a split second before the 5 point mark gets nothing. They've got to draw the lines somewhere though I suppose. My suggestion would be putting an additional 1 point zone in before the 5. Its a blunt instrument is my real point.

[FoxyPV]

13 minutes ago, ealingfox said:

 

Not really. As said you're also penalised for clicking too much and it's a different matter clicking everything that comes on screen which would happen under what you're suggesting. I'm not suggesting you should score points the millisecond the hazard comes on screen, but it seems unduly harsh that someone coming in a split second before the 5 point mark gets nothing. They've got to draw the lines somewhere though I suppose. My suggestion would be putting an additional 1 point zone in before the 5. Its a blunt instrument is my real point.

I got hit with this on my first theory test. I clicked when I saw the hazard but apparently that was too soon to register so I clicked repeatedly as I didn't think it had went through

[FoxyPV]

12 hours ago, Carl the Llama said:

43 phew, I can still drive.  I take exception to the question about burns though, according to the test you're supposed to douse severe burns in cold water but they offered applying lotion as an answer too...  I could've sworn I read elsewhere that water on burns isn't the best immediate remedy so to me grabbing a burn lotion from the med kit and applying it is the obvious correct answer.  @Parafox are you able to clear this up?

Good old H2O2 for all burns

[Carl the Llama]

Just now, FoxyPV said:

Good old H2O2 for all burns

What's the 2nd O for? 

[Suzie the Fox]

Ooops

 

[RonnieTodger]

The Theory Test is like any other, you just need to revise a little and you’ll be fine.
 

There’s a free app for your phone with mock tests with I found helpful and passed straight away. Whereas my mate that is adamant that it’s “just common sense” has failed 4 times. Ironically showing that he doesn’t have any.
 

There’s some common sense involved, but a lot of it remembering figures and signage. 

[Wymsey]

People who have complained about being banned recently from an online forum have more than likely deserved it in the first place.

[Jimothy]

3 hours ago, Suzie the Fox said:

Ooops

 

Out of interest, what do you drive? Colour and registration if you don't mind, so I can avoid you 

[FoxyPV]

6 hours ago, Carl the Llama said:

What's the 2nd O for? 

Chemistry joke

[The Bear]

1 hour ago, FoxyPV said:

Chemistry joke

Na Bro. 

[Stadt]

Hazard perception is easy. When I did my theory test in 2015 (I think) you had unlimited clicks as long as you didn't spam it iirc.

[Carl the Llama]

2 hours ago, FoxyPV said:

Chemistry joke

I don't get it

 

[FoxyPV]

16 hours ago, The Bear said:

Na Bro. 

 

15 hours ago, Carl the Llama said:

I don't get it

 

 It wasn't very good.

 

H2O2 is bleach and therefore not very good for burns....

 

 

 

I'll see myself out

[The Bear]

59 minutes ago, FoxyPV said:

 

 It wasn't very good.

 

H2O2 is bleach and therefore not very good for burns....

 

I'll see myself out

I got it.

 

I guess I should have written mine NaBrO, which is Sodium Hypobromite, a compound found in bleach..... 

 

I'll get my coat too.