How easy is it to get an instructors license?

[Sir Lex]

My sister is on her L's, and a few weeks ago whilst having a driving
lesson, the instructors car got a flat tire. No big deal, it would've
been good practice for her to change a tyre under proper supervision, if
the instructor knew how to change a tyre that is.

The instructor told her that he didn't know how to change a tyre, and
asked if she did. What do you think are the chances of a 19 year old
woman on her L's, knowing how to change a tyre?

So he got out the jack and proceeded to try and jack up the car. My
sister pointed out that she didn't think a tyre should be changed on a
hill, the instructor agreed, so they drove a few metres to a flat
surface and changed it there. My sister could not remember if the
instructor turned on the hazard lights, if he did turn them on, he
certainly didn't explain to her that the hazard lights should be on in
situations such as that.

I would have thought it would be a requirement to know how to change a
tyre before someone got their driving instructor permit? Or is that not
important anymore seeing as some new cars no longer come with spares?

There is no excuse for the instructor not explaining why it is important
to turn on your hazards when your car breaks down. Unfortunately,
despite my furious reaction about all of this, she did not change
driving instructors.

I was watching her practice parallel parking out the front of the house
today. She'd set up some plastic chairs as a pretend car to park
behind, and was using the edge of the driveway as the gutter to park
against. I could not work out why she insisted on trying to reverse
into a parallel park position at sharp angle. I spoke to her about it,
and she said her instructor had said that she must always turn her
steering wheel to full lock when trying to park. I told her that was
crap, and only to turn the wheel as much as she thought necessary. She
had no trouble after that.

The instructor had no trouble explaining that she must always stay below
the speed limit though. The system works!

[Brad Hogan]

> I was watching her practice parallel parking out the front of the house
> today. She'd set up some plastic chairs as a pretend car to park behind,
> and was using the edge of the driveway as the gutter to park against. I
> could not work out why she insisted on trying to reverse into a parallel
> park position at sharp angle. I spoke to her about it, and she said her
> instructor had said that she must always turn her steering wheel to full
> lock when trying to park. I told her that was crap, and only to turn the
> wheel as much as she thought necessary. She had no trouble after that.



To pass the exam to get her P's she will be required to do the reverse park
with sharp steering and not much distance reversing backward.


They tell you the requirements to pass the exam in NSW now. They didnt used
to, you used to have to get a driving instructor to tell you how to pass the
exam.

You are saying how to drive, the instructor is saying how to pass the exam.

Its a little silly but the exam is about testing peoples ability to turn
the wheel fully ... they cant just drive down straight roads...