First driving lesson next week!! Yayyy

**tralalala** · 12-19-2006, 11:28 AM

PASSED the theory test!!! Yippeeeeeeeeeee

Great feeling to have the exam marked with a "Pass" stamp..

**j2k4** · 12-19-2006, 10:22 PM

Originally Posted by tralalala

PASSED the theory test!!!

Driving theory?

Driving should be naught but a practical matter until you've done it long enough to expound coherently.

Sounds like a New Age thing.

**Ava Estelle** · 12-20-2006, 04:42 AM

Originally Posted by j2k4

Driving should be naught but a practical matter until you've done it long enough to expound coherently.

Not at all. People shouldn't be allowed on the road until they can show a certain knowledge of the environment they will be driving in. They should know what the different road signs mean, the sequence of traffic lights, who gives way to who, and many other things.

**tralalala** · 12-20-2006, 08:11 AM

Originally Posted by Ava Estelle

Originally Posted by j2k4

Driving should be naught but a practical matter until you've done it long enough to expound coherently.

Not at all. People shouldn't be allowed on the road until they can show a certain knowledge of the environment they will be driving in. They should know what the different road signs mean, the sequence of traffic lights, who gives way to who, and many other things.

Which is exactly what I studied for the theory... They even want you to study about how the engine works, the parts in it.. how to replace a wheel etc.
Anyways, glad I passed it.. that's what matters, and tomorrow morning is my second driving lesson

**j2k4** · 12-20-2006, 10:45 AM

Originally Posted by tralalala

Which is exactly what I studied for the theory... They even want you to study about how the engine works, the parts in it.. how to replace a wheel etc.
Anyways, glad I passed it.. that's what matters, and tomorrow morning is my second driving lesson

Granted, all that, I'm just curious as to why they called it theory.

It implies a speculative aspect, when there's nothing speculative about it.

**tralalala** · 12-20-2006, 01:13 PM

Theoretical examination.. in theory - what should be done on the roads... then you have the actual test - to see how you do the theoretical stuff in reality.

**j2k4** · 12-20-2006, 08:13 PM

Originally Posted by tralalala

Theoretical examination.. in theory - what should be done on the roads... then you have the actual test - to see how you do the theoretical stuff in reality.

I understand, I just think it's a klutzy use of the word.

I'm sure it's just me.

**Snee** · 12-20-2006, 08:25 PM

I don't see why

They aren't throwing him out in traffic, into a real situation, they are asking him what he'd do, in theory, as he writes.

What people say or think that they'll do in a given situation, and what they actually do, are often two separate things, as I'm sure you know.

Of course, they could ask him what he should do, instead, but maybe there's some psychological benefit that can be derived from him thinking it's him facing the decisions.

**j2k4** · 12-20-2006, 08:39 PM

Originally Posted by SnnY

I don't see why

They aren't throwing him out in traffic, into a real situation, they are asking him what he'd do, in theory, as he writes.

What people say or think that they'll do in a given situation, and what they actually do, are often two separate things, as I'm sure you know.

Of course, they could ask him what he should do, instead, but maybe there's some psychological benefit that can be derived from him thinking it's him facing the decisions.

Call it a matter of taste, then.

Make him a virtual driver.