Road crossing and animal names - Numbnuts?

Toucan is one i think? No idea about the others though!

Toucan (as in two can cross)

Puffin (pedestrian user friendly intelligent).

School crossing, Zebra, Pelican, Puffin, Toucan and Pegasus.

"School crossing" ....that well known animal LOL, and isn't Pegasus mythological.

Descriptions are here:

https://www.2pass.co.uk/crossing.htm

Pegasus crossing - is one designed with a push button at the height for horse and rider. They put one in in our town a couple of years ago.

So you both knew more than me. I didn't realise puffin or toucan crossings had a different name...I just refer to them all as pelican crossings.

I had no idea about the crossing names either.

How are you getting on with the driver training KJB? is it RoSPA or IAM you are doing?

I'm doing IAM, mainly because a couple of friends have done it so knew how it worked, and also as they just have a pass or fail mark as I'd be annoyed if I just got a 'bronze' from Rospa.....yet I don't think I'm good enough to go for gold. Maybe this harks back to being 2 marks off a 2:1...I'd rather have just had a pass or fail then! LOL

I'm getting on OK. It's interesting and I think my driving has improved. Some bits I don't agree with, so will stop doing as soon as I pass! Eg not steering and changing gear at the same time...OK most of the time but when going right at a r-a-b from stationary, you can't change gear until your wheels are straight....so you're roaring round in first gear.

That and having to have a proper grip on the gear stick are the two things which annoy me most. Most of the rest of it I'm happy with though.

I did the RoSPA one as part of my companies increasing obsession with health and safety. I got a silver but absolutely hated hated hated every second of it.

The way I want to drive, and the things I think about as a result of this are totally out of sync with what the were trying to instill in me.

soooooo frustrating when I know how best to make a car stable in a corner yet am being told I have got the wrong technique and need to adjust acordingly. FWIW, I very rarely do two things at once. I am either braking, accelerating or changing gear and at r-a-b's I would short shift into second to get round.

If you can take a few things that improve your general awareness, then I guess it is worth doing with of course the added bonus of reduced insurance premiums

KJB I did the DIAmond advanced driving course and test 10 years ago, and found it invaluable in getting rid of bad habits and has intstilled in me a greater awareness of safety and proper driving, I think everyone should give an advance course a go to see just how many bad habits they have.