When did you pass your test and how difficult was it?

[Grahamm]

[quote author=Grahamm link=topic=9562.msg96901#msg96901 date=1377595202]
I tried some sample tests and kept clicking too early because I was thinking "Ok, that's liable to become a hazard, so I'll keep an eye on it".

Interesting. Have a read of Keith Code's 'Twist of the Wrist' He explains how loading up the brain with too much 'potentialities' is quite a bad thing.  The more you can discard from thinking about, the easier it is for the brain to cope with a hazard when it is 'on you'. I apply this to my own riding.[/quote]

I've not read the book, but I've seen the video

As regarding "potentialities", I've been cycling for about the past 40 years (gods, that makes me feel old!) and it's so subconcious now that I hardly even think about it.

As I scan the road ahead (and behind) I'm looking for all the little clues and subtleties that mean that if, as in one of the clips, there's a side road on the left, I can be watching for anything coming out of it or that may turn across my path, so when I see a vehicle ahead that's further out towards the centre-line than the rest of the traffic, I'm already thinking "hello, I bet he's going to turn..." and planning for it even before his indicator goes on.