vort test with a broken leg!

[vx aiden]

hey everyone,

im several days away from getting my P's and i need to take my vort test. turns out my knee is broken and i find out if ill be having a cast on or not today. its my left leg so am i still able to take the test in an automatic?

thanks

[Vee-ard]

hey everyone,

im several days away from getting my P's and i need to take my vort test. turns out my knee is broken and i find out if ill be having a cast on or not today. its my left leg so am i still able to take the test in an automatic?

thanks

You're gonna have to forgive me being from WA and all, but what is a vort test? You mean the Practical driving assessment or the hazard perception?

[vx aiden]

oh sorry, here in SA we have a vort test or another option is a cbt test. vort is the vehicle on road test which is a 45 min drive with a liscenced tester, and a cbt is like a log book progression sort of thing. it stands for competency based test i think.

[Kirbs]

Best off to ring the licensing agent mate.

[TVR-190]

call the people that run the test,( whatever acronym your roads department is) and ask them. problem solved and atleast they will have a definite answer

[vx aiden]

ahk thanks. yeh im going to ring them this afternoon just wondering if anyones been in a similar scenario.

[Rolla_Rolla']

well technically, ur not allowed to use both feet, while driving an automatic, so in technical terms you should be okay to take the test

[vx aiden]

aha yep exactly my argument

[Oh_Your_Blind]

you can use both feet while driving an automatic, with one foot on the accellerator and one on the brake, your reaction time is alot faster than resting the left foot and using the right for acceleration and braking, you just ride the brake alot using both feet, and thats from an NRMA book which they tested on. I highly doubt your doing your test bigman.

[TVR-190]

left foot braking is considered dangerous though as in emergency situations can result in human reaction putting down right foot instead of left

[Vee-ard]

you can use both feet while driving an automatic, with one foot on the accellerator and one on the brake, your reaction time is alot faster than resting the left foot and using the right for acceleration and braking, you just ride the brake alot using both feet, and thats from an NRMA book which they tested on. I highly doubt your doing your test bigman.

Quote your source or get lost. Using two feet is definitely NOT safer. I know 2 women friends that have caused accidents by accidentally breaking instead of accellerating when using two feet in an auto. They also admit to being at fault.

[1vngal]

you can use both feet while driving an automatic, with one foot on the accellerator and one on the brake, your reaction time is alot faster than resting the left foot and using the right for acceleration and braking, you just ride the brake alot using both feet, and thats from an NRMA book which they tested on. I highly doubt your doing your test bigman.

I smell bullshit. If anyone did that during a driving test..... INSTANT FAIL

[BaggedVL]

my driving instructor wouldn't let me drive with two feet

but I do all the time now..

mainly because my car doesn't idle.. haha

[Tom_1569]

Dont see why not, I knew a bloke who done it with one leg.

[STEALTHY™]

call the people that run the test,( whatever acronym your roads department is) and ask them. problem solved and atleast they will have a definite answer

Just for info for anyone, TransportSA NEVER have any idea of an answer. All you get is a different persons opinion, and a different answer depending on who you speak to.

[TVR-190]

Just for info for anyone, TransportSA NEVER have any idea of an answer. All you get is a different persons opinion, and a different answer depending on who you speak to.

so roughly like the same as here then

[STEALTHY™]

so roughly like the same as here then

Never had to call them, so can't say for sure

[Julie]

you can use both feet while driving an automatic, with one foot on the accellerator and one on the brake, your reaction time is alot faster than resting the left foot and using the right for acceleration and braking, you just ride the brake alot using both feet, and thats from an NRMA book which they tested on. I highly doubt your doing your test bigman.

[NORTI]

when I broke my left ankle, and then years later my right wrist, both times I was given a pamphlet about driving, and casts. You are not allowed to drive a motor vehicle with a limb in plaster.

[vx aiden]

when I broke my left ankle, and then years later my right wrist, both times I was given a pamphlet about driving, and casts. You are not allowed to drive a motor vehicle with a limb in plaster.

so if i dont a plater, im still good to use a brace/splint during the test?

[STEALTHY™]

you can use both feet while driving an automatic, with one foot on the accellerator and one on the brake, your reaction time is alot faster than resting the left foot and using the right for acceleration and braking, you just ride the brake alot using both feet, and thats from an NRMA book which they tested on. I highly doubt your doing your test bigman.

In the running for stupidest post of 09

[vx aiden]

In the running for stupidest post of 09

hahaha well said

[ClairBear]

so if i dont a plater, im still good to use a brace/splint during the test?

No. As Norti said if your limb is unable to function normally, ie: no splint, plaster, brace or any other immobilising dressing, you will be unable to take the test.

[Oh_Your_Blind]

well my driving instructor said it was fine to use both feet whilst driving an automatic and the nrma said its safer only downside is brake riding. It was in either the june or july of that nrma book.

[wildss]

QUOTE=TVR-161]left foot braking is considered dangerous though as in emergency situations can result in human reaction putting down right foot instead of left[/QUOTE]

you would have to be pretty unco to make that mistake

Quote your source or get lost. Using two feet is definitely NOT safer. I know 2 women friends that have caused accidents by accidentally breaking instead of accellerating when using two feet in an auto. They also admit to being at fault.

hmmmm interesting