Aviva Ignition Test

conf101

Anyone here do the Aviva Ignition Test? I've one booked for next Monday and am trying to find out what to expect. I've been told that it's very casual and more about seeing that you can drive safely and avoid an accident rather than that you know and drive by all the rules of the road.

I'm doing mine in Carlow by the way!

Cheers for any tips/advice!

biko

You show up and they do a couple of presentations.
Then you go out to the car and point under the bonnet at the usual stuff you should be able to identify.
Then you go for a drive with the assessor assessing your skills.
Once back at the centre the assessor points out would could have been done better.
You go for a second spin to show you've learned from the instructions.
Back to centre and home.

Cookie_Monster

^^ I just met the guy and drove around for 45 mins for mine, last June. He said they stopped doing the longer version and its just proof you can drive safely basically.

MetzgerMeister

I did it in 2004 in Kilkenny. I had been driving a Peugeot 106XN diesel (0-60 in a day) since I got provisional which was about 7 months beforehand. I was given a Japanese import 2.0 petrol subaru impreza to drive.

1) I had never driven a petrol car on the road and found it hard to get used to
2) Indicators/wipers were on the opposite side of what I was used to
3) It was to my memory a big and awkard car

Just be sure you are aware of these things as I wasn't and I failed miserably! Luckily I attended it and got the €40 or wahtever it was deposit back

Topper Harley

When I did it a few years back, one of the other guys doing it was involved in a crash (not his fault) and me and my instructor/assessor had to collect him and we took turns. He still passed.

There were three stages to the driving;
1) First you drive without him telling you anything;

2) After assessing your driving your instructor will and give you tips on what you could improve to be safer;

3) You drive again, showing that you've taken in all he's told you.

It's all about learning safer driving and anticipating other drivers' actions.

While in the lecture segment before driving, all four of us were asked what we hoped to gain from the course. We all said cheaper insurance. We should have said to be safer to ourselves and others on the road.

Also, we were shown some videos of accidents and asked for our opinions on who was at fault and how they could have been avoided. Common sense really, just tell them what they want to hear, no need for "no it was completely that eejit's fault, he was going way too slow" or anything like that.

Best of luck.