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Well said! The UK haulage industry is the same.

You're right that the program is passive. It takes no input, and offers no feedback. As for the sounds, the printout will show the "sound" buttons as HI and LO to correspond to the relevant tone pitch. The pedals are nothing to do with the tones, you use the peddles to respond to the...

I agree. But I did say "for want of a better word"... ;-) What I was driving at was the fact that by the OP's own admission they sort of fell into the job (assessment processes aside) rather than the positive result of some long-held desire to do it. This very fact, coupled with the OP's...

Put simply, yes! In all honesty I imagine you're not going to get much sympathy in a forum like this. There are far more people reading these threads who would give a left b***ck to be where you are right now than there are people already there! To put it another way, it almost seems...

Try this: http://www.krismason.org/public/reactiontest.zip

Exactly. The practice tool is passive. It is designed to get you used to the layout of the buttons and the actual mechanics of the test.

Try this: http://www.krismason.org/public/reactiontest.zip

Exactly! We now live in an age of almost total freedom of shared information. It's very easy to write a piece of software anonymously and make it available on the Internet for all to download. Add to that the difficulty and expense of proving and prosecuting cases of copyright...

It's very likely the tests are already covered under some sort of copyright/patent/NDA. But this is the age of the Internet we're talking about here! And if the likes of major movie/music companies; software giants like Microsoft/Apple all have problems controlling "leaked" products then...

Initially they will, as there will be a lack of practice material available for the new tests. However, this will only be short term. As already mentioned the "How to Become..." range of products is already gearing up for the new tests. Also, the author of the current Bourdon practice...

The practice tool's default settings for number of sheets and sheet timing are the same as the real test.

Exactly the same happened to a friend of mine! She applied to FGW last August, got invited to stage 1 in March, which she passed; then invited to stage 2 in April. She passed the reactions part of Stage 2, but wasn't told the result of the CBI on the day. Several weeks passed, during which...

I've just tried the link on this forum, and it's working fine.

The practice software will print out test sheets too.

The practice software doesn't work that way! The "targets omitted" are the ones you missed from the first cell on each sheet up to (and including) the last cell you reached on each sheet. To put it another way, if you manage to get half way down each sheet the software won't count correct...

You're welcome. Please let us all know if it worked for you. If so, it might help other Mac users too. :wink:

There is no Mac version. However, THIS might help you. There was rumour of an Android version to run on 'phones and tablets, but I don't think this ever happened.

Here's a video of the real thing in action: 5EulZ1-VlCo&start=82

The default settings on the practice program mimic the real life test timings and sheet count for a driver assessment. It might be different for a conductor, but I expect not. Even so, if you do find out it's different then the program allows you to adjust the settings to match...

The sounds are a simple low or high tone, and are not orientated. The sound appears in both sides of the headphones simultaneously. The only part of the test where you have to differentiate between left and right is with your feet on the pedals.