Quote Originally Posted by taslucas View Post
I suppose there are lots of things in life that we can become experienced or trained in without completing formal education. A test for your drivers licence doesn't teach you how to get up that night hill. All knowledge has to be taught or worked out or experienced for oneself. It just sucks when the experience ends in injury or worse.
Thats true. I have been driving off road for more years than I care to count, (and yes I have completed a number of accredited courses). I have come across many people who have claimed to have done likewise and I sometime cringe at their lack of knowledge and at some of the dangerous practices they employ (and more to the point pass on to others). Even on this forum people in all innocence have given dangerous advice to beginners. (Such as in one tread saying its OK to recover a vehicle using the rear hook situated below the doors on Patrols).