Can I complain about Daughter's Driving Test?

espresso

beachbeth wrote: »

Here I go again discussing my daughter's problem. Can we just drop it now and just take it as red that she:

1. has a difficulty similar to dyslexia (which she has) and:
2. that the DSA have provision for dealing with such difficulties (which they do) because it doesn't affect driving skill and:
3. the provision wasn't given.

No point discussing her difficulty any more or arguing about it. Its there and you should all be glad if you haven't got dyslexia or anything similar causing you a daily problem in your lives.

Yes no point discussing her difficulty any more, because she failed due to her lack of ability, or was entered for her test too soon without adequate preparation.

beachbeth wrote: »

Also, she had to do a 3-point turn on a steep hill and was asked to reverse round a corner where the road went down a hill and my daughter couldn't see down it properly. She marked her down for not looking in her mirrors, which is one thing she is good at.

beachbeth

espresso wrote: »

Yes no point discussing her difficulty any more, because she failed due to her lack of ability, or was entered for her test too soon without adequate preparation.

Of course, you know this because you were there and have experienced my daughter's driving ability first hand?

As I said before: the DSA recognise disabilities such as people in wheelchairs, people with dyslexia, people with recognisable special needs and even deaf people and make provision for them. You obviously don't.

Wig

espresso wrote: »

Yes no point discussing her difficulty any more, because she failed due to her lack of ability, or was entered for her test too soon without adequate preparation.

Half of that might be true, (she entered a test too soon) but that becomes irrelevant when you understand that a service that was offered and paid for was not provided.

Had the service been provided she might very well have performed better on the test. And no-one knows if she would have passed or not.

When you consider this possibility it brings into question how you, espresso, can know absolutely for a fact that "she failed due to her lack of ability".

Wig

lauren_1 wrote: »

The OP has clearly stated that she (the girl) has trouble understanding simple things like left and right and cannot understand spoken instructions well but apparently can recite word for word what happened in her test and that being the 100% truth.

The ignorance of people in this thread is astounding. My advice to you, if you know Jack-Sh** about a subject, keep quiet. And be grateful that you do not have a similar condition.

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Wig wrote: »

The ignorance of people in this thread is astounding. My advice to you, if you know Jack-Sh** about a subject, keep quiet.

Good advice Wig, advice that you yourself should take on board, you have clearly demonstrated that you know SFA about the subject, that is an absolute certainty.:rolleyes:

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beachbeth wrote: »

Of course, you know this because you were there and have experienced my daughter's driving ability first hand?

.

Of course he wasn't there, but then neither were you, equally you are not qualified to assess your Daughters ability to drive, so you are not in a position to comment on her driving skills, or in this case, lack of same.

peediedj

beachbeth wrote: »

She has special needs - she has legal documents to prove it.

you dont get a legal document saying your special needs:rolleyes:

espresso

beachbeth wrote: »

Of course, you know this because you were there and have experienced my daughter's driving ability first hand?

Obviously this thread would not exist if she had passed but if we forget about her difficulty and concentrate on what she actually failed on, which of her fail points could be attributed to not getting "clear concise instructions" that you state that she needs? She obviously understood that she had to reverse around the corner but then failed the manoeuvre! She should not need to be told to use her mirrors as and when necessary.

If you want to apportion any blame, the instructor would be my favourite. Did she not have several mock tests, when the instructor only gave instructions like a real examiner would? Her instructor could have accompanied her during the test, why didn't he if there was any cause for concern regarding possible communication problems? True I was not there but neither were you or her instructor!

beachbeth

peediedj wrote: »

you dont get a legal document saying your special needs:rolleyes:

I beg to differ:

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Parents/Schoolslearninganddevelopment/SpecialEducationalNeeds/DG_4000870

and by the way, its you're, not your - short for "you are".

Wig

espresso wrote: »

Obviously this thread would not exist if she had passed but if we forget about her difficulty and concentrate on what she actually failed on, which of her fail points could be attributed to not getting "clear concise instructions" that you state that she needs? She obviously understood that she had to reverse around the corner but then failed the manoeuvre! She should not need to be told to use her mirrors as and when necessary.

If you want to apportion any blame, the instructor would be my favourite. Did she not have several mock tests, when the instructor only gave instructions like a real examiner would? Her instructor could have accompanied her during the test, why didn't he if there was any cause for concern regarding possible communication problems? True I was not there but neither were you or her instructor!

All of which is totally irrelevant to the main issue of an entitlement to refund that a service she was entitled to, was paid for but was not provided. The DSA admit this. And you, espresso despite being pulled up on this many times have refused to address this point.

The issue of her driving skills is a side issue and seems to be the topic you favour above all else - for no good reason that I can think of. You appear to like attacking posters on insignificant points. Her ability could have been made worse by the failure to get special needs instructions and the increased stress caused by the attitude of the people she tried to ask about it.