Dispute Failed Driving Test?

Quentin

kriss_boy wrote: »

*bangs head on wall*..........
Im right. The examiner is wrong. Its that simple.

So really no point asking for any advice!

bumpoowee

I complained about a driving test I failed a few years ago, not that I drove well enough to pass (I screwed up the reverse round a corner thing) but the examiners conduct. He stunk of cigars to the point of giving me a headache, seemed half asleep and finished the test 10 minutes early. Didn't get me anywhere though! You probably have a better case but I doubt you'll get anywhere either, probably just need to book a new test (if you keep ringing you should be able to get a cancellation).

mealone

I was given a free re-test, the examiner didnt believe that disabled people should be allowed to drive, I cant drive with both hands on the wheel due to hand controls so he failed me.

The DSA defended him and said hes entitled to his opinion and gave my a free re-test but couldnt say I wouldnt get him again so I did my test in a neighbouring area and passed with flying colours.

This was last century, pre DDA.

Inactive

Premier wrote: »

Do you know kriss_boy? It could really help. It should be shown on the paperwork (but I realise the driving instructor might now hold this)

How could it help?


It really wouldn't make any difference, the end result is the same, a fail.

Be it an actually dangerous fault or a potentially dangerous fault, the DSA Examiner will have judged it one or the other, and marked it accordingly, either result in a fail.

Nothing can change that result, nobody can appeal that decision, so it really is futile continuing with this line of thought, especially as we are dealing with someone who wasn't there, who is only basing his report on hearsay.

Inactive

kriss_boy wrote: »

*bangs head on wall*



Im right. The examiner is wrong. Its that simple.

Get real, you are saying that you know more about correct driving than a DSA Driving Examiner.
:rolleyes:

tomstickland

My opinion is that she should have moved into the left hand lane earlier than the red line.

flyingscotno1

kriss_boy wrote: »

*bangs head on wall*

The red line is meant to just be her exiting the roundabout, at a tangent to the inside lane that flows off down the exit... which is the correct proceedure.

The blue line is the examiners idea. Which is to continue slightly further around the roundabout and exit in an imaginery inside lane on the exit road....

Im right. The examiner is wrong. Its that simple.

Looking at the aerial photograph I am more inclined to say the blue line appears to be more what I'd do rather than change lanes so close to entry of a roundabout.

cyclonebri1

flyingscotno1 wrote: »

Looking at the aerial photograph I am more inclined to say the blue line appears to be more what I'd do rather than change lanes so close to entry of a roundabout.

Surely the safest position, looking again at the aerial view is to change lanes where the white car is doing just that, thus avoiding the possibility of a car sneaking up the inside from the final entry as the driver is exiting.
Probably totally against an examiners view but thats what I do if it's a single lane exit

flyingscotno1

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Surely the safest position, looking again at the aerial view is to change lanes where the white car is doing just that, thus avoiding the possibility of a car sneaking up the inside from the final entry as the driver is exiting.
Probably totally against an examiners view but thats what I do if it's a single lane exit

Depends where your coming from and lane designations.

If you are turning right, taking the 3rd exit unless there is a marking making you do it, it is more natural to keep right hugging the centre island until the exit than change lanes half way around (unless it is a large interchange roundabout).

Similarly that white car is in the natural position if they were going straight across (2nd exit) the roundabout but had started in the nearside (left hand) lane. If the marking at that entrance had been left only on the nearside with ahead and right on the offside, it would be better to hug the centre island. Really depends on so many factors.

DaveF327

Although we could be splitting hairs for ever more regarding when the steering happened (or should have happened), one thing hasn't been mentioned yet. Did she check her mirrors to know if it's safe to steer? If she did, did she act on what she saw? Or did she completely carve up a car on her left way too soon, given its presence?

Even though a car from the left shouldn't emerge at all while you're driving round a roundabout, the fact remains that other drivers do make mistakes and you have to show on test that you can react accordingly.

To help solve this, can the threadstarter state which box was marked with the serious (or dangerous) mark? If it's really a question of positioning, the mark would be in either "position turning right" or "lane discipline". If the examiner gave his opinion of a "stay right" solution because of a car incorrectly emerging that the candidate was unaware of, then my money's on "Mirrors changing direction". Even if there was no emerging vehicle, not checking mirrors before steering across lanes on a busy fast flowing roundabout would still be a serious fault. In this case, it sounds like the examiner gave a muddled debrief (or the candidate misunderstood in her frustration) by referring to an alternative solution which could have lessened the effect of a missed mirror check.