Driving test tomorrow..

DaveF327

cajef wrote: »

He could not have failed his test with just six minors, you can have up to fifteen minors, there must have been a serious or dangerous if there were only six minors.

You can commit a serious fault for "habitual" driver faults, so if the OP's husband had 3 for "mirrors changing speed" for not checking before pulling up at the roadside, then the 4th would have been marked as serious. OP may not be aware of the whole marking procedure, so may be quoting the total number of driver faults, which was 6 over the whole sheet and 3 in one area.

the182guy

Best advice I can give you is go to bed now and get a good nights sleep. Best of luck!

cajef

DaveF327 wrote: »

You can commit a serious fault for "habitual" driver faults, so if the OP's husband had 3 for "mirrors changing speed" for not checking before pulling up at the roadside, then the 4th would have been marked as serious. OP may not be aware of the whole marking procedure, so may be quoting the total number of driver faults, which was 6 over the whole sheet and 3 in one area.

Yes I know, but it would have been marked as serious on the sheet and the examiner should have explained it was a cumulative fault that he considered serious enough to warrant a fail.

cajef

dizzyblonde82 wrote: »

That is really good advice and exactly what I told my husband last week

As DaveF327 states do not insult the examiners intelligence.

I know of one examiner that would actually stop a test and tell the pupil to adjust their mirrors correctly for doing that.

It is another old wives tale, surprising as it may seem to you the examiner knows when a pupil is using the mirrors properly even when they are adjusted correctly, just as an ADI does.

spaceman5

skiddlydiddly wrote: »

Make a real show of checking your mirrors and do it often.Most people just look with their eyes, exaggerate it by turning your head slightly, enough for the instructor to see you are paying attention and do it often.If he thinks you are paying attention its a good start.

Don't take your hands off the wheel unless you are changing gear(even when stopped in traffic), keep your clutch foot away from the pedal unless you are using it.

Handbrake on every time you are forced to stop for more than a few seconds.

Noone can really help you now but things like this show you are not just driving on autopilot.Good luck .

years ago, my cousin failed her first test for not looking in her mirrors enough, 2nd test she failed her test for looking in her mirrors too much, seems with some examiners you cant win:cool:

dizzyblonde82

cajef wrote: »

As DaveF327 states do not insult the examiners intelligence.
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It was the same advice I was given 10 years ago when I took my driving test, and my instructor told me it.

dizzyblonde82

cajef wrote: »

He could not have failed his test with just six minors, you can have up to fifteen minors, there must have been a serious or dangerous if there were only six minors.

Yes the accumulation of the 3 minors for not looking in the mirrors was marked as a serious, had the 6 minors being for different mistakes then he would of passed.

cajef

dizzyblonde82 wrote: »

It was the same advice I was given 10 years ago when I took my driving test, and my instructor told me it.

I am not going to get into the rights and wrongs, but it is certainly something that I would not have told any of my pupils to do, as stated the examiners know when someone is using the mirrors correctly and using exaggerated movements can have the examiners thinking that the mirrors are not adjusted correctly, which in itself can lead to minor marks.

dizzyblonde82

cajef wrote: »

I am not going to get into the rights and wrongs, but it is certainly something that I would not have told any of my pupils to do, as stated the examiners know when someone is using the mirrors correctly and using exaggerated movements can have the examiners thinking that the mirrors are not adjusted correctly, which in itself can lead to minor marks.

I guess it depends on the examiner/instructor. I just hope my husband gets it right next week as don't like paying £104 per test! (£62 test fee & £42 for 1 hour lesson/1 hr hire of instructors car)

skiddlydiddly

cajef wrote: »

As DaveF327 states do not insult the examiners intelligence.

I know of one examiner that would actually stop a test and tell the pupil to adjust their mirrors correctly for doing that.

It is another old wives tale, surprising as it may seem to you the examiner knows when a pupil is using the mirrors properly even when they are adjusted correctly, just as an ADI does.

I'm not an examiner but a driver assessor and when out with someone I am looking for the same hazards as the driver as well as marking them whilst they drive.When looking at their eyes from the passenger seat I cannot see if they are looking in their mrirror or merely through the windscreen.A slight movement of the head gives no doubt about what they are doing, I am not talking owl like revolutions of the head.