Driving Test Appeal??

GEEGEE8

It probably felt worse than it was, but both wheels went up and over a high kerb and I rounded the corner to close.

I don't know if it met the criteria, I guess not if I passed my test

Although, maybe as I handled it calmly he just put it as a minor, although from what people are saying, it's more cut and dry than that.

I was lucky on the day I guess.

newbie007_2

Yes perhaps my wording of dangerous error was not correct if no one was around (pedestrians), serious fault. There was no obstruction around as far as GeeGee described, so it shows that particular examiner brings the law, shall I say driving test standards into him own hand. Now the passed student isn't exactly going to complain to the test centre manager that he/she should of fail?

DaveF327

newbie007 wrote: »

Yes perhaps my wording of dangerous error was not correct if no one was around (pedestrians), serious fault. There was no obstruction around as far as GeeGee described, so it shows that particular examiner brings the law, shall I say driving test standards into him own hand.

Did you actually read the other bullet points in my post? In particular the first one.

newbie007_2

You haven't answer the question. All well using example of tennis, this isnt a game of tennis.

DebtHater

OP, "If In doubt, DONT pull out"

I would have held back, let the cars pass and then proceed. Then, you would have had enough room to pass, without risking either side of the car.

Thats what the examiner was looking for, its called "anticipation and reaction". Take it from someone who has passed 3 driving tests to date, the last 2 being a clean sheet with no minors what-so-ever. I have never failed a test, practical or theory either. The examiner was looking to see your reaction, and driving along the hedgeline was the wrong reaction.

Tip: Take your instructor with you. You may need to ask the examiner (out of courtesy), but they cant refuse, and that way you will have a witness with you to see exactly what you did wrong.

Better luck next time.

anewman

It's also possible there was more space on the right than you thought, it can be difficult to perceive things like this well without experience.

And I agree with DebtHater too. I think I annoyed a few other drivers behind me while learning and a short time just after passing my test by being over-cautious though. The examiner is also looking for undue hesitancy, as well as going head-first into potentially dangerous situations. When I passed my test the examiner commented on the slight hesitancy saying I need to look and go rather than look and look again, but he thought that all I would need was practice.

May be worth popping over to www.2passforum.co.uk

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I passed with my instructor sitting in the back seat. I can remember her saying once that she used to get a lot of passes by sitting in on the test compared to the ones she didn't. :undecided

emmigrant-immigrant

On the mounting the kerb point, I mounted the kerb in my driving test. Someone pulled out of a side road turning Left into the riad I was driving on, came half way over the road, and I steered to avoid him. I assumed I had failed for that, and then completely lost it getting onto a roundabout and just sat there, the examiner had to talk me onto the roundabout. I failed for hesitancy on the roundabout, but didn't even get a minor for mounting the kerb, as I was avoiding a collision. It is a case of the examiners looking at your over-all driving ability and making a value judgement, and the examiner said to me afterwards that it was a real shame he had to fail me, as except for loosing my nerve I drove well and advised me to try for a retest ASAP. I don't believe in quotas, or that you pass or fail a driving test for any reason other than your ability to drive the car in accordance with the standard set out in the driving test. Keep at it and put this down to experience is my advice.