Driving Test FAIL - Appealing the result - Anyone tried/succeeded ?

wba31

andygb wrote: »

With a modern car equipped with ABS, emergency braking from 30 - 40MPH in the dry will almost be like hitting a brick wall. The car will stop almost immediately. Even if someone is following a decent distance behind, they will find it difficult to react in time, let alone brake.
Far better to hit a pheasant than have two wrecked cars and possible whiplash injuries or worse.

However, the examiner could argue that by failing to brake at all showed a lack of awareness, and could argue that the pheasant could have been a child, or an old person, a car from a side street.

wba31

Ionkontrol wrote: »

It is always the examiner at fault when someone fails a test.

My examiner was atrocious, cant believe they passed me...

bap98189

Gene_Hunt wrote: »

If they're a decent distance behind and on the ball they should stop without hitting you.;)

Quite. You are supposed to drive at a safe distance from the car in front. That safe distance being sufficient that you can stop if the car in front slams on the brakes.

Gordon_Hose

My examiner was a Staff Sergeant in the Army. Top bloke.

Inactive

Gene_Hunt wrote: »

If they're a decent distance behind and on the ball they should stop without hitting you.;)

Indeed, I wonder how many drivers have ever heard of the " 2 second rule "?

jackieb

LandyAndy wrote: »

I hit one about 4 years ago. Not a pleasant experience.

I hit a big one about 9 years ago but just clipped its backside. It ran off but still did £500 of damage. My husband has hit one, and my son and nephew both hit one just a few weeks ago. I was very wary driving home earlier in the dark. It was a young one I hit on Sunday. The car doesn't have a scratch on it this time though. I can hardly believe it.

KierNet

I've always been told to keep going, but its easier said than done, I've seen things out the corner of my eye before run into the road and braked...for it to turn out to be a cat...however I would rather do that than keep going and find out it was a child.

andygb

bap98189 wrote: »

Quite. You are supposed to drive at a safe distance from the car in front. That safe distance being sufficient that you can stop if the car in front slams on the brakes.

So, I take it that nobody has ever tailgated you, because you are doing a sensible speed down a country lane? Would you rather have your car possibly written off because of a mangy pheasant?;)

Oh, and I don't really care if it was the other drivers fault, because it won't get you your car back in one piece.

jackieb

Inactive wrote: »

Indeed, I wonder how many drivers have ever heard of the " 2 second rule "?

Find a landmark (a sign by the sign of the road or something) and when the car in front passes it, you count (one elephant two elephant ) and you should be able to count at least that before you pass the same landmark. Double it at least in adverse weather.

Is that right?

aliasojo

jackieb wrote: »

Find a landmark (a sign by the sign of the road or something) and when the car in front passes it, you count (one elephent two elephant ) and you should be able to count at least that before you pass the same landmark. Double it at least in adverse weather.

Is that right?

Or one banana, two banana.....:o:D