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Driving Test Failure
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I got round the corner from the test centre, the lights changed right in front of me - and I stalled the car. While waiting for the lights, I sneaked a glimpse at the examiner's sheet, and I'd already got a couple of minors for mirror. Soddit. Must've failed. Hey-ho. All the pressure went off me.
And I passed...
Similar for me. Pulled into a box junction turning right (exit clear but oncoming traffic). Lights changed, oncoming traffic stopped, so I could exit the box. Except I stalled the car. So I'm stuck at a diagonal in the middle of a box junction with traffic going round the front and back of me. Not ideal early on in your driving test.
I think it was the fact I didn't panic, made a clear decision, said what I was going to do ("Can't stay sitting here like this !" or something), did the restart after stall procedure, and went for the first gap in the traffic, that resulted in a pass ...0 -
I think that anyone who believes they should have passed a test which they failed is failing to recognise their own weaknesses. I was amazed when I passed my test; I was sure I had failed, but I only had three minor faults. But I do set high standards for myself.
I got 7, did the theory as well but was before the hazard one, I tend to be negative anyway and so was pleasantly surprised to pass as my bugbear was parallel parking and did a poor one on my pre-test lesson but was fine on the test. I'm also fairly quiet so got a minor for "aggressive use of accelerator" which I believe was for when my foot slipped onto it at a red light and didn't say much coherently and clearly enough to explain. My sister and mum also passed first time, all with the same driving instructorSam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness:
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Indeed.
I got round the corner from the test centre, the lights changed right in front of me - and I stalled the car. While waiting for the lights, I sneaked a glimpse at the examiner's sheet, and I'd already got a couple of minors for mirror. Soddit. Must've failed. Hey-ho. All the pressure went off me.
And I passed...
Same here.
Entered a road in a park with, unoccupied, parking spaces down the left side but no central white line. I drove outside the parking spaces only to hear the examiner say 'Mr Shadow, in this country we normally drive on the left' :rotfl:. I must have done ok in the rest of the test. I did demonstrate double declutching into 1st gear at one point.You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose but you can't pick your friend's nose.0 -
i left my handbag on the back seat and when i did the emergency stop it flew off the seat and landed on the dash, i just put the handbrake on and put the car in neutral, then i picked up the handbag and chucked it behind my seat, then passed my test. My parents said i should of failed but i think it was because i didn't panic and completed the manovure then dealt with the handbag, that is the reason i passedSealed pot member 095 SPC No 7 £578.32
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Sorry if it sounds harsh, but I encounter plenty of lane hogs, and they shouldn't be on the road either. Are you happy to let your own daughter on the road when she drives in the fast lane of a 70mph road at 45mph?Why was she in the outside lane?
It was a mistake and she moved over after a while0 -
??? I can't visualize that - it would either have to flyover the first lane or approach from the central reservation. The only place I've seen that is in the US where the services were placed between carriageways instead of duplicating on each side.Some slip roads lead you to the outside lane of dual carriageways, if so get left as soon as possible.
Yep - and if someone else has come round in their lane 1 quickly they can be undertaking as you try to get back to Lane 1.Mercdriver wrote: »I suspect she may have entered the second lane from a roundabout. Sometimes when making a right turn on a roundabout, the lane you choose can leave you stranded when you get to your exit and you have no choice but to enter in lane 2 and move into lane 1 when safe to do so.
On the subject of ye olde tests.... I passed first time in the 80s (a few minors as I recall) but my father took 3 goes - because he learnt to drive off-road (tractors at 14; then RAF vehicles) then rode a motorbike on L plates for years and didn't take his standard car test until he was 30 something and had developed plenty of bad habits! I'm sure I'd be the same if I went in for today's test without some revision and coaching.I need to think of something new here...0 -
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I've seen it where two roads are merging, like Junction 2 southbound M1. You come off the M1, then when you merge onto Great North Way the people already on Great North Way get the left lane, and the people from the M1 get the right two lanes. There's a picture on streetview here.??? I can't visualize that - it would either have to flyover the first lane or approach from the central reservation. The only place I've seen that is in the US where the services were placed between carriageways instead of duplicating on each side.
Yep - and if someone else has come round in their lane 1 quickly they can be undertaking as you try to get back to Lane 1.
On the subject of ye olde tests.... I passed first time in the 80s (a few minors as I recall) but my father took 3 goes - because he learnt to drive off-road (tractors at 14; then RAF vehicles) then rode a motorbike on L plates for years and didn't take his standard car test until he was 30 something and had developed plenty of bad habits! I'm sure I'd be the same if I went in for today's test without some revision and coaching.Murphy's No More Pies Club #209
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walwyn1978 wrote: »I did similar. Hit the kerb doing my turn in the road, which was done very early on the test drive (presumably due to road layout round the test centre). Assumed I'd failed, drove 'normally', eg not super tensed up due to pressure, and passed. Couldn't believe it.
Another perennial myth. Hitting the kerb is a fail. 95% of the time it isn't. Did whatever happened pose a significant danger or potential for danger? Sure if you fly up onto the pavement at 20mph, then fail is a certainty. Touching the kerb in a mano, unless Doris and her zimmer frame are directly behind you, not a problem.nasqueron wrote:I'm also fairly quiet so got a minor for "aggressive use of accelerator" which I believe was for when my foot slipped onto it at a red light and didn't say much coherently and clearly enough to explain
A driver fault for Control::accelerator perhaps. Nowt to do with any explanation. Say what you like - the DE will analyse what they have seen and decide how they weight the fault on that basis. Whether you slipped or deliberately revved, the result is the same, undue use of the gas.almillar wrote:Sorry if it sounds harsh, but I encounter plenty of lane hogs, and they shouldn't be on the road either. Are you happy to let your own daughter on the road when she drives in the fast lane of a 70mph road at 45mph?
Not sure the OP has said their daughter was doing 45mph, or indeed that it was an NSL dual carriageway. DCs can have any legally applicable speed limit (so under normal circumstances 20mph up to NSL).AdrianC wrote:I stalled the car
Yep - another myth, a stall means you fail - it can do, but more often than not doesn't.sexyshark wrote:i left my handbag on the back seat and when i did the emergency stop it flew off the seat and landed on the dash, i just put the handbrake on and put the car in neutral, then i picked up the handbag and chucked it behind my seat, then passed my test. My parents said i should of failed but i think it was because i didn't panic and completed the manovure then dealt with the handbag, that is the reason i passed
Nope - sorry - nothing to do with the handbag or how you dealt with it. If you hadn't rescued it and it was not in a good location, the examiner would either have asked you to move it, or moved it themselves. Even if it had wedged under the pedals and you did nothing about it - the examiner would simply ask you to move it, no fault would be recorded.0 -
48/50. I mixed up the amber and red lights at a level crossing, and failed to read the trailer speed limit question correctly.
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