Driving Test Failure

AdrianC

droopsnoot wrote: »

Sort of, but the text in that link for "Intermediate exits" IMO doesn't make it clear that the left hand lane is the correct lane to take when taking the second exit in the diagram

It's impossible to have a blanket rule.
Is the first exit a major one or a minor one? Is the second exit major or minor? How does the traffic flow?

it simply says "select the appropriate lane on approach to and on the roundabout".

Seems fair to me.

However it does look as if my thought that it has changed is incorrect, it's just not worded as explicitly as I think I remember it was.

So when you said...

I know the correct answer is that drivers should take the initiative to keep up with changes, especially now the HC is available on line at no cost, but I wonder how many actually do.

...you've now proven that your memory is flawed, and that you don't actually understand yourself what it says. If only there was a free way to recap, and to keep up with any changes, eh?

But that's good, then, because I am correct in thinking that the people who use the right-hand lane to go straight across the roundabout near me are in the wrong. I was thinking I might have to put up with it.

It doesn't matter whether they're "wrong" or "right". That's their problem. You DO have to put up with it if people are doing it. Can I remind you of rule 147?

Car_54

droopsnoot wrote: »

Sort of, but the text in that link for "Intermediate exits" IMO doesn't make it clear that the left hand lane is the correct lane to take when taking the second exit in the diagram, it simply says "select the appropriate lane on approach to and on the roundabout". However it does look as if my thought that it has changed is incorrect, it's just not worded as explicitly as I think I remember it was.


But that's good, then, because I am correct in thinking that the people who use the right-hand lane to go straight across the roundabout near me are in the wrong. I was thinking I might have to put up with it.

Why do you think they're wrong? Although the DVSA's advice is to use the left lane, the rule in the HC is to use the appropriate lane, which is a matter of judgement. Their judgement seems to differ from yours, that's all.

In any event, the HC goes on to say in rule 187 "In all cases watchout for and give plenty of room to

• traffic crossing in front of you on the roundabout, especially vehicles intending to leave by the next exit
• traffic which may be ... positioned incorrectly"

Strider590

stevepb101 wrote: »

My daughter failed her 1st driving test yesterday which i think was harsh.
She had got 5 minors and on her way back to the test centre she entered a dual carriageway which had 2 lanes,she was in the outside lane and then moved into the inside lane.
There were no other vehicles around at the time but she was given a major and failed,the examiner saying she stayed in the outside lane "too long" and "someone may have had to undertake her!"
I have been driving for 34 years and i know in theory you should be in the inside lane unless overtaking but i thought this was harsh really.
Maybe a minor and a word in her ear would have sufficed?
Anyway i suppose it's another £60 in their pocket for her re-test in 3 weeks :mad::mad::mad:
P.S.She says the examiner was a right miserable old sod

Sorry, but I don't feel that female privilege or the "halo effect" should allow young women to get away with stuff that a male counterpart would not.

This generation are mollycoddled and get away with too much as it is. Driving is not something to be taken lightly, mommy, daddy, boyfriend are not going to be there to save them when they're messing about on Facebook and go ploughing into a bus stop full of children.

I'm very sorry if this seems harsh, but i'm having a nasfwgtd moment.



I'd also like to add that my local town has a dual carriageway all around it and almost every time I venture into town there will be at least one person hogging lane 2 (RH lane) all the way around the ring road when they actually intend to turn left. I've concluded they do it because they want to control other people and prevent them overtaking, as they usually go crazy when you pass them on the inside.

building_with_lego

Strider590 wrote: »

I'm very sorry if this seems harsh, but i'm having a nasfwgtd moment.

A what now? Even google can't explain it for me!

Strider590

building_with_lego wrote: »

A what now? Even google can't explain it for me!

Turn off Google safe search perhaps.

building_with_lego

Strider590 wrote: »

Turn off Google safe search perhaps.

Got it!

SingleSue

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

My instructor on getting his things out of the car put my hangbag on the back shelf of the car, on doing my emergency stop on my test, it came flying off and hit the examiner in the back of the head! Thank goodness I only carried a small handbag back then (which is why it hadn't been noticed by anyone), nowadays he probably would have ended up with a concussion :rotfl:

I didn't pass that test but it wasn't down to the handbag...gave me a funny story to tell though to get over the embarrassment of failing.

droopsnoot

AdrianC wrote: »

...you've now proven that your memory is flawed, and that you don't actually understand yourself what it says. If only there was a free way to recap, and to keep up with any changes, eh?

Yes, I think we've proved I could do with re-reading some of this, but part of my point was how many other drivers do the same.

AdrianC

droopsnoot wrote: »

Yes, I think we've proved I could do with re-reading some of this, but part of my point was how many other drivers do the same.

Oh, I'm quite sure you're in the majority.

pinkteapot

OP - if you're still reading the thread... I failed first time 18 years ago, because I didn't pull fully into a right-hand-turn lane. My rear offside corner was still sticking out slightly making it hard for following cars to get round me in the main lane which carried on. That's a major (assume it still is).

It's irritating as hell but - just like me - your daughter made a mistake. Annoying as it's a £60 mistake, but she did make a mistake and that means you fail. If that's all she did wrong (I know there were a few minors - hardly anyone gets a clean sheet!) she'll pass next time, I'm sure. Assuming it was a major dual carriageway, with central reservation and a 70mph limit, tell her to put her foot down a bit when she gets onto it as doing 45mph (in any lane) with a clear road might not be seen too positively by the examiner.

18 years on it's made no difference to my driving career. Tell her to take a deep breath, and good luck for the next go.