Son failed driving test.

TooManyPoints

I suspect it was the candidate who was waiting to get passed not the examiner.

I once had a walk on part in my school's end-of-term concert. Paul Kelly (the Head Boy) was compering the proceedings and was about to introduce the next act. I entered, stage left, brandishing a sheet of paper:

Me (pointing to the piece of paper): "Kelly, Kelly, is that an 'i' or an 'o'?

Kelly: "It looks like an 'o' to me"

Me: Thank heavens for that. My uncle's shot himself!"    

Biggus_Dickus

TooManyPoints said:

I suspect it was the candidate who was waiting to get passed not the examiner.

I once had a walk on part in my school's end-of-term concert. Paul Kelly (the Head Boy) was compering the proceedings and was about to introduce the next act. I entered, stage left, brandishing a sheet of paper:

Me (pointing to the piece of paper): "Kelly, Kelly, is that an 'i' or an 'o'?

Kelly: "It looks like an 'o' to me"

Me: Thank heavens for that. My uncle's shot himself!"    

We need singers not comedians. 😁

Mickey666

silverwhistle said:

Mickey666 said:

As for the conspiracy theory (because it has to be someone else's fault, right?), the Govt didn't make much money from me because I passed first time after just two lessons    Presumably my previous four years motorcycle experience had honed my instincts enough to readily spot the idiots who don't give way at roundabouts, among so many other things. 
Self-preservation tends to have that effect

Drat you! I needed 4, although a less experienced M/C rider, plus probably as a late starter a bit older too.;-)

As for LeeUK, having noticed quite a number of his posts I'm not sure he should be driving even now!

Four is still pretty good!  Just goes to show the value of driving experience and motorcycling is certainly a good way to develop road awareness.  Unfortunately it can also be a little bit 'Darwinian', so is perhaps not ideal, but of all my friends who started driving motorcycles as soon as possible, most of them passed their driving test with very few formal driving lessons.

But of course, the days of sending off for a provisional driving licence at 17, slapping an L-plate on a 250cc motorbike and driving off into the sunset are long gone!

AdrianC

Mickey666 said:

But of course, the days of sending off for a provisional driving licence at 17, slapping an L-plate on a 250cc motorbike and driving off into the sunset are long gone!

Meanwhile, in totally unrelated news...

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Mickey666 said:

silverwhistle said:

Mickey666 said:

As for the conspiracy theory (because it has to be someone else's fault, right?), the Govt didn't make much money from me because I passed first time after just two lessons    Presumably my previous four years motorcycle experience had honed my instincts enough to readily spot the idiots who don't give way at roundabouts, among so many other things. 
Self-preservation tends to have that effect

Drat you! I needed 4, although a less experienced M/C rider, plus probably as a late starter a bit older too.;-)

As for LeeUK, having noticed quite a number of his posts I'm not sure he should be driving even now!

Four is still pretty good!  Just goes to show the value of driving experience and motorcycling is certainly a good way to develop road awareness.  Unfortunately it can also be a little bit 'Darwinian', so is perhaps not ideal, but of all my friends who started driving motorcycles as soon as possible, most of them passed their driving test with very few formal driving lessons.

But of course, the days of sending off for a provisional driving licence at 17, slapping an L-plate on a 250cc motorbike and driving off into the sunset are long gone!

You can get your provisional licence at 16. I had mine at 16 and I had a 50cc bike for 2 years before I started driving lessons.

Biggus_Dickus

Mickey666 said:

silverwhistle said:

Mickey666 said:

As for the conspiracy theory (because it has to be someone else's fault, right?), the Govt didn't make much money from me because I passed first time after just two lessons    Presumably my previous four years motorcycle experience had honed my instincts enough to readily spot the idiots who don't give way at roundabouts, among so many other things. 
Self-preservation tends to have that effect

Drat you! I needed 4, although a less experienced M/C rider, plus probably as a late starter a bit older too.;-)

As for LeeUK, having noticed quite a number of his posts I'm not sure he should be driving even now!

Four is still pretty good!  Just goes to show the value of driving experience and motorcycling is certainly a good way to develop road awareness.  Unfortunately it can also be a little bit 'Darwinian', so is perhaps not ideal, but of all my friends who started driving motorcycles as soon as possible, most of them passed their driving test with very few formal driving lessons.

But of course, the days of sending off for a provisional driving licence at 17, slapping an L-plate on a 250cc motorbike and driving off into the sunset are long gone!

Far off days indeed;...when I was a yoof any number of my mates and acquaintance rode off into the sunset on their 250cc Suzuki’s;...unfortunately a good proportion rode off into oblivion. The number of fatalities was horrendous and tragic.

16 year old kids let loose on a 250cc bike;...a recipe for disaster. Thanks god things have improved massively since then.

Quick footnote: In the 1930’s  if you passed a motorcycle test you could immediately graduate to driving a car!...no further test required. Good idea, eh? .😁

 

Car_54

Biggus_Dickus said:

Mickey666 said:

silverwhistle said:

Mickey666 said:

As for the conspiracy theory (because it has to be someone else's fault, right?), the Govt didn't make much money from me because I passed first time after just two lessons    Presumably my previous four years motorcycle experience had honed my instincts enough to readily spot the idiots who don't give way at roundabouts, among so many other things. 
Self-preservation tends to have that effect

Drat you! I needed 4, although a less experienced M/C rider, plus probably as a late starter a bit older too.;-)

As for LeeUK, having noticed quite a number of his posts I'm not sure he should be driving even now!

Four is still pretty good!  Just goes to show the value of driving experience and motorcycling is certainly a good way to develop road awareness.  Unfortunately it can also be a little bit 'Darwinian', so is perhaps not ideal, but of all my friends who started driving motorcycles as soon as possible, most of them passed their driving test with very few formal driving lessons.

But of course, the days of sending off for a provisional driving licence at 17, slapping an L-plate on a 250cc motorbike and driving off into the sunset are long gone!

Quick footnote: In the 1930’s  if you passed a motorcycle test you could immediately graduate to driving a car!...no further test required. Good idea, eh? .😁

Well, it was a better idea than the previous arrangement, i.e. no tests at all.

Mistral001

It looks like the OP has reported the examiner for instructing the driver to do something that had dubious legality.  That is a different issue from failing the test.  His son failed for driving too near the car in front.    A complaint against the  examiner has been lodged.  He might get disciplined, or even the sack, or they might deem his behaviour acceptable, but that does not change the result of the test even if the pave-mounting incident upset the OP's son.  In real life all sorts of things will upset you when driving, but it should not affect your standard of driving.

Mickey666

Biggus_Dickus said:

Mickey666 said:

silverwhistle said:

Mickey666 said:

As for the conspiracy theory (because it has to be someone else's fault, right?), the Govt didn't make much money from me because I passed first time after just two lessons    Presumably my previous four years motorcycle experience had honed my instincts enough to readily spot the idiots who don't give way at roundabouts, among so many other things. 
Self-preservation tends to have that effect

Drat you! I needed 4, although a less experienced M/C rider, plus probably as a late starter a bit older too.;-)

As for LeeUK, having noticed quite a number of his posts I'm not sure he should be driving even now!

Four is still pretty good!  Just goes to show the value of driving experience and motorcycling is certainly a good way to develop road awareness.  Unfortunately it can also be a little bit 'Darwinian', so is perhaps not ideal, but of all my friends who started driving motorcycles as soon as possible, most of them passed their driving test with very few formal driving lessons.

But of course, the days of sending off for a provisional driving licence at 17, slapping an L-plate on a 250cc motorbike and driving off into the sunset are long gone!

Far off days indeed;...when I was a yoof any number of my mates and acquaintance rode off into the sunset on their 250cc Suzuki’s;...unfortunately a good proportion rode off into oblivion. The number of fatalities was horrendous and tragic.

16 year old kids let loose on a 250cc bike;...a recipe for disaster. Thanks god things have improved massively since then.

Quick footnote: In the 1930’s  if you passed a motorcycle test you could immediately graduate to driving a car!...no further test required. Good idea, eh? .😁

I'm pretty sure 16 year-olds were restricted to a 50cc bike that had to have pedals as well (hence 'moped').  No cool enough for me, so I waited until I was 17 before 'letting loose' on a 250cc Honda with an L-plate   A recipe for disaster?  Well certainly a risk that some did not survive, hence my previous 'Darwinian' comment.

Another footnote: It was also possible to get HGV licences, even class 1, without taking a test in the 'good old days'.

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Mickey666 said:

Biggus_Dickus said:

Mickey666 said:

silverwhistle said:

Mickey666 said:

As for the conspiracy theory (because it has to be someone else's fault, right?), the Govt didn't make much money from me because I passed first time after just two lessons    Presumably my previous four years motorcycle experience had honed my instincts enough to readily spot the idiots who don't give way at roundabouts, among so many other things. 
Self-preservation tends to have that effect

Drat you! I needed 4, although a less experienced M/C rider, plus probably as a late starter a bit older too.;-)

As for LeeUK, having noticed quite a number of his posts I'm not sure he should be driving even now!

Four is still pretty good!  Just goes to show the value of driving experience and motorcycling is certainly a good way to develop road awareness.  Unfortunately it can also be a little bit 'Darwinian', so is perhaps not ideal, but of all my friends who started driving motorcycles as soon as possible, most of them passed their driving test with very few formal driving lessons.

But of course, the days of sending off for a provisional driving licence at 17, slapping an L-plate on a 250cc motorbike and driving off into the sunset are long gone!

Far off days indeed;...when I was a yoof any number of my mates and acquaintance rode off into the sunset on their 250cc Suzuki’s;...unfortunately a good proportion rode off into oblivion. The number of fatalities was horrendous and tragic.

16 year old kids let loose on a 250cc bike;...a recipe for disaster. Thanks god things have improved massively since then.

Quick footnote: In the 1930’s  if you passed a motorcycle test you could immediately graduate to driving a car!...no further test required. Good idea, eh? .😁

I'm pretty sure 16 year-olds were restricted to a 50cc bike that had to have pedals as well (hence 'moped').  No cool enough for me, so I waited until I was 17 before 'letting loose' on a 250cc Honda with an L-plate   A recipe for disaster?  Well certainly a risk that some did not survive, hence my previous 'Darwinian' comment.

Another footnote: It was also possible to get HGV licences, even class 1, without taking a test in the 'good old days'.

Pedals? My 50cc bike had no pedals mate.