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Son failed driving test.

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  • Marvel1
    Marvel1 Posts: 7,498 Forumite
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    It's all a money making scam. I failed my first test because some idiot in a Range Rover didn't give way at a roundabout. Nice money earner for the Govt. 
    I love a good conspiracy theory, the less plausible the better, so this one’s great. Having just paid £660 to tax one of my cars, and £100 to fill it up with petrol, the idea that not letting me drive by failing me unfairly is a money-making scheme is laughable.

    You need to take responsibility for your own mistakes. I assume you’re very young, but once you move out of your parents home you really can’t keep saying “it’s unfair” when you mess up.
    I already posted above saying they need a couple of fails for every pass.
    They must have really need a pass with me to hit the quota as I had 13 minors and passed - I believe 15 or 3 of the same was an automatic failure.
  • prowla
    prowla Posts: 14,304 Forumite
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    When I passed my driving test, the instructor asked me to double-park to drop him off back at the test centre.
    He was surprised when I said no, I'll reverse into this parking space here.
    As for failing, just go again.
  • Car_54
    Car_54 Posts: 9,054 Forumite
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    Marvel1 said:
    It's all a money making scam. I failed my first test because some idiot in a Range Rover didn't give way at a roundabout. Nice money earner for the Govt. 
    I love a good conspiracy theory, the less plausible the better, so this one’s great. Having just paid £660 to tax one of my cars, and £100 to fill it up with petrol, the idea that not letting me drive by failing me unfairly is a money-making scheme is laughable.

    You need to take responsibility for your own mistakes. I assume you’re very young, but once you move out of your parents home you really can’t keep saying “it’s unfair” when you mess up.
    I already posted above saying they need a couple of fails for every pass.
    They must have really need a pass with me to hit the quota as I had 13 minors and passed - I believe 15 or 3 of the same was an automatic failure.
    16 is a fail. Three of the same may be, but only if judged to be habitual and occurring throughout the test.

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