Failed my driving test

Sorry to hear that. It's always the time and expense that used to annoy me when I failed my test.

Was it a near miss?

Hope next time goes better for you.
 
:hug:

I know how you feel :(

Hope it goes ok next time.
 
Yeah was fairly close.
Got a lot of minors, think she was being a bit hard on me.
Also, was going behind this guy on the dual carriageway, and this guy was going 40mph, and as I pulled out to overtake him, not only did he speed up to 60mph, but the examiner told me that we needed to come off at the next junction. So, we're going neck and neck, up to this line of traffic, and I had to sort of barge my way back in, and got a major for driving too close to traffic in front, which is absurd, considering it was the poor lane organisation that should have failed me.
And then I got another major when I was going round the roundabout, and pulled out when a car was coming round. I personally thought I had plenty of room, and in my opinion did nothing wrong.
My instructor reckons that the pass rates are fixed anyway. But hey ho.
I'm unbelievably p***ed off, mainly due to the fact that I have to wait 2 weeks before I can take it again, and thats IF I get a cancellation that suits me.

Hardest test I've ever done.

Anyway, cheers for the support guys. I'm 17, but I'll take that drink anyday dazza :p
 
that's unlucky, sorry to hear.

I was a second timer. Loud and proud. :)

The reason I failed my first, is purely because I didn't lift the handbrake at a STOP sign. I purposely emphasized the fact I'd stopped, by waiting several seconds before turning out onto the completely empty road, but it was just the few clicks that failed me. :(

good luck with the next one.
 
Awww sorry to hear that. I failed my first test and passed on my second attempt. I still believe to this day that I drove worse on my second test, yet that was the one I passed :shrug: All down to the examiner you get imo
 
Sorry, but at least your nerves should be more settled next time. If at first....and all that. Good luck next time.
 
sorry to hear that you failed this time

I will try not to turn this into a rant but I think that "they" are too easy on drivers today anyway
my daughters friends are passing with god knows how many minors.........
When I took my test it was 3 strikes and your out ( such as not looking in the mirror enough, signaling too early / late etc) 2 the same and your out
 
Awww, here, have a :hug: from me. You're doing the right thing by going straight back in for your test. I was a bag of nerves and eventually passed on test #6 :eek: Absolutely papping myself now as I have to sit a Canadian driving test when I move there :'(
 
Dont worry - I passed third time.

They say the longer it takes to pass the better driver you are - which is certainly true! (well except for all the accidents I have had in the years since - but most of them were not my fault!)
 
sbowler579 said:
Sorry, but at least your nerves should be more settled next time. If at first....and all that. Good luck next time.
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Yeah its what I'm banking on. Next time, I know what to expect, I'll be more relaxed.

The thing with the driving test is that its like exams at school/college.
You're not taught the general knowledge of the subject, you are simply taught all the things you need to know to pass the exam.
Same with the driving test. You're taught how to pass the test, and once you've passed, that is when you get the experience of driving.
Or at least thats what my driving instructor has told me.
 
Ah ... shame FP ... but take some solace as only the best fail first time ... :D


I did ... :shrug:

All the best for the next one ... :thumbs: ... break a leg or whatever it is appropriate to say ... :lol:




:p
 
Cobra said:
sorry to hear that you failed this time

I will try not to turn this into a rant but I think that "they" are too easy on drivers today anyway
my daughters friends are passing with god knows how many minors.........
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tits?:thinking:




sometimes the examiner is in a good mood, EDIT by Moomike: bit too vulgar for the forum
 
nigelcampbell said:
Dont worry - I passed third time.
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me too

first time i was aparently in danger of hitting a parked car..... when i had the handbrake on and was stationary at the time.... (and that works how?)

second time i just wasnt that great but the examiner couldnt give me a reason why id failed (he didnt explain any of the faults he had marked me down for, which in my book isnt a good enough response when asked why i failed, and i told him so after the test)

third test hes already filled in the "congrats you've passed" slip after 20mins so i just had to keep it on the island and drive safely (dispite obviously seeing he;d already passed me and the joy that came with it!) :)
 
Passed on my fourth attempt. Nearly killed the instructor and myself on the third, by pulling out in front of a massive JCB! :nono:

I am now an advanced driver in my job (nee naw) :D and in a way for that first few years of driving I reckon it benefitted me not passing straight away!

Good luck with the retest!
 
Not good to hear of a failure but by your own admission you had a lot of minor faults and a couple of majors so didn't really deserve to pass.

I'm in a job where I have to deal with the consequences of bad driving and believe me it can be very unpleasent both physically and mentally. So, I think it is important to reach the required standard (or even higher for younger drivers) before you are let loose on the roads.

Sorry if this sounds harsh but if you had seen the things I have, I'm sure you'd agree.
 
BRASH said:
Not good to hear of a failure but by your own admission you had a lot of minor faults and a couple of majors so didn't really deserve to pass.

I'm in a job where I have to deal with the consequences of bad driving and believe me it can be very unpleasent both physically and mentally. So, I think it is important to reach the required standard (or even higher for younger drivers) before you are let loose on the roads.

Sorry if this sounds harsh but if you had seen the things I have, I'm sure you'd agree.
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To be quite honest, failing first time has simply meant I'll have 4 more lessons and then take the test somewhere else.
The experience of driving comes with practise - practise that can't happen until after taking your test when the situation is more realistic.

Today while a passenger in the car with mum and dad, we were at a roundabout, and my dad went to pull out but found out as he went to pull away that he was in the wrong gear. So he had to stop, change gear, and re-prepare himself, which on the test would be an immediate fail for hesitation, with minors for control, awareness/planning, and possibly other things.

I understand where you're coming from, not wanting unexperienced drivers on the road, but having seen some of the appalling drivers already, it seems that for every unexperienced driver that passes, there is easily some ******** who can't keep in his lane, or the like.
On my test, I was cut up by a taxi who couldn't keep in his lane. I think that says it all.

And also, I got marked down for:
- 3 minors on safety when moving off. Basically, in my lessons, when moving off I kept forgetting to check round the vehicle, so I made an effort to make sure I checked round the vehicle in my test. I know I only forgot ONCE, but she marked it as 3 times.
- 1 lack of control. I stalled when pulling away.
- 3 for signalling. I signalled BEFORE looking in the mirrors.
- 1 for lack of control in manouevres. I stalled when reversing round a corner.

I really honestly think I didn't drive that badly.
 
hard lines on not passing but you'll get there, 3rd time for me and my wife took years and too many tests to even think about (well into the teens), with the cost of the lessons and tests I dread to think how much we spent, but she got there eventually.

Alan
 
Yeh, I get what you are saying and there are thousands of crap drivers on the road and when you've had to shovel someones brains into a bag as a result and then tell his wife, mother, dad or whatever its not good.

The point I'm making is you need to be of a certain standard to be on the road unsupervised and today you were not. I'm not saying you are or will be a bad driver but as yet, during your test you have not shown you will not be and hence failed. It's fair enough slagging off other drivers like the taxi who cut you up but you need to be more positive in your own approach and forget others. Bad drivers round about you are not going to make you look good enough to pass. Only you can do that. I sincerely hope you do by the way and don't think I'm having a go just for the sake of it, I'm not.
 
BRASH said:
Yeh, I get what you are saying and there are thousands of crap drivers on the road and when you've had to shovel someones brains into a bag as a result and then tell his wife, mother, dad or whatever its not good.

The point I'm making is you need to be of a certain standard to be on the road unsupervised and today you were not. I'm not saying you are or will be a bad driver but as yet, during your test you have not shown you will not be and hence failed. It's fair enough slagging off other drivers like the taxi who cut you up but you need to be more positive in your own approach and forget others. Bad drivers round about you are not going to make you look good enough to pass. Only you can do that. I sincerely hope you do by the way and don't think I'm having a go just for the sake of it, I'm not.
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Oh no I know you're not having a go at me for the sake of it. The thing is, today I'm not of a standard to pass. Tomorrow I could be. 2 weeks ago I could have been.
It is luck of the draw, and I don't believe that the test is a fair way of showing it.
It is by no means easy, but it isn't really a test of how well you can drive a car (it is to a certain standard, obviously) but for example, my parents would get hundreds of minors and possibly several majors when taking the test, but they are both extremely experienced drivers, and able to cope in a vast quantity of different situations.

My instructor, and every other instructor is absolutely adamant that the test centres are effectively 'rigged' and that they are only allowed to pass a certain percentage of people a year. Obviously there is no way to prove this, but it explains a lot.

I know, in the long run, it is probably best that I failed, but it really is like revising for a science test. You just have to stop them ticking the boxes, but it doesn't make you a good driver.
 
:hug: poor you, such an ordeal taking your driving test, I used the theory 'scare the **** out of the examiner, they pass you so they don't EVER have to get in a car with you again!!!' :thumbs:
 
Ladybird said:
:hug: poor you, such an ordeal taking your driving test, I used the theory 'scare the **** out of the examiner, they pass you so they don't EVER have to get in a car with you again!!!' :thumbs:
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I did that on the first test after he'd given me a major for being about to hit a stationary car while not moving..... i didnt realise that you could jump a seat arosa quite that high off a hump backed bridge:clap:
 
Oh, I failed my first test.

I think it may have had something to do with the fact that I pulled out of a junction, my examiner said "Did you see that car?"

My reply was "What car?"


D`oh!

You may be reassured that I now drive 7.5t trucks. LOL.
 
Unlucky FP, is just the luck of the draw with the examiner, Brash has the right idea with his comments, you just need to maintain a high standard every time you drive but there's no accounting for what can happen on the roads, you have to drive for everyone else (ex. motorbike rider here in case you can't tell :p)
I've got my test on the 14th of Feb & am feeling ok now but am sure I won't be closer to the time! :gag:
 
I passed on my 3rd try, i think it does me good, I improved a lot between the 2nd-3rd test, used a different instructor and got rid of my bad habits and became a better driver.
 
I seem to have got a different sort of instructor to a lot of people in that I was taught how to drive a car not how to pass a test. I did take nearly a year of lessons before I did the test though and passed with a couple of minors for changing up a gear and bogging the car down on a hill and having to increase my braking slightly as i slightly misjudged braking comming up to traffic lights. My instructor refused to enter anybody for the test if he didnt think they had a 70% or greater chance of passing.

A lot of it comes down to the condition of the roads on the day you do the test, if some out of the ordinary things happen (even small ones like cars not adhering correctly to lanes) then you can end up getting lots of minors without really doing anything particularily wrong. My instructor told me of several people who he would consider really capable drivers who failed tests due to things like somebody pulling out infront of them and other uncontrollable circumstances.

I know fine well I could of easily failed the test that day, had a lesson on the morning of the test and made a couple of mistakes that would of caused me to fail the test but in the test itself it all went my way and everything worked out well.
 
whitewash said:
I did that on the first test after he'd given me a major for being about to hit a stationary car while not moving..... i didnt realise that you could jump a seat arosa quite that high off a hump backed bridge:clap:
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:lol: :thumbs: !!!!!!!
 
just one question. why do motorcyclists have restricted licences at 17, yet car drivers dont?
pass your bike test at 17 on a 125 and your restricted to 33 bhpee for two years.why arent 17 year old car drivers restricted to 1000cc for a year or two?.
yes i know motorcycles are more dangerous, but its odd that johny no experience can drive a 2.0 if he can afford to insure it, or drive it uninsured.
and no, i,m not getting at anyone on this site, just wondering why the discrepancy.
 
In northern ireland you're restricted to 45mph for a year after you pass your test.
 
My instructor, and every other instructor is absolutely adamant that the test centres are effectively 'rigged' and that they are only allowed to pass a certain percentage of people a year. Obviously there is no way to prove this, but it explains a lot.
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I don't believe that, quotas on how many will pass a test in a week. What I do believe is that the problem is down to poor instructors and if the trainee fails then the instructor blames the examiner or test centre or someone else, never themselves for obviously not having a learner up to scratch before a test. I think the standards of driving instructors these days have dropped massively, Their in this game for the money first, it seems these days they don't teach new drivers on courtesy to other drivers, just enough to get you through the test then your on your own and onto another client to hurry through a test. If your lucky you get one who is good and will teach you more than he really has to.

FP you need to remember that apart from driving you also NEED to make the passenger feel safe, in your case the examiner. If he's continuously pressing his feet to the floor wondering if your going to stop or slow down at the appropriate places you'll never pass. Don't try and drive like other drivers, do it the way the examiner wants and make him feel safe, and you WILL pass the test...good luck.
 
inaneredstripe said:
just one question. why do motorcyclists have restricted licences at 17, yet car drivers dont?
pass your bike test at 17 on a 125 and your restricted to 33 bhpee for two years.why arent 17 year old car drivers restricted to 1000cc for a year or two?.
yes i know motorcycles are more dangerous, but its odd that johny no experience can drive a 2.0 if he can afford to insure it, or drive it uninsured.
and no, i,m not getting at anyone on this site, just wondering why the discrepancy.
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I gained my motorcycle licence years ago when there was no stepped limits as to the size of machine I could take out on the roads. Although I passed my test on a bike which had a 197 villiers 2 stroke engine I have never ridden a bike above that size.
It is crazy to think that with my present license and inexperience there is no limit to the size of motorcycle could take to the roads of today:eek:
 
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