Driving test failure myth?

Who told you that exactly?

Lane discipline is a major, if I recall correctly.

I passed on a Friday, first time, with 5 minors. If you're good enough to pass it shouldn't mater how harsh the instructor is being as they're only marking against the criteria they've got.

All this quota **** always sounds like people trying to make excuses for themselves to me.
 
ElliottJames said:
Hi guys,

I'm 18, have a car, KA Sport 1.6 sitting on the drive doing nothing.

I took my first tense 2 weeks ago and failed with 1 major and a few minors after taking the wrong lane in a 3 lane roundabout. I went in the middle lane to take the 4th exit but it was pretty much straight over the island.

I was told, on a good day, that could have only been a minor, instead of a major, and legally, driving test centres have to fail a set % of young drivers a week, and tests towards the end of the week they're more harsh on as they may have already met the quota.

Just wondering thoughts on this?
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So you think if you went in the right lane you would have still failed?

People that go in the wrong lane on roundabouts or cut across lanes during the roundabout are the most annoying drivers on the roads so it should be a major imo. 4th exit? I mean come on, if that doesn't warrant the right lane I don't know what does.
 
ElliottJames said:
I was told, on a good day, that could have only been a minor, instead of a major, and legally, driving test centres have to fail a set % of young drivers a week, and tests towards the end of the week they're more harsh on as they may have already met the quota.
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Someone was being nice to you and trying yo make you feel better about the fact you failed.
 
Although the DSA state that they do not have a set quota for each test centre, they do measure pass rate statistics for each driving examiner and compare those statistics to examiners who are assigned to the same test centre. Each examiner must stay within 10% of the overall test centre pass rate or the DSA may investigate the examiner who deviates outside of this 10%. This may force examiners to fail a driving test that they may normally pass, or worse still in terms of road safety, pass a candidate even though they should have failed so as to keep within this 10% threshold.
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From here... http://www.drivingtesttips.biz/driving-examiner.html

Unsure as to site legitimacy but i've heard off several instructors and an ex-examiner that quota's exist to a degree. As for more chance of passing at the start of day/week/month, they all say it's generally nonsense.
 
SixTwoSix said:
From here... http://www.drivingtesttips.biz/driving-examiner.html

Unsure as to site legitimacy but i've heard off several instructors and an ex-examiner that quota's exist to a degree. As for more chance of passing at the start of day/week/month, they all say it's generally nonsense.
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It's nonsense. That quota may exist to make sure examiners aren't passing people left right and centre for cash in hand but by actively trying to work out how many they should pass will actually get them into way more trouble.
 
Milkybk said:
You failed because you made a mistake that could have caused an accident, therefore you proved you are not ready to pass the test yet.
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To be perfectly honest, if the were three lanes to take at a roundabout and I was going straight ahead, id take the middle lane too...


NB: I don't think the test centre round here has a quota, it doesn't need one as it has multiple exam routes and one of them is impossible to complete without breaking the HWC lol.
 
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In my experiance they are normally pretty resonable people. If they thought you were good enough would have probably let it slide as a minor. If you general standard was not up to scratch do it as a major.
 
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