Driving Test

original.wood · 2 Apr 2013 at 21:17

Passed today

nearly a clean sheet, other than 2 minors. pulling off from side of the road with indicators left on, and forgetting to look through rear window when reverse parking.

only taken 9 years on and off haha

Paradiso · 2 Apr 2013 at 21:23

Will be doing mine in a couple of months, i'm 40

been riding bikes up till now. Lessons are going fine so far.
oh and grats!

[FnG]magnolia · 2 Apr 2013 at 21:24

forgetting to look through rear window when reverse parking

WUT

the wopster · 2 Apr 2013 at 21:24

You did not get 2 minors you got 2 driving faults lol
Well done by the way keep going and get yourself more licences, I have category B,C,C+E and D

Doombar · 2 Apr 2013 at 21:32

Congratulations! I have mine next month (2nd attempt)

Smigly · 2 Apr 2013 at 21:55

Congrats! I passed on my 2nd test, got the same examiner. I've got to say as well, that myth about only passing a certain amount of people each month. I always thought it was stupid, but my boyfriend kept making a point of it. My first test was at the end of the March, and I failed. The examiner pulled me over at the side of the road near to a school at the school kicking out time. Traffic everywhere, and because I didn't pull out quick enough for him, he didn't like it, and failed me.

2nd test was at the beginning of the May, got the same examiner. He pulled me over at the side of the road after my independent drive section and I mounted the kerb a tiiiiiny bit (one of them flat low kerbs, not a standard one), but my heart sank and I was like noooooooooooooooooo i've failed. I even forgot the road changed to 20 and was doing 30 until the next set of signs, and I still passed, hahah!

So yeah, the myth might possibly not be a myth :cool:

the wopster · 2 Apr 2013 at 22:08

Smigly said:
Congrats! I passed on my 2nd test, got the same examiner. I've got to say as well, that myth about only passing a certain amount of people each month. I always thought it was stupid, but my boyfriend kept making a point of it. My first test was at the end of the March, and I failed. The examiner pulled me over at the side of the road near to a school at the school kicking out time. Traffic everywhere, and because I didn't pull out quick enough for him, he didn't like it, and failed me.

2nd test was at the beginning of the May, got the same examiner. He pulled me over at the side of the road after my independent drive section and I mounted the kerb a tiiiiiny bit (one of them flat low kerbs, not a standard one), but my heart sank and I was like noooooooooooooooooo i've failed. I even forgot the road changed to 20 and was doing 30 until the next set of signs, and I still passed, hahah!

So yeah, the myth might possibly not be a myth

It is a myth, if you deserve to pass you will pass if you deserve to fail you will fail, the examiner can not fail you just because they have passed so many people in a month and reached their quota. my guess is your first fail was because you got a serious driving fault which would have been for undue hesitance or because if it was busy you may have pulled out and made the car behind slow down which is an automatically a serious driving fault.

Smigly · 2 Apr 2013 at 22:15

woppy101 said:
It is a myth, if you deserve to pass you will pass if you deserve to fail you will fail, the examiner can not fail you just because they have passed so many people in a month and reached their quota. my guess is your first fail was because you got a serious driving fault which would have been for undue hesitance or because if it was busy you may have pulled out and made the car behind slow down which is an automatically a serious driving fault.

Probably undue hesitation to be fair, even though it wasn't undue. There was a skip further down the street on the road, probably about 20 yards down the road and I pulled over at the side so the cars coming towards me had to go round the skip and onto my side of the road, and then there was cars going round me as well, and he expected me to pull out. Not bothered now though really as I've since passed but we all have our little stories

RedDanDoc · 2 Apr 2013 at 22:28

Dont get 6 points in the next 2 years or you will lose it.

EdGey · 2 Apr 2013 at 22:35

Well done

oli356 · 2 Apr 2013 at 22:36

original.wood said:
Passed today nearly a clean sheet, other than 2 minors. pulling off from side of the road with indicators left on, and forgetting to look through rear window when reverse parking.

only taken 9 years on and off haha

I thought not looking through rear window was a major.

the wopster · 2 Apr 2013 at 22:38

Smigly said:
Probably undue hesitation to be fair, even though it wasn't undue. There was a skip further down the street on the road, probably about 20 yards down the road and I pulled over at the side so the cars coming towards me had to go round the skip and onto my side of the road, and then there was cars going round me as well, and he expected me to pull out. Not bothered now though really as I've since passed but we all have our little stories

Not that it matters because you have passed, but did he tell you to pull up behind the skip or did he tell you to pull up to a safe place and stop? He may have failed you because you were too close to the skip making you an obstruction to the traffic behind and in front.

It's strange what you can fail for, here is a situation where doing the same thing three times can get you three diffrent results for example,
If you leave your indicator on to turn left(when your not turning) and there nothing coming toward you it's a driving fault, if you leave your indicator on to turn left and there is traffic coming toward you it's a serious driving fault and if you leave your indicator on to turn left and there is traffic coming toward you indicating to turn right it's a dangerous driving fault.

Joshct · 2 Apr 2013 at 22:38

congratulations

Had my license for a while but just got a car this year, it's nice.

Theophany · 2 Apr 2013 at 22:40

Congrats, but...

original.wood said:
forgetting to look through rear window when reverse parking.

That's a minor fault?

woppy101 said:
It is a myth, if you deserve to pass you will pass if you deserve to fail you will fail, the examiner can not fail you just because they have passed so many people in a month and reached their quota. my guess is your first fail was because you got a serious driving fault which would have been for undue hesitance or because if it was busy you may have pulled out and made the car behind slow down which is an automatically a serious driving fault.

I'd disagree with this. I passed my test first time with 2 minors and was then failed in two subsequent tests taken after just six months when the (same) examiner knew I already had a license.

In fact, on the first of those failures, the examiner was constantly moaning during the test about my car smelling of smoke and how he had a right not to work in such an environment.

Funnily enough, on the fourth test I took I was passed despite stalling at a junction - something that didn't make it on to my rap sheet and I honestly have no idea why. I'm not saying I know how the mystical driving test system works or that it is quota driven, just seems to have been anything but consistent in my experience.

the wopster · 2 Apr 2013 at 22:43

oli356 said:
I thought not looking through rear window was a major.

It depends how often( in theory you can get up to 5 driving faults in one category and still pass) , if its one or two missed checks its a driving fault if its constant its a serious driving fault for observation.

dirtychinchilla · 2 Apr 2013 at 22:45

Theophany said:
I'd disagree with this. I passed my test first time with 2 minors and was then failed in two subsequent tests taken after just six months when the (same) examiner knew I already had a license.

In fact, on the first of those failures, the examiner was constantly moaning during the test about my car smelling of smoke and how he had a right not to work in such an environment.

Funnily enough, on the fourth test I took I was passed despite stalling at a junction - something that didn't make it on to my rap sheet and I honestly have no idea why. I'm not saying I know how the mystical driving test system works or that it is quota driven, just seems to have been anything but consistent in my experience.

Why have you done three tests after passing the first??

the wopster · 2 Apr 2013 at 22:46

Theophany said:
Congrats, but...

That's a minor fault?

I'd disagree with this. I passed my test first time with 2 minors and was then failed in two subsequent tests taken after just six months when the (same) examiner knew I already had a license.

In fact, on the first of those failures, the examiner was constantly moaning during the test about my car smelling of smoke and how he had a right not to work in such an environment.

Funnily enough, on the fourth test I took I was passed despite stalling at a junction - something that didn't make it on to my rap sheet and I honestly have no idea why. I'm not saying I know how the mystical driving test system works or that it is quota driven, just seems to have been anything but consistent in my experience.

Stalling isn't a driving fault as long as you do the correct procedure for restarting!

Why were you taking another test after 6 months of passing?

oli356 · 2 Apr 2013 at 22:53

woppy101 said:
It depends how often( in theory you can get up to 5 driving faults in one category and still pass) , if its one or two missed checks its a driving fault if its constant its a serious driving fault for observation.

Have they changed the "grading" in the last few months, I'm confused.. When I did my test last October or whatever it was, if you had 1 major you would fail. THis was for not driving safely or things like that (not over taking a bus as well, or not attempting to...if the bus was there for a while you are creating traffic so this was one)

But then otherwise you could have like 13? Minors, so a minor for not doing a side mirror check, things like that.

dirtychinchilla · 2 Apr 2013 at 22:54

9 minors I think, no majors.

Theophany · 2 Apr 2013 at 22:54

woppy101 said:
Stalling isn't a driving fault as long as you do the correct procedure for restarting!

Why were you taking another test after 6 months of passing?

Perhaps that's why then, in my mind I had an auto license (and they knew it) so any fault related to a manual transmission should have been more of a red flag.

Needed a license ASAP so took a couple of lessons in an auto and passed, then went back for the manual license at my leisure, which turned out to be a lot more 'leisurely' than I had intended...