Contesting Driving Examiner's Decision

Shicky

Shicky

Shicky

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I was just wondering if anyone knows this is possible in any way? As you can probably guess i failed my test recently, tuesday to be exact. Totally thought i'd passed, especially when i looked down and saw 3 minors on his sheet. Obviously i thought **** AWESOME! Then he said i failed due to a major for dangerous driving.

Apparently on my 'reversing round a corner' manouver...or however you spell it, i basically came too far away from the kerb. This is true, i lost sight of it in the mirror for a second and corrected it straight away as i had put the steering on late. Now at first i didnt say anything at the end of the test as i was basically in shock and completely gutted. But the more i think about it the more i know i was given a rubbish decision, some mates passed recently, including one who went extremely wide doing the same thing and he didnt even get a minor! One even hit the kerb and got away with it! So im feeling very hard done by and i probably got screwed by this 'quota' system they have.

So is there anything i can do? Im in Northern Ireland if that changes things
 
Thats life.

You must have just got a strict examiner :(
Doubt contesting will do much. How you going to prove anything?
 
Not a leg to stand on unfortunately.

Some people get lucky, some get failed.

I almost failed for being too slow. And I went onto the broken white line in the slip lane. And I messed up a reverse park when we got back to the test centre.

But I still passed :D
 
They don't have a quota system, you didn't get screwed.

You failed becuase your driving was below the standard required for a pass - it really is that simple.

All an appeal does, even if succesful, is refund your test fee.
 
i know how you feel, i got failed my first time around because the examiner said i didnt check over my shoulder on a roundabout as i changed lanes to exit, which was total BS, since i even deliberatly exargerated the movment as i looked over my shoulder to make sure he could see i was doing it proply.

But like everyone else say's its pointless arguiung over it as there isnt any proof anyway.

Good luck next time !
 
Shicky said:
One even hit the kerb and got away with it!
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Hitting the kerb is far less dangerous than going wide. On my test, which was last Tuesday incidently, I hit the kerb doing reverse parking and got a minor for it. As long as its a gentle touch and you don't scrap the tire against the kerb or anything I don't see why it should be a major. Going wide on the other hand makes the manoeuver far more dangerous than otherwise.
 
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|Thomas| said:
Hitting the kerb is far less dangerous than going wide. On my test, which was last Tuesday incidently, I hit the kerb doing reverse parking and got a minor for it. As long as its a gentle touch and you don't scrap the tire against the kerb or anything I don't see why it should be a major. Going wide on the other hand makes the manoeuver far more dangerous than otherwise.
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I was always told if you touch the kerb AT ALL it's an instant failure.
 
Sounds like you got one of the few examiners left who actually abides by the rules and conducts a proper test, rather than the ones many seem to get who will let you do anything you like short of killing someone and still pass you.
Phate said:
I was always told if you touch the kerb AT ALL it's an instant failure.
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Yep, although it appears you can get away with it a lot of the time nowadays. Although the modern tests contain more stuff, they're less stringent than they used to be and that's a fact.
 
Phate said:
I was always told if you touch the kerb AT ALL it's an instant failure.
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exactly what i thought.

as other have said suck it up, supposedly they dont have a quota system but i was told a story by my friend saying the instructor said on a friday afternoon, I shouldn't have passed you, but I havent passed enough people from your age group this week....
 
Phate said:
I was always told if you touch the kerb AT ALL it's an instant failure.
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Mounting the kerb is but touching isn't.

I imagine it depends on the situation too, if you were driving along at 30 and touched the kerb I'd guess that would be an instant fail.
 
There really isnt much point you contesting as you will just be given a free test, and even then is it really worth it? Just book another test get on with it and be more careful next time:)
 
Vertigo1 said:
Yep, although it appears you can get away with it a lot of the time nowadays. Although the modern tests contain more stuff, they're less stringent than they used to be and that's a fact.
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A fact according to who? I don't see how anyone bar examiners can possibly know this as we pretty much take only one test so have nothing to compare it with.
 
I wonder, can they fail you if your wheels arent straight/facing the right direction when stopped, after reversing into space/round corner?

Just wondering as I have to advise my brother :)
 
I failed my first test when I thought that I should have passed. I simply booked another test (which I passed).

Yes, it's annoying (even more so as I had to wait over a month for another test slot to come up), but in the grand scheme of things having to wait a little bit longer to get my licence was not the end of the world.

Contesting the result will not get you a licence any quicker than just taking the test again.
 
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