Driving test failure myth?
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Soldato
Take your instructor with you in the back seat. Although it is legal, examiners don't like it as it is an experienced set of eyes watching over them. Less likely to fail you for nothing when they know you could put a complaint in.
Caporegime
That and you can get them to lean over bobsled style when you're taking a roundabout on two wheels in the wrong lane.
Soldato
/also passed with no minors.
It's a complete Myth, if you don't do anything wrong they can't fail you. Lane discipline isn't that difficult (despite what the average roundabout user commonly tries to show)
Well they can, because it's their word against yours and no one is going to believe you over the examiner with no proof. Worst outcome for them if you really pressed the issue is a retest with your instructor along for the ride.
(I'm not saying this happens at all often but to say it can't happen I don't think is entirely correct)
Soldato
ok, suppose I should have said if you don't do anything wrong they won't fail you 
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I managed to pass with 3 minors for observation AND the instructor said at the end he would bet his mortgage that I wasn't looking properly at roundabouts.
I wondered why he passed me if he said that though. Because I've cycled on the road for years I can look if I'm clear to go pretty quickly...so maybe he thought I was just too cocky with it?
I wondered why he passed me if he said that though. Because I've cycled on the road for years I can look if I'm clear to go pretty quickly...so maybe he thought I was just too cocky with it?
ok, suppose I should have said if you don't do anything wrong they won't fail you
'Shouldn't', not 'won't'. 'Won't' still implies it can't happen, which if we put our tin foil hats on, isn't true.
Don
Just try again as soon as you can.
Your instructor wouldn't have put you forward for your test if he didn't think you were ready. It comes down to nerves / little mistakes generally on your test.
Once you pass, you'll just get more and more used to driving until most things become second nature.
Your instructor wouldn't have put you forward for your test if he didn't think you were ready. It comes down to nerves / little mistakes generally on your test.
Once you pass, you'll just get more and more used to driving until most things become second nature.
Not sure there's any point keeping this thread open, OP won't be back until October I'm afraid!
Soldato
How do you gauge performance?
Caporegime
I found I had to exaggerate my mirror checks (actually visibly move your head around) else they can't see you checking them.
They have to take tests as well, can't remember how often but I think it's annually.
Their test lasts about 2 hours iirc, they are then given a score and if they post a lesser score during a certain time period they have to re-take their driving instructor test.
Man of Honour
Not sure there's any point keeping this thread open, OP won't be back until October I'm afraid!
Thats a long holiday, what he do?
Soldato
No, I meant how do you gauge an employees performance without having something tangiable to measure it by? This was in response to me saying that all jobs have some sort of quota.
Soldato
I took my test at 4.30pm on a Friday afternoon in 1994. It consisted of about 25 minutes worth of driving before we arrived back at the test centre. I was then asked what the speed limit was on the motorway and asked to identify a sign (National speed limit). He then told me I'd passed and 45 minutes after leaving the house I was back home.
Harsh.