my girlfriend just got home from her driving test to tell me she failed.
she told me on her test, down one of the streets she was driving down there was a lorry taking up the whole street and had its stabilizer legs thinngies out with his hazard lights on and it was on a hill.
the driving examiner told her to wait a moment while he thought about what to do.
he then told her to drive on the pavment past it, baring in mind this wasnt a 1 way street and there was no reason for him not to ask her to do a 3-point turn.
she said all 4 wheels were on the pavment while she passed, as she crept past and back onto the road she failed to notice a car comming from her right and the tester applied the brakes and she obviously failed.
i had a quick google of the law on driving on pavments
145:You MUST NOT drive on or over a pavement, footpath or bridleway except to gain lawful access to property, or in the case of an emergency.
so basically my question is, was the tester aloud to tell her to drive on the pavement? im not questioning the observation, just the pavment driving
she told me on her test, down one of the streets she was driving down there was a lorry taking up the whole street and had its stabilizer legs thinngies out with his hazard lights on and it was on a hill.
the driving examiner told her to wait a moment while he thought about what to do.
he then told her to drive on the pavment past it, baring in mind this wasnt a 1 way street and there was no reason for him not to ask her to do a 3-point turn.
she said all 4 wheels were on the pavment while she passed, as she crept past and back onto the road she failed to notice a car comming from her right and the tester applied the brakes and she obviously failed.
i had a quick google of the law on driving on pavments
145:You MUST NOT drive on or over a pavement, footpath or bridleway except to gain lawful access to property, or in the case of an emergency.
so basically my question is, was the tester aloud to tell her to drive on the pavement? im not questioning the observation, just the pavment driving