...rather silly things too! One was a set of traffic lights, I was going left down onto a ramp leading to a dual-carriageway. I had green light, so did oncoming traffic. However, I thought that both my lane and oncoming traffic were moving into a single-lane ramp, and since a bus was coming I stopped. Problem was - it was a dual-lane ramp, and there was a car behind me, who got peeved off with me. That was a "serious" for undue hesitation. Silly thing really, down to experience with the road more than anything, I knew I had failed when (on stopping) I realised that there was another lane there! *insert d'oh sound here* Cue the examiner going "you're not supposed to stop her, it's equal priority" and "That chap in the beemer did not seem amused"
The other was a minute later, still shaken up by my silly mistake earlier, as I was accelerating onto the dual carriageway I managed to shift into 3rd, instead of 5th
I also managed to accumulate some minors on harsh steering and the gear changes (I put that down to nervousness/annoyance with earlier mistakes, as the ramp thing happened 2 minutes into the test).
Oh well. On the plus-side, the examiner said that I drive quite decently and sensibly. Unlucky day I guess. Had the beemer not been behind me (or the bus not there) I would have gotten away with it. Next attempt is in 2 weeks time, we'll see how it will work out
The other was a minute later, still shaken up by my silly mistake earlier, as I was accelerating onto the dual carriageway I managed to shift into 3rd, instead of 5th
I also managed to accumulate some minors on harsh steering and the gear changes (I put that down to nervousness/annoyance with earlier mistakes, as the ramp thing happened 2 minutes into the test). Oh well. On the plus-side, the examiner said that I drive quite decently and sensibly. Unlucky day I guess. Had the beemer not been behind me (or the bus not there) I would have gotten away with it. Next attempt is in 2 weeks time, we'll see how it will work out
