Failing My Driving Test just 1/2 an hour ago

[mx matt]

i just failed my driving test. i got a major because at the crossroads i let someone turn right in front of me and apparently i had right of way and by doing that i held up the people behind me. what a joke, and i had a fat smelly, mexican tester who didnt even explain my i got the minor faults i got. what a pratt, but im gutted

[Katie21]

I too failed my driving test today (2nd) with 1 serious and 4 minor faults. I was turning right onto a side road, a huge 4X4 was turning right onto the main road from the side road, however he was stuck right out into the road preventing me from seeing into the junction. I gave way to him and then turned into the junction, I failed because I was trying to be considerate but was classed as hesitant. Earlier in the test I thought I had failed because I glanced the curb in my left reverse. Just goes to show that being too careful can sometimes cause problems too!

Katie x

[A1M33 :)]

I cant believe it my test was suposed to be on the 9th July. But the week before my test i had a lesson and my instructor said i could do with a few more lessons, but he didnt have the time before my test, because he was taking the weekend off. AS IF WHAT A JOKE GRRRR

Any way i am now spending all my dads on the pc waiting for some one to cancle. I rely hope i pass 1st time, the messages people have wrote make me sad. Good luk to every1 else. xx :)[code:1][/code:1]

[clairex86x]

Hello all, iv just failed my 1st driving test i had 7 minors and 1 major that cost me my test which was i scuffed the kerb when parking, am gutted cos my instructor always praises me on my parking...but i must say i was totally shaking...i was fine on my lesson before but then i just went to pieces on my test!! i tried calm tablets before my test...they dont work....does anyone know a good remedy i can try to make me calm down??? I worry with my nerves anyway...and also my left leg was shaking uncontralably the examiner said im going to make you do an emergency stop that might make your leg stop shaking lol...PLEASE HELP!!!

[Blondie Emma1989]

I HATE DRIVING TESTS! I have test number three in Blackburn coming up on Wednesday - thts 2 days away! The 1st time i failed with 2 majors and 13 minors and it was sooooooooo stupid! One major was for repeatedly doing MIRROR, SIGNAL, MANOUVER instead of MIRROR AND SIGNAL then MANOUVER! In the highway code it is the way I was doin it so he was wrong to give me a major there (only got a major cos i did it 6 times apparently! he gave me a minor each time) and the second major was for not overtaking a shite learner driver on a dual carriageway cos they were drifting across the lanes. Was doing 43mph rather than 50 and he said that I was dangerously slow! The second time I failed was completely my fault cos I was a nervous wreck - I have some Bach's Rescue Remedy this time to help calm my nerves - Hope it works - Good luck to ne1 else gettin ready to do their tests. The tests don't test how good a driver you are, it is simply a money-making scam and it is the luck of the draw xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[Guest127586043]

I'm about to take my drivers test and was just wondering what things you have to know inside the wehicle before the test. i know the signal lights and hazard lights, horn I suspect. But what else?

[stickyvick]

I am so nervous - this is my 3rd/4th attempt at learning to drive nevermind the test. Managed to get a car stuck in a ditch side when I was 17 on a lesson with my dad - really put me off driving.... I am now 30 - getting frustrated with myself I see all the 17 year old boy (and girl) racers can drive and I can't...

Anyway good luck to everyone who is having a test in the next few weeks

[jinjin]

I think it will work out to your advantage if you practise driving by the book and get as much experience behind the wheel as possible with your learner's permit before taking the test. Good luck on your next test.

[guest20072007]

I failed my second test today too . I feel really hard done by.

On the test I've done today and my first test in June I've had to drive in torrential rain and severe flooding. But today I also had to deal with huge traffic jams from all the kids being off school! My test lasted 55 minutes because of it! I did my two manoeuvre's perfectly as well, but got a serious for positioning. It was raining so hard today I could barely make the lines out!

But what really annoys me is that the next available driving test for me is mid September, two months away! Its so farcical paying £48.50 and then having to wait that long to just take it again.

I actually feel calmer after writing this. Thanks
Good luck to everyone take their tests in the future.

[Guest]

i failed 4 times now its made me so miserable i failed for going to slow 25 in a 30 as someone over took me come on! wrong lane at round about my fault
not giving way ok my fault but there was no accident or anything an lastly my arsehole instuctor turned up in a differnt car to wht i have been learning in for my test no warning which totally threw mw an i couldnt get used to the car in time i feel really hard done by an theres nothing i can do i am a good driver i have perfect lessons no problems but when it comes to the tests i have such awful luck

[sparkle2006]

Hi all i'm new to this site, i have been taking lessons since march and finally i have my first test date. I'm so nervous thinking about it and i have a few weeks of practice yet because its such a long queue but although i am confident in my lessons i'm dreading THE TEST. I'm sorry to read about the bad luck some of you have had and hope it goes well for your next test. I admire you all for the way you keep going, not so sure I will be as brave if I fail but reading your messeges makes me determined not to ever give up. After all having a lisence opens so many doors of freedom and independence. I can't wait for the day when I no longer have to rely on public transport. GOOD LUCK TO ALL, helena x x

[Constant Blueness]

i just failed my driving test. i got a major because at the crossroads i let someone turn right in front of me and apparently i had right of way and by doing that i held up the people behind me. what a joke, and i had a fat smelly, mexican tester who didnt even explain my i got the minor faults i got. what a pratt, but im gutted

I think I had the same examiner as you...Brighton, mexican style handlebar moustache, dodgy tie? He failed me too for observations on the corner reverse.

[Charm]

I passed on my fourth try!

[craigy]

well i failed my 1st driveing test he done me for a round about and mirrows i most move my head i have my test in 1 week and a half hope i do it this time because am going insane i have a corsa sri sitting outside just cont use it till i pass i this this ite help a lot of ppl but i have bad nervs i was sick that moring and my belly was in pain dont no what was worg with me

[lindsay007]

Hey!

I am new to this site and I am sooooo glad I found it cos I have just failed my driving test today!

Sat it in Hamilton (Scotland) and the examiner was very nice and chatty (wearing dodgy jesus sandals and socks tho!!). Driving down a dual carriage-way and a lorry was infront of me, decided that I should just stay behind it as there was lots of cars and lorrys coming down the inside, then the lorry slams on the brakes! I was breaking, but the examiner slammed on the brakes in the middle of the dual carriage way... I was still at least 1.5 seconds behind the lorry.

Got another test booked tho and only got 3 minors in total, so it wasn't all bad!!