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Did you pass your driving test...
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Did you pass your driving test...
51First time50.98%26Second time23.53%12After several attempts19.61%10AndyW is my chauffeur5.88%3 -
When I sat my driving test for the first and only time I thought I'd failed right at the start. Parallel parking I hit the pavement which I knew was an automatic fail so just to prove I could do it I told the examiner I was going to do it again which I did perfectly.
Now that I was convinced I'd failed I relaxed and carried on with the test without being anxious or nervous, pissed off of course.
At the end of the test I was surprised to learn I'd passed, the examiner explained that had I asked her if I could perform the parallel parking maneover again she would have said yes but I would have failed because I had asked, the fact that I told her I was doing it again she described as a recovery maneover and that was allowed. I'd never heard of this before but glad I it worked out as it did.
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Third time lucky.
First time I made a silly mistake.
Second time I got a different examiner who plainly didn't like the fact that the driving school car was a Cortina 1600E. He completely unnerved me by pratting around adjusting his seat for the first 5 minutes.
Next time took my mother's car which was suitably modest and passed.
Out of my school mates I reckoned that those who failed first time were better drivers than those who passed first time.
I know that failing made me concentrate harder on getting it right.Last edited by Sysman; 13 December 2012, 20:31.Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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Originally posted by Cliphead View PostWhen I sat my driving test for the first and only time I thought I'd failed right at the start. Parallel parking I hit the pavement which I knew was an automatic fail so just to prove I could do it I told the examiner I was going to do it again which I did perfectly.
Now that I was convinced I'd failed I relaxed and carried on with the test without being anxious or nervous, pissed off of course.
At the end of the test I was surprised to learn I'd passed, the examiner explained that had I asked her if I could perform the parallel parking maneover again she would have said yes but I would have failed because I had asked, the fact that I told her I was doing it again she described as a recovery maneover and that was allowed. I'd never heard of this before but glad I it worked out as it did.
What are your experiences with your driving test.Comment
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2nd time. 1st time round, I had to do it in a different car to the one I'd had all my lessons in and it unnerved me.
He asked me to take the next left, and I didn't see the turning until I was on it. Rather than drive past and apologise, I made an emergency lunge and unsurprisingly failed.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by Robinho View PostSounds like she'd filled her quota for that week.Comment
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Originally posted by Cliphead View PostCould be but I passed. I was also so confident I'd bought a car to be delivered an hour after I got home from the test so I drove to the gig in my new car all happy. When I got there I was handed the keys to a new company car which I wasn't expecting. So how many people pass their driving test and get two new cars the same day?
I passed on the second time. First time i had a lesson beforehand during which i went through a light too late. So what do i do in the test, stop at a light too early.Comment
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Car and Bike both first time.
Car test, I actually had two examiners in the car. There was *my* examiner and then he was being assessed by a senior examiner. I was tulipting bricks...
Bike test was going well until I had to do a really tricky move off from lights and turn right uphill immediately after moving off. No way that I could do that, so I gave the 'lost signal' sign, turned left and pulled over. The examiner strolled over to me, grinned and said 'everyone seems to lose signal there for some reason'.Comment
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Didn't pass till the 6th attempt. Never wanted to drive, always a keen cyclist, but had to learn in order to commute to a job too good to turn down. Still don't like driving.Comment
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Originally posted by Cliphead View PostWhen I sat my driving test for the first and only time I thought I'd failed right at the start. Parallel parking I hit the pavement which I knew was an automatic fail so just to prove I could do it I told the examiner I was going to do it again which I did perfectly.
Now that I was convinced I'd failed I relaxed and carried on with the test without being anxious or nervous, pissed off of course.
At the end of the test I was surprised to learn I'd passed, the examiner explained that had I asked her if I could perform the parallel parking maneover again she would have said yes but I would have failed because I had asked, the fact that I told her I was doing it again she described as a recovery maneover and that was allowed. I'd never heard of this before but glad I it worked out as it did.
What are your experiences with your driving test.Comment
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