[Norton1]

(Original post by mark20)
It's interesting how very few have failed on manoeuvres - there is hope yet!

I failed on maneuvers... so let hope die I guess.

[danny111]

(Original post by itchy and scratchy)
I failed my first time because I drove on the wrong side of the road after coming out of the test centre

This. Lulz.

I was supposed to leave a curving road straight, and there were no white markings and I drove too far on the left (test taken on the continent). but there was like no car coming towards me or anything. wasnt dangerous.

[insignificant]

I failed 4 times.. can't remember them all, but one was not realising I was on a dual carriageway separated by grass, he told me to turn right so instead of pulling into the island into the middle and then turning right, i turned right into where oncoming traffic would be. Idiot.

Little things like going too fast.. nearly side swiped a van with the wing mirror.. all sorts.

I passed but in no way feel confident to drive and haven't done since, over a year ago. You'll never catch me driving, too scary for me.

[danny111]

(Original post by slacker07906)
First time- Nearly running over 3 pedestrians
Second time- Driving through a red light
Third time- Going 40 on a 30
Fourth time- messed reverse around corner
Fifth time- Forgetting to turn my signal off
Sixth time- messed up roundabout
Seventh time- not checking blind spot

Passed on eighth all good

You fail for forgetting to turn your signal off? **** man, thats not really that uncommon on the road. Ive seen guys signal left and go right and vice versa.

[danny111]

(Original post by insignificant)
I failed 4 times.. can't remember them all, but one was not realising I was on a dual carriageway separated by grass, he told me to turn right so instead of pulling into the island into the middle and then turning right, i turned right into where oncoming traffic would be. Idiot.

Little things like going too fast.. nearly side swiped a van with the wing mirror.. all sorts.

I passed but in no way feel confident to drive and haven't done since, over a year ago. You'll never catch me driving, too scary for me.

You should though. I hadn't driven for over a year after passing and I was so scared and my mum just said get in the car and drive, Ill be sitting next to you, and within no time at all I was going 130kmh on the motorway xD

Once you get over that initial fear driving becomes fun!

ps make sure though that u dont do this in a crowded city centre. i started driving just from village to village and in the village, and ull become confident real fast that way.

[Dunn0]

I saw a girl fail during mine because there was some cars parkerd round a bend that led to some lights. She pulled in behind them and waited because the car in front had blacked out windows, so she couldnt see inside and assumed there was a driver inside.

Was funny when me and the rest of the people taking there tests all drove past before her, yet she just sat there. When i came back round 15mins later i saw her just start driving.

Pressure can get to you so it comes down to luck on the day sometimes

[Jiraya Sama]

(Original post by davidmarsh01)
I've not sat any tests yet, but apparently a classic mistake is if you mess up the parallel park by being too far away or close to the kerb you tend to only look at the left side of the car, because that's what you're concentrating on fixing. Because you're looking to the left, you can miss things happening to the right, such as cars going past, which can cause you to fail.

My instructor says this to me all the time. DANG you right side of my car

[Converse Rocker]

(Original post by Hevinha)
Coasting means having your foot down on the clutch a long time before u stop?

Yup, or driving with the car in neutral. Of course you won't do that but having the clutch down too early and essentially rolling up to something will get you a fail. Something I need to watch out for today because the temptation is there if you just lose focus or something.

(Original post by Megaross)
More people fail for going too slow in a driving test than too fast.

Again, something I need to wary of today. One of my mates' minors was for doing 40 on a 50 road apparently, so I'm going to be up like a meerkat looking for speed limits!

[Converse Rocker]

(Original post by danny111)
You fail for forgetting to turn your signal off? **** man, thats not really that uncommon on the road. Ive seen guys signal left and go right and vice versa.

Or they just don't indicate at all...

But yeah, it could be 'misleading to other drivers'. Even though people are constantly misleading each other, us learners have got to do it by the book. Apologies for double post.

[Holz888]

Passed today, third time XD
First time: both wheels up on curb during RRC, lack of observation
Second time: Turned too early, he had to grab the wheel!

[Skittle_]

Failed first time for going 38 in a 30 - quite rightly so that I failed.
I passed today with 0 minors

[UpsidedownLandMan]

This happened

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxYnpdXWhV0

[amyshamblesxx]

First: tried to move off in neutral at some traffic lights, car rolled back, examiner dual-braked me
Second: it had been raining & the roads were wet, didn't leave double the amount of stopping distance
Third: Stalled four times over the course of the test
Fourth: Drove 'too close' to a parked car

I'm a menace.

[Haffyduck]

Went speeding through a red light before clipping the kerb five minutes into my test. Needless to say I knew I had failed still however carried on going resulting in an overall score of 4 major and 3 minors :/ not my best drive. Frustrating really! I'd never gone through a red light before and never had a issue with speeding.


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[siani-chan]

I didn't fail but I've had quite a few friends fail because of one particular blind junction near where we live. There's a main road, and two diagonal roads leading off of one side of that road. Unfortunately there are houses on the corners of that junction, so it's really hard to see. It's a stop junction so you sit and wait, but my friends said there would be nothing coming, they'd pull out and all of a sudden there's a car there, by which point, they've failed their test due to causing the other driver to slow down. Absolutely horrible, horrible junction. I still avoid it now if I can, and I've been driving nearly 3 years!

I struggled with it through all of my lessons and just prayed the instructor wouldn't take me to that junction. He did, but I got away with it on the test, for some reason there was no traffic!

[Hypnosparkle]

1. Panicked on a roundabout after seeing a car approaching it and examiner took control of break.
2. Swooping in and out of left lane when indicating to turn right.


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[iLoveForums]

Not 100% sure, I passed first time lol but I think it's due to people letting their nerves takeover

[Runninground]

If the examiner uses his brakes, is that an automatic fail? What if I was just about to brake but he gets there first?

[SpongebobSquarepan]

Got 2 majors 5 minors in my first test

1 not checking rear view mirror
2 too close to parked cars

passed second time swith 6 minors

[evantej]

(Original post by Runninground)
If the examiner uses his brakes, is that an automatic fail? What if I was just about to brake but he gets there first?

Almost certainly a fail. If you think you were going to brake just after them then that shows a lack of observation on your part and would have resulted in some form of a minor anyway.