The Ultimate "I failed my driving test!" Thread ‎-MK II

Just have to do it again which is the annoying part - my waiting time is 5 weeks. If I could take it again tomorrow, I wouldn't even be bothered that i'd just failed

Have you looked for those cancellation services ? Haven't used any personally, but I have heard people find another test date pretty quick.

Yeah feeling good about the next one. I WILL pass next time. No point getting upset I suppose it was just a mistake

Yeah i've looked, but as i'm home most days I can check myself by refreshing every half hour or so. So don't think i'll invest. Do I have to book a test to see the cancellations? Or will it just show me the earliest tests on the "Book your practical test" page?

Just learn from it and I'm sure you will be aware the next time you are driving

I think you have to book a test to be able to see earlier test dates but I'm not 100% sure! Just book the earliest and keep refreshing to find a new one that is 10 days from today

Yeah, I saw the no entry signs but then my head just got really confused. Obviously you are supposed to "drive on/ahead" unless he directs you otherwise. But I knew I couldn't... but then I also knew he hadn't told me to go left... and I just inched a bit too far. I was nowhere near going in because I knew I couldn't, but he obviously thought I was just too close. No point getting upset it was just a mistake and I know if I didn't do it i'd have passed.

Just have to do it again which is the annoying part - my waiting time is 5 weeks. If I could take it again tomorrow, I wouldn't even be bothered that i'd just failed

This is how I feel, it's always the waiting time that's the worst. Anyway better luck next time, all my tests have been similar to yours. A good sheet, not many minors but just one silly error causing me to fail.

In my 3 tests I could say if I just did that one thing differently I'd have passed, that's the frustrating thing. I feel like I should have passed 1st time really and here I am going into my 4th!

Yes exactly how I feel. I just want to pass now. My drive is fine and I barely get any minors, it's just one mistake. Like my mistake today - there was absolutely nobody around either. It's just one tiny thing that keeps making me fail and it's getting really frustrating. I'm refreshing the "find a test date" literally like every 10 minutes.

I failed So annoyed! My sheet was really good only 4 minors.

One dangerous... we went down a one way street and I edged too close towards a "no entry" zone, had to brake and reverse back and go left. If it hadn't of happened, he said I would have passed. I'm getting SO frustrated with this thing!!! Next time for sure.

Yeah it's really frustrating. In my first test I was in the wrong lane when approaching the roundabout, a really stupid mistake. Second time I hesitated on a traffic light controlled roundabout because I saw a lorry moving towards me from my right side still, another silly (but understandable IMO) mistake as had I just kept going normally, I would have passed, or you could say had that lorry not been there I would have passed too! The third time I slowed down and looked but didn't come to a complete stop when there was 'stop' written on the road, I admit I didn't see it but I hate thinking that had I just bloody stopped completely at that point I would have passed! Such avoidable errors.

I just hate how each time I've driven almost perfectly for 35 minutes, completed my manoeuvre perfectly and like you one single thing has had me fail 3 times.

I'm looking for a cancellation too. It's a couple of days until I can actually take a test after that 10 day period so I'll be over the moon if I find one soon. Good luck in finding one!

Also, can you remember feeling as devastated as you do when you come home after failing? I actually don't think I can, it might be just because I want it so bad plus I have a car waiting for me outside my house!

awww im gutted for you!!...

if no one was around couldnt he have just given you a minor?

awww im gutted for you!!...

if no one was around couldnt he have just given you a minor?

It's not how it works unfortunately. When I approached the roundabout in the wrong lane I still checked my mirrors and made sure it was safe before coming off and there was no one around me but I got a major just because their could have been someone there. Sucks that even if you realise your mistake and amend it in some capacity it's all too late.

Wow yeah your fails are even more avoidable than mine. Failing on speed must be so frustrating, to think that if you just drove slower on that occasion you would have passed! It's horrible when you think you've passed, on my first 2 I knew those errors could have had me fail but the 3rd time, as I didn't see the stop sign I thought I'd passed Haha I have my license and application number saved in my 'notes' on my laptop so I just copy and paste them

Wow 9 weeks! That's really bad... I've managed to get a cancellation every time thus far so am hopeful I'll find one again.

I'm exactly the same, love driving my car, just want to be able to do so on my own and whenever I want now

Yeah I will know for next time. I'm not sure, because surely they are all on the same list - as in you see the same list when you book and when you go to change your booking. Surely it would be unfair to make cancellations exclusive... if an appointment is cancelled, it's open for anybody to have - a new booker or an existing one. Surely!!

Ahh I see, I wasn't sure if you could see new booking times without actually having an appointment. Those will be the same without booking then

How comes ? I thought there's no point in it.

Isn't there like a 10 day period before you can rebook your test.

Oh I see. I'm not sure how it works. Didn't go looking for a cancellation/rebooking immediately after my first test.

So you can book for any day even now, as long as you find a date which is after those 10 days ?