Just Want to Have a Moan

[Benny]

Its not ncie when you fail on something like that but hey,you have to be perfect for the whole test.

I was 18 when i passed on my second attempt,my first fail was becuase when checking my mirrors i ddint turn my head all the way around to look through the back window !!!!

[CarolAnn]

Chin-Up Sheila, I remember well the round of driving tests when I was 17...Phew! It was a big day when I passed too!! So it does mean alot! I certainly agree with others comments about go for cancellations, and even out of area if you have to. My step daughter took 3 in the end, 2 here in Milton Keynes, then in the end went to Weymouth had a lesson with a local instructor there and used his car to take her test, and PASSED!! (her mum lives in Weymouth BTW)She certainly didn't wait long for her test in Weymouth, so areas do differ greatly. After the first fail, she didn't tell anyone she was doing subsequent tests either, I think that took some of the pressure off for her!!
Good Luck with next test!! [msnwink]

[LiesaAnna]

i am so fed up with this driving tests in this country!, we all want these "kids" to do the right thing but nobody makes it easy for them, so when they pass their tests they then charge absolutely astronomical prices for insurances!
i can see why some dont bother (but it makes me so mad that they dont bother)

i do feel sorry for these "kids" that fail their tests but hope they dont give up!! i for one am very proud of anylads and lasses that try to do this!! its so expensive for them, we are having this problem in november when our daughter will be 17,

good luck to all those trying again!! dont give up, we know you can do it!![lucky][lucky]

[SheilaF]

Hi Everyone

I looked at the possibility of going out of the area, but was advised by a local Instructor that a different car/route will be a step backwards for him. Well done to your daughter for achieving it!!!
That may have to be the last resort if we run out of time.

The problem is his confidence has taken a dip and is now talking about taking a test for automatic cars which upsets me because there is no problem with his driving and gears etc. I guess as time goes on he will cheer up......

Also there's the money issue, he doesnt really need any more lessons but has to keep going with the Instructor (not as regularly as before) to get the experience in the car he will take his test in. Thats more money, and when its a 9 week wait.

Sorry I am moaning again, it just seems so unfair. I am calling 6 times a day there is nothing else i can do. One thing i did notice, on the DSA website you can print out or simply view the test routes (very helpful for Sandra and Victor's son).

SheilaF

[S&VEdwards]

Hi Shiela

Thanks for that advise, we have told him to go where we took our tests even though it was a long time ago. His instructor told him to pick the test centre he went to as it was easy and they had a good pass rate. What rubbish, the instructor just wanted more money. Our son is not a boy racer and if we thought he was going to be we wouldn't let him drive. Unlike a lot of 18 year olds he still has to do what he is told. He isn't of the sort that says I am 18 I can do what I like. He lives under our roof and by our rules - like it or lump it. He is putting in for his test again, just better luck next time we hope. He has got a new girlfriend so she has taken his mind off things but he can't let things slip and needs to get back in there. GOOD LUCK to your son and tell him not to be put off, We are sure he will pass next time.

Regards
Sandra and Victor.

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[SheilaF]

Hi Sandra and Victor

I have been calling for cancellations and managed to get one a month earlier (booking for end Oct/beg Nov round here in the Midlands). Instructor called me last week and said "I had a girl pass today who isnt half as good as driver as my son", that made me feel worse because i am thinking now its a lottery and maybe biased against boys !!!! No proof of course.

Lots of luck to your son, luckily mine doesnt have a female distraction !!! They will both get there in the end and probably end up safer drivers than the rest of us.

SheilaF

[steph_goodrum]

Sheila

My daughter passed at her 2nd attempt at 18 last year, the first test when she went we didn't expect her to pass because it was at the end of September, we were on holiday in Florida for 3 weeks, so she hadnt driven for that time, got back on Friday, took her to freshers week at uni on Sun and then she came home thurs for her test on friday so we thought with the lack of driving, jet lag and uni it would be a bit much. She almost cancelled but decided it would be good experience and failed on quite a few things, when she retook it 6 weeks later she passed with just one minor. Apparently if you get 100% you get an extra certificate her instructor told her afterwards.

Her friend has just failed her 7th test, but perhaps best not mention that to your son, so its not just a case of any female passes.

With the minors, although you can have 15 and pass, they are in certain groups and if you get the same minor a certain no of times (I thinkg it is 5) then that is an automatic fail. So it is possible to fail with less than 15 minors.

[SheilaF]

Hi Steph

Congrats to your daughter. My son is having a 2 week break because his Instructor is on holiday but he goes out in my car (with me) most nights, so hopefully he wont get too "rusty".
Second time around will be easier, he knows the route and the procedure at the test centre so hopefully he will do it this time.

His cousin (also 17) just failed the theory so he's in a strop, why is it always the parents fault. He passed the first part but failed on the second - hazard perception.

Have booked my sons second test for end September on a Sat morning first thing so roads should be quiet,in the meantime he is getting loads of experience and road sense, which has to be a good thing.

Its one crisis after another with teenagers, and to think we have to go through this all over again when we get to Florida !!

SheilaF

[philsueh]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by DreamStay
Hi Shiela,

We know exactly how you feel our son took his test today and was taken on a dual carriage way for the first time, he stayed at 30 not realising it was 40 and was failed for going too slow also. His instructor whom we think was not too impressed as he only had 10 lessons (we taught him first) and wanted more money out of him replied "I can't be expected to know every road they might take you on" surely if he was familiar with the test centre as it is on his ground and he has been there numerous times before he must have know it was a possibility but he made no allowances whatso ever. He is going to put in for a cancellation and the instructor is not getting a penny out of him until the day of his new test. Well that's my moan over also. You feel so sorry for them don't you. We were all really gutted 'cause he also is a very good driver.

Sandra and Victor

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Sorry Sandra and Victor but how can he be a very good driver when he does not look at the road signs.
The stretch of road where he failed his test would have been well sign posted with a 40 sign every 6 lamposts.
Maybe his driving instructor wanted to give him a better chance of passing not as you say get more money out of him. 99% of Driving instructors are only interested in improving the standard of driving on the roads.
I am a driving instructor and nobody is more pleased than me when one of my pupils pass no matter how many lessons they have had.
We do not need more money out of individual pupils as most good driving instructors have a waiting list.
I would not be happy to let my son on the roads if he could not recognise the speed limit on each road he used.
Sorry in advance for the rant, Phil