B3ta....
Tell me your tales of your driving tests.
I know so many people who passed on their first time, I'm taking my 3rd in 2 weeks!

Did you pass? Barely? How was your examiner? Discuss!
( Axai is in Montréal, Canada O.o, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 22:07, 20 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

My story...
I took my first test, failed it because I stalled twice at traffic lights. *sigh*. The guy was a teeny bit of a jobsworth.

I failed my second test because I didn't look around enough on pulling off, which sucked a little. The examiner shouted at me for getting my phone out of my pocket.

I went to my third test but forgot my licence! :( Arse.
( Axai is in Montréal, Canada O.o, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 22:09, Reply)

you got your phone out?
you tit
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 22:11, Reply)

Not during the test!
Oh god, i realised how I worded it. When the test ended i got my phone out of my pocket because it was uncomfortable (big bulky thing).
He shouted at me for not taking him seriously and he slammed the door and stormed off.

Twat. (At the driving instructor, not you!)
( Axai is in Montréal, Canada O.o, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 22:12, Reply)

hahaha what, does he need validation? offline?
what a cunt
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 22:16, Reply)

I have no idea..
He really was a cunt though. It's upsetting how alot of people passed when they made the same mistakes I did. I just had a cunt of an examiner.
( Axai is in Montréal, Canada O.o, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 22:40, Reply)

"I didn't look around enough on pulling off"
You're not supposed to wank whilst driving, you divvie!
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 4 Sep 2009, 0:28, Reply)

My instructer slept the whole week of class, by the day of the test the only thing I didn't know how to do
was parallel park but I whipped it in and aced the test first try

boom shocka locka
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 22:10, Reply)

Now
I feel sad :(
( Axai is in Montréal, Canada O.o, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 22:13, Reply)

how old are you?

( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 22:15, Reply)

I'm 20 :)
Your good self?
( Axai is in Montréal, Canada O.o, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 22:39, Reply)

I'm 26
but I was 15 when I passed my driver's test
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 4 Sep 2009, 2:35, Reply)

Its nearly two years since my 17th birthday.
And I still haven't sent off for my provisional yet.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 22:37, Reply)

I recommend you do it.
I delayed mine, but i regret it so much. If I hadn't i wouldn't still be trying to pass my test!
( Axai is in Montréal, Canada O.o, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 22:39, Reply)

I plan on doing it next summer when I'm home form uni.
Before I have too much other stuff.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 22:48, Reply)

Yeah its really worth it.
I just can't wait until I pass my test.
It's such a bastard to have failed twice.
( Axai is in Montréal, Canada O.o, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 22:48, Reply)

First attempt, aged 18...
My examiner mumbled something about "turn right ...*something or other*" so I just turned right into the next junction. Unfortunately, he'd actually said "turn right at the roundabout" just beyond the junction.

We ended up in a one-way system and as he wasn't a local, he had no idea how to get out of it. I was shitting myself as I drove around and around looking for a way back to the main road. Eventually, we got out of it and headed back to the test centre. I was cursing myself for screwing up so badly, and in my frustration, I hesitated at the lights just before getting back.

"What are you doing now?" he enquired, clearly irritated. "Sorry" I muttered, before trundling into the car park.

"Well Mr chart cat, thank you for the impromtu tour of the town's back streets. As much as I'd like to fail you for it, you didn't do anything wrong technically. However, I'm giving you a minor fault for the hesitation but apart from that it's a clean sheet. Congratulations"

I couldn't fucking believe it.
( chart cat has an itch, Fri 4 Sep 2009, 5:51, Reply)

I passed on my second attempt
Unfortunately this was in Coventry in the 80's when there was a 'transgendered' examiner at the Mason Road centre. Even more unfortunately the aforementioned examiner made a VERY unconvincing woman, taller broader and more butch-looking than yours truly.

Part way through my test s/he started hitching up his/her skirt to adjust....wait for it....STOCKINGS!

As a red-blooded male I would normally be a gibbering mess witnessing such a sight (if it was an actual woman) but I found it somewhat distracting considering the little yelps that s/he let out every time that his/her leg hair was torn out in the suspender clip.
Back at the centre I was asked only one Highway Code question - "There is a man standing at the side of the road carrying a white stick with two red bands - what are his disabilities"?

After correctly answering* I was given my pass certificate and went on my merry way back to the BSM instructor's car and related my tale of godlike driving prowess.

"What questions did Ms V******s ask you"? quoth my instructor.
"Just the one" said I "There is a man standing at the side of the road carrying a white stick with two red bands - what are his disabilities"?
"I'd be careful Jamieboy, s/he only asks easy question if s/he fancies you"!!

Great. There's me thinking I'm the greatest driver since Jim Clark and the only reason I passed was because a tranny fancied me!


*Deaf/Blind
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Fri 4 Sep 2009, 8:06, Reply)

Why don't I
Ever get any trannies that fancy me :(
( Axai is in Montréal, Canada O.o, Fri 4 Sep 2009, 10:05, Reply)

I passed 1st time
but I was wearing a VERY tight top, and had recently had a growth spurt, so my (lecherous, slimy) examiner only gave me 4 minor faults, despite me clipping the kerb when reversing round a corner (which should be a major fault apparently).

My wee brother failed 3 times, passed the 4th, and his reasons for failure were a bit feeble. One was that he's gone slightly over the line at a traffic light - literally, the nose of the car was over it, and no more.

That's the difference between being a teenage girl and a teenage boy I suppose.
( ascorbate, Fri 4 Sep 2009, 8:22, Reply)

waited until I was 26
Passed first time after two intensive days of tuition. The 9 years as a pedestrian/cyclist/public transport user entitled me to drive a 2.0L V6 engine without feeling the slightest part guilty about all the petrol I was pissing up the wall.
( djtrialprice, Fri 4 Sep 2009, 10:20, Reply)