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    Did you pass your driving test...

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    First time
    50.98%
    26
    Second time
    23.53%
    12
    After several attempts
    19.61%
    10
    AndyW is my chauffeur
    5.88%
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    Me, me, me...

    #2
    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.

    What are your experiences with your driving test.
    Me, me, me...

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      #3
      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.

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        #4
        Originally posted by Cliphead View Post
        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.

        What are your experiences with your driving test.
        Sounds like she'd filled her quota for that week.

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          #5
          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 MaryPoppins
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            #6
            Originally posted by Robinho View Post
            Sounds like she'd filled her quota for that week.
            Could 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?
            Me, me, me...

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              #7
              Originally posted by Cliphead View Post
              Could 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?
              Good for you sir,

              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.

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                #8
                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'.

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                  #9
                  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.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Cliphead View Post
                    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.

                    What are your experiences with your driving test.
                    Almost the same - I touched the kerb reversing round the corner, was convinced I failed so relaxed and did everything else perfectly and passed.

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