The Ultimate "Driving Test" Thread!

[cupcakekate]

urgh todays the day! terrified, trying to keep calm!! will let you know how i get on when i get back xxx

 

[kandbumpx]

Good Luck!!!

 

[Leafy]

Good Luck Cupcake!!!!!!!!! xxxxxx

 

[TwilightAgain]

Good luck sweetie!!

 

[cupcakekate]

failed but feeling positive, only got 5 minors and failed on one stupid mistake, so i actually feel good still lol xx

 

[kandbumpx]

what was tha mistake? They fail you for sill things these days

 

[cupcakekate]

what was tha mistake? They fail you for sill things these days

i didnt leave very much room when i was driving around a van! dammit nevermind, not the end of the world, just glad its over now tbh xx

 

[kandbumpx]

That's a pathetic excuse for a fail... I personally think you should of passed on that..:/

You booked your next one?

 

[cupcakekate]

That's a pathetic excuse for a fail... I personally think you should of passed on that..:/

You booked your next one?

i know same here but he said it was close to a danger because i could of gone into it...?? yeah ive booked again for 21st oct but dont wana wait that long so going to keep an eye out for cancellations! so fingers crossed ill get to do it again sooner xx

 

[kandbumpx]

Don't blame you... The sooner the better! I thought having to wait 2 weeks was long enough haha

 

[Lollip0p]

I passed yesterday

I got 6 minors, but i am so glad I have passed, however I looked at insurance, and I dont want to drive now its so expensive.....

any tips on getting it cheaper? i have added my mum and dad but its still hoovering around the 900 mark. and its only a 1.2 corsa i have.....

 

[cupcakekate]

if you do the pass plus that sometimes lowers it?

 

[LulaBug]

Sorry to hear you failed cupcake, that really was a stupid reason to have failed you. I swear sometimes they would fail you for breathing if they could.

Congratulations lollipop for passing your test.

Well Cupcake, hopefully it'll be good news next time for us.

 

[cupcakekate]

i know i really hope so too its so bloomin expensive!!!!!!!!!

 

[kandbumpx]

How old are you lollipop?

 

[Lollip0p]

How old are you lollipop?

im 26

 

[LulaBug]

I was checking out Insurance prices a few weeks back and I was doing it on confused.com. Changed certain circumstances around and to be honest, there's not that much difference in the prices. Well...not for me anyway.

I tried getting a quote for if I passed my test at 24 or at 25 and there wasn't really any change, which I thought there would have been because I was told that when you turn 25, you go into a lower bracket.

I also checked for being 24 or 25 and added on if I did the pass plus course and I think it knocked something like £30 off for the entire year which is a bit crap really.

When I eventually get passed, I'll probably still go for the pass plus course, just for the extra tuition.

Yesterday, was almost involved in a multi car pile up but managed to escape. A car in front of us, the 2nd in front actually, had a blow out and he swerved from the inside lane right across the cars in front of us, slamming on the brakes and turning and he just couldn't control his car. Luckily, the other cars saw what was happening and they started braking as soon as it happened and it was absolutely amazing how there was actually no collision. As for us, Ethans nan was driving and she was amazing, she kept so calm and braked and turned to swerve round to the left so as to miss the car that had pretty much come to a stop in front of us.

I will say this ladies, there most definitely are speed limits for a reason and all I can say is thank goodness Ethans nan drives at the speed limits at all times because although the cars in front didn't collide, if we were going faster than 70, we wouldn't have got round the other car so easy, it was so close as it was. So without meaning to sound condescending, when you do pass and get on the motorways, or even in general, please please please stick to the speed limits cos anything can happen at anytime. Even if the accident doesn't happen to you, sticking to the speed limit can most definitely help you avoid getting into an accident. Another thing I'll say is thank goodness this happened before the rain started, it could have been so much worse. I just hope the guy who had the blow out is OK. I know I was a little shocked by the near miss, but he and the cars in front must have been petrified. So I hope they're all OK!

 

[FsMummy]

i failed lol i only got 7 minors but for some reason i stayed in the left lane to go right at a roundabout!! god knows why, i have never ever done that before, i think i was panicking because it was part of the independant driving and i didnt know where i was going lol im not too annoyed, ive booked another one but its not until november! how do i check cancellations online?

 

[Babyvoisey]

Passed my theory first time!

Passed my driving test first time 18/05/09 with 1 minor for getting too close to a parked car!! I had 21 lessons and my OH took me out in his little fiesta to practise! Which was my first car I've had 3 cars since and 1 accident since driving!!

I love driving :-D x

 

[Lara310809]

I've only just seen this thread! I'm learning to drive in another country (but still British so still follows the British methods).

I passed my theory test (with no incorrect answers) 2 days ago I've had 10 lessons so far, and my instructor says I'll probably be ready to take my practical test in another 10 lessons' time.

Here they don't test you on the three point turn, but they do test you on everything else you are tested on in the UK. Our parallel parking is more complicated than yours. Apparently they won't make you parallel park in a space less than two of your car lengths. Here that's impossible (roads are so busy, there's never a space that big), so you have to learn to park in a gap as small as possible. I've mastered it thankfully, so not worried about that.

But I am worried about it for a different reason. Here you're not allowed to drive through town or residential areas while you're still a learner, so in a place that is only 3 square miles and with 30,000 people living here, you can see that a whole lot of it is town or residential. They take you through residential areas on your test, so effectively they are new roads because you're not allowed to drive there until your test. The parallel parking part is in a residential area. They make you come down a hill, stop, do a reverse hill start, and reverse back up the hill, while going round a bend, and it's a really narrow road, and they make you parellel park there and then I've been told it's harder than anything in the UK, and I'm dreading it.

Because I'm not allowed to drive there, my instructor is going to take me to different places where I can drive, and practise different aspect of the manouvre in different places. Eg. the reversing up a hill on a bedn in one place, a parallel park on a hill in another place etc etc. It's not as good as the real thing, but better than nothing