funny driving test tales?

[loserone]

In the weeks leading up to my test, my instructor (who was semi-retired, but taught me as he'd taught my brothers) told me of an examiner who had recently moved to the area, and who had a reputation for a high fail rate.  This examiner lived about four houses away from my parents house, but technically on a different street.  Apparently if you live on the same street as an examiner, they avoid using them for the test.  

 

We weren't sure I was ready on the day as I'd had a few months off and then a hopeless lesson.  Parked up in the test bay and the examiner-with-a-reputation comes over to the car, so my instructor tells me just to treat it as experience and assume I've failed already.  Good technique.

 

We spent most of the test talking about redecorating houses, and he was pretty good in that he allowed me to shut up when I was particularly concentrating at busy roundabouts and so on.  Later on in the test the weather turned into a proper summer storm, wipers-on-full and running / standing water everywhere. I didn't point out at this point that I'd never driven in rain, figuring that'd be obvious.  I concentrated on not crashing rather than trying to 'drive for the test' figuring I'd already failed.

 

In the end it must have been a bloody lucky drive and I had only clocked up three minors;  one he wasn't quite sure I'd done the over-the-shoulder check as I made a 3 pointer into a 5 pointer, one for not getting it in three when I could/should have done, and..

 

A  minor for "not making sufficient progress", as apparently I could have safely overtaken someone who was doing 45 in a NSL during the heavy rain.  A few months later, said NSL became a 40..

[Richard]

When I did my two car tests and one bike test the examiners were like robots, nothing was said during the test other than instructions. They weren't even allowed to tell you where you had failed, just the category.

[Andrew353w]

I taught my daughter to drive. At the end of her test the examiner told her she had passed & asked who had taught her, as the car (our family's V.W. Polo) didn't have a driving school's sign on the roof. My daughter explained that her Father had taught her, to which the examiner asked "is your Dad a policeman?" "No" says my daughtrer, "but he's done the police driving test." "Well, it shows. You're a very good driver! Just one thing; it's not necessary to double-decluch when changing gears these days...."  

 

I hadn't even realised I'd taught her to double-declutch, it's so much of a second nature fore me!

[twosmoke300]

Spent most of my car test yapping about motorbikes . I forgot to put the car in first for the hill start and rolled back a yard but he said " we will put that down as nerves shall we ? "😄

[They_all_do_that_sir]

Done my bike test on my faithful Honda CG125. Absolutely pissing it down.

 

Examiner was impressed* by my kickstart return spring consisting of a massive elastic band.

Also told me afterwards my rear wheel was desperately out of alignment with the front, he was following me wondering why I was making two seperate tracks through the water....

 

But the best bit was it would barely start, he told me DO NOT switch your machine off during the test as I don't have faith it will restart....

 

Glad the speed limit for learners over here is 45 as the bike struggled to hit an indicated 50.

 

Really was a crock of shit BUT I passed and that's all that matters