Driving test major and serious faults...

[leckershell]

Following on from my 2 driving test threads, some people have made me feel better about failing by saying they failed on majors...

Just out of interest ladies... care to share?

Would love to hear your driving test disasters

 

[MissSara]

I pulled out on a roundabout without looking and he had to grab the wheel to stop us getting killed.
It was classed as a DANGEROUS on my first test sheet............lol.

 

[jools221181]

I stalled coming out of a junction. Not hugely dangerous but I was sat in the middle of nowhere flapping!

My excuse was he was a proper asshole and I had morning sickness along with nervous sickness!

 

[nickilubs]

Not me but I know someone who knocked a wingmirror off another car and then pulled over to say sorry and ending up having a screaming match with the other driver. She didn't pass.

My big sister took her test 7times before passing

 

[kmac]

It took me 3 attempts..
First time I drove in a bus lane during rush hour, the second time I was turning right at some traffic lights. I was waiting on a gap but the started worrying he would think I was hesitating so I just went for it, he had to slam on the brake on his side of the car

 

[elaine22]

Lol this might be rather long.... In my first test I was so nervous that I pulled out quickly at TWO roundabouts without really leaving enough room (sort of thing you'd do when driving having passed but a no-no in the test), then when joining the bypass I indicated right, looked in my wing mirror and tried to change gear all at once, and swerved left, making my examiner flinch and almost grab the wheel. Then I think I did 38 in the 30 limit!
As soon as we reached a quiet residential area she got me to pull over and bluntly told me she was terminating the test in the interest of public safety. I wasn't allowed to drive back to the test centre and the examiner wasn't insured to drive so she walked back and my (overweight, 50 yr old) instructor had to walk 5 miles from the test centre to collect me. He was quite annoyed lol and apparently the lad who was down to take his test after me had it cancelled because the examiner was late back which I felt terrible about.
Worse, I had to go back into school after and my mates all fell about laughing when they saw my fail sheet
Five years later I can look back and laugh but at the time I felt absolutely rotten!
My second test was a breeze by comparison although I got an examiner who was infamous for mumbling every instruction, so when we began the test, I thought he said 'Pull out of the parking space and do a bay park', so pulled out and engaged reverse, when he said 'What are you doing?' Turns out he had actually said 'Pull out of the space and leave the car park'. I had my instructor with me and in the rear view mirror I saw him bury his head in his hands lol! I asked if I had failed to which he replied he couldn't tell me until the end of the test, so I carried on thinking I had failed. Everything was ok until I went a bit too fast into a blind bend on a narrow road, luckily I slowed down in time so got a minor (but later on the sheet I saw he'd put a dot in the major box where he'd been about to fail me eek! Anyway, was relieved when I'd passed! My instructor I think was even more thrilled than I was - probably because he didn't have to have me as his student anymore!

 

[Tadpole]

Umm, can't remember totally - but they were mostly on roundabouts. I think I didn't signal properly, bad road positioning, not looking, (pulling out in front of someone) and rubbish use of gears. I managed to drop into into the wrong gear about 3 times!

The second time was debatable whether I should have failed. I came off the dual carriageway & slowed down by changing gear rather than braking. Not sure if it made much difference tbh but there we go.

Good luck for next time.

 

[Foxxi]

I cant remember what I failed on ..it was sooo long ago! It took me 4 go's to pass

But my dad on his test (about 10 years ago) mounted the kerb and hit a load of binbags that where waiting to be collected by the binmen good job he wasnt in London someone woulda probably of been living in those binbags and he woulda been done for manslaughter... then he just got outta the test car telling the examiner he needed a pint and walked off to the pub.. leaving the car and the examiner stuck in a load of rubbish!

He still maintains that he shoulda passed

He's nearly 60 now and still cant drive.. he gave up after that ..my mum cant drive either.. needless to say that i'm their taxi!

 

[Slinky Sarah]

on my first test i got 3 serious faults (not dangerous, the one before it lol)

first one was fro touching the curb when he asked me to pull over.
Second one was when i was doing a reverse around the corner. A bloke pulled out after i had done my checks, just turned my head and started moving looking back and he pulled out and nearly crashed into us but instructor dude had to brake me
and third was for going over a junciton. He told me to turn right. the road looked like it went straight on with a left turn. in reality it vered off to the left and what looked straight on was the right turn.

that was 3 serious and 5 minors on that one.

Passed my second one with 13 minors lol

 

[Gem & Leland]

i reversed up a curb no biggy huh part from a person walking on the path

on another test i nearly took a cyclist

i passed on my 4th time

 

[Suzie and Faith]

this wasn't on my test (luckily) but i did not notice a red light and the instructor had to break very abruptly - it was a pedestrian crossing.

My OH stalled 3 times leaving the test center car park!

 

[LaineyG]

My Aunt was my driving instructor (a qualified one, she didn't just suddenly decide to teach me!), so I felt added pressure to pass!

I turned right where there was a no right turn. The examiner said at the end of the test that he had to fail me for that, but he wishes he could have passed me as he doubted many experienced drivers could have made that turn without damaging their cars! it was in between two 2foot high walls! and I managed to turn in it!

I passed the second time. I went from being her worst fail to her best pass as I only had 2 minors on my 2nd test.....might have had something to do with the fact that I was in School uniform and the instructor couldn't look at the road for gawping at my legs!

But I passed! And touch wood, say a prayer etc...I haven't had an accident in the 12 years I've been driving!

xxx

 

[evemarie8]

On my first test I kept out of a bus lane even though it was out of hours and apparently I should have known to use the bus lane at that time.
On my second test I drove over an island, literally! I seriously mounted the island, squashed some flowers then grounded the car as I drove off the other side ! I did finally pass the third time but I was still an utterly crap driver for a year until I met my OH had a really bad crash 2 weeks later and then he taught me how to drive properly!

 

[Craig]

On my first test i failed on a major...never saw a stop sign (was behind a bush), still did everything perfetly and safely according to the instructor, but because i didnt acctually stop the car (think i went down to about 2mph, as i could see both ways before the junction and everything was clear )... no minors though lol and passed my 2nd test with no minors too

 

[ShineyHappyPeople]

1st Test - Pulled out of a road while a car was coming (..well I didn't want to get done for hesitation) needless to say, the instructor had to do an emergency stop for me Could have kicked myself for that.

2nd Test - When I had done an emergency stop on command, the steering wheel went weird and dropped down so it was around my knees I tried to fix it but I couldn't so I stopped the car and started it again thinking this would reset it.. but it didn't. Anyway, I finished my test and drove back.. but I passed!! I think he didn't know what happened either and knew I was a good driver!

 

[Urchin]

My mum's examiner fell out of the car when she went fast around a corner.

He made her take him home!

 

[abcd1234]

I failed my first test bacause of a roundabout! It's so irritating as EVERYONE goes around it how i did, and i had never approached it from that direction before, its a 3 lane one so i was in the middle and rather then go around in to the lane bit i was a little too tight to the centre and he grabbed the wheel saying i was gonna hit the car by me! It's crap cos now i notice everyone going around it and no-one moves over they stick to the middle. I ended up with 2 minors and 1 major, so failed.

My second test he told me i had a major for drivng too slow (bullshit i always drove too fast) and another one for breaking too hard at a roundabout, yet again, total bullshit! It was clear and some prat came speeding around so i had to break but it wasnt hard. Funnily enough both those tests were with the same person

Third test 3 minors nothing else and different instructor!!!

 

[daveo]

I failed my first test bacause of a roundabout! It's so irritating as EVERYONE goes around it how i did, and i had never approached it from that direction before, its a 3 lane one so i was in the middle and rather then go around in to the lane bit i was a little too tight to the centre and he grabbed the wheel saying i was gonna hit the car by me! It's crap cos now i notice everyone going around it and no-one moves over they stick to the middle.

Haha you mean the one where I did the same as you did and passed?

 

[abcd1234]

I failed my first test bacause of a roundabout! It's so irritating as EVERYONE goes around it how i did, and i had never approached it from that direction before, its a 3 lane one so i was in the middle and rather then go around in to the lane bit i was a little too tight to the centre and he grabbed the wheel saying i was gonna hit the car by me! It's crap cos now i notice everyone going around it and no-one moves over they stick to the middle.

Haha you mean the one where I did the same as you did and passed?

Yes, but as i recall you also drove with the hand brake still on at one point and still passed so i find it a little unfair!!!

 

[Suzie and Faith]