The Official Learner Drivers Thread

ooooo I hope you pass Jelly Belly
Most of my friends are learning to drive now, I still have months and months to wait

Good luck!! I'm going to put in for my theory soon as well :)

4 weeks and I can learn to drive:cheer: :D I've got a theory CD so I'll practice on that sometime :p

I found it easier to get a theory handbook than do the CD roms because you can go back to questions that you don't understands and it gives a thorough explanation. It also includes all the questions you can ever be asked.

This one http://www.play.com/Books/Books/4-/3...7/Product.html includes the new Highway Code that came in a few days ago.

Yup, i have that handbook too. Its really handy (Though a bit thick!)

I failed :( 16 minors and 2 dangerous :eek: My two dangers really were dangerous. I've never made those mistakes before in my lessons so I don't know what I was thinking. I deserved to fail on those two alone.

Two of my minors that I was marked down for were wrong in my opinion. I got a mark for ancillary (wipers and lights) even though it wasn't raining and I didn't need lights on :confused: and I got a mark for car maintenance. I did everything my instructor showed me to do and say yet I got a mark for it. I switched my hazards on to show him my indicators and then walked around and said "this one is working, this one is..." and he just stood at the front of the car looking at me.

Another thing that wound me up was when I pulled back into the test station. He told me to pull into the bay next to this other lad that was doing his test so I did. I got a bit too close to the car and there wasn't enough room to open the door so I said I'd back out and pull in again. I got half way out the he said "what the hell are you doing? Put a full right lock on and go park over there." :confused: He was really nasty the way he said things when I did something wrong.

Apart from those two dangers and the silly minors, which I would have argued with, I would have passed. There was no point in arguing about the minors, I'd failed on the dangers alone.

My sister said lots of people complain about him. He's failed her three times on silly things like not looking in mirrors enough.

Lol, long post...

Sorry to hear you didn't pass :( Only one person I know passed first time though! Sure you'll be fine next time :) Some test instructors are such idiots! Luck of the draw I guess :)

I'm sorry to hear you didn't pass..but I wouldn't worry about it too much - atleast you tried your best, that's the most important thing. :) And it takes quite a few people, a few times before passing their test (Well the people I know anyway. :p)

Thanks. I don't know many people who have passed first time except my dad and brothers in law. My instructor said 50% of people fail first time so at least I'm not alone.

I'm going to book my test for the end of Jan what with all the exams coming up, I can do without the added stress.

Its hard to pass your driving test. sorry to hear you didnt pass. Good luck with the next one though.