To ask you to guess why DD's driving test didn't go ahead?

[ChaosTrulyReigns]

The one that took her 4 hours to book.

She was number 7327 in the queue despite being online at 8.00.02am in the day tests were released after Covid..

No aliens, volcanoes or wrong type of snow involved.

Gwan guess.

@Audreyseyebrows

Ah cross post. They aren’t great when reversing tbh.

Yes, I’ve just checked and apparently they don’t give the examiner good all round vision.

Oh and one test my driving instructor didn't come to pick me up when she said she would. She had forgotten about it. That time I was not happy!

Was just going to watch thread because I would like to know, however watch thread won't work for me. So in the spirit of the thread I will have a guess...

She forgot she had booked it, so didn't turn up??

I’d be pitching a fit- going full Karen over this I’m afraid

@Pumpertrumper, its bad enough arsehole, misogynistic men use the Karen bull on women, without women using it on themselves. Come on, ffs.

I'm here sorry. Real life beckoned.

Dusty Dashboard

#covidtimes

@BrumBoo

I’d be pitching a fit- going full Karen over this I’m afraid

@Pumpertrumper, its bad enough arsehole, misogynistic men use the Karen bull on women, without women using it on themselves. Come on, ffs.

I agree. Made my teeth itch reading it. Time's up on that phrase.

Dusty dashboard??

Because her mother was playing interminable guessing games on mumsnet and made her late?

I thought it would be that. The car needs to be clean inside cos of covid, it's caught a few people out.

Oh dear you can write your name on mine 😬

That wasn't worth the wait.

@ChaosTrulyReigns

I'm here sorry. Real life beckoned.

Dusty Dashboard

#covidtimes

Ouch, that's mean! How bloody dusty could it be? I bought a (second hand but still fairly new) car recently, as soon as I put the fans on it blew months of dust everywhere! Should I return on the bases of the sneezing?

My first driving test, the examiner was in a mood. Thought he wasn't going to let me out because the L plates weren't on straight enough in his opinion .

The surfaces on the inside of the car should be cleaned before test - it's a condition of the test at the moment. If the dashboard is dusty then it clearly hasn't been cleaned.

Actually same here. Theory test centre (in Reading) relocated and DS googled the wrong address. He turned up to the correct place 15 mins late but happily they let him sit it!

Apparently it was a common occurence

That’s a shame OP. She must have been really upset.

I can see their point though, re: being cleaned.

Couldnt start the car and had lost the keys?

So, couldn’t somebody just have dusted it then? Or does it have to be COVID secure dusting these days?

We cleaned the car before the test. For luck and to show some respect to the person getting in. Who wants to sit in a scummy car which hasnt been cleaned for months! If it was that dusty then sadly I think he was right to fail.

My daughter's test was cancelled when the examiner crashed his car, coming into work that day. His fault

You can take a test in your own car. It doesnt have to be the instructor's. My DS did a few weeks ago.

Dusty Dashboard sounds like the name of a 70s kids tv entertainer.

Dusty Dashboard and his sidekick Dirty Skirting.

Was it her car or the instructors?

Dust in the air vent (genuine reason an instructor friend of DH's had a test cancelled on his pupil).

Dirt on the pedals (also true)

Flat / unroadworthy tyre.

Oops. Sorry, missed the update.