Failed my driving test today..drove like a twat to be quite honest with you..

[charliecat]

Was fine the hour before. Feel ill at the thought of having to do it again. Need some sympathy

Poor you

Thank you..

charliecat.Poor you i know the feeling i failed 3 times in uk.Now i am in irish republic i can drive on a2nd provisional licence[legally]If i fail my test i can drive away by meself[crazy or what!?]It seeems like a huge hurdle dosen't it but keep plugging away.I am sure that on my last test the examiner clutched his heart..that put me off

Oh Charlie.
You'll never be as twattish as me.
Passed on fifth attempt!!
Onwards and upwards.
It's in the bag next time!

lol at heart thing

bless you. it's horrible. at least next time you know what to expect. {{{fluffy hugs}}}

You can have some from me.

I failed twice. The second time the examiner had to grab the wheel from me because I nearly went into a hedge.

And I'd swapped cars from a Peugeot to a Nissan 2 days before and in those days Japanese cars had their windscreen wiper control on the other side of the steering wheel.

I kept putting the wipers on everytime I tried to indicate.

I also burst into tears when the examiner told me I'd failed

Not as bad as a school friend though - she got to the end of the road the test centre was on and crashed into a skip

Passed third time, though - yay!!

Oh Charlie! there's no rhyme and reason to these tests - it will happen for you!

dont give up, a frien of mine passed on his 13th test

love the thread title

i passed mine, but drove like a moron. examiner grabbed the wheel at one point. still passed though. it's all crapola

i failed 5 times before passing on the 6th

my 1st i had 8 major faults...

one of which was running over a blind man.... at least i would have done had examiner not used his dual control brake

it's ok the test is designed to make you fail for the slightest thing, keep going!

don;t worry on my first test I drove on the wrong side of the road leaving the test centre. and the examiner applied the brakes and shouted :you were about to hit that car Passed it no problem second time......

Sympathy though. I remember the feeling.

Oh no - poor you. I thought of you all day (well, intermittently) after our conversation in the middle of last night.

OMG you have made me laugh though Didnt trash myself in a skip, just sort of chugged round the track like an idiot.

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Im used to chat chat chatting away and the examiner was called TREVOR and was like a stiff robot. It was grim.

oh dear cc.Thats a shame.
Better luck next time
(I haven't learnt to drive yet)

Commiserations Charliecat, i'm sure you will do it next time

Doobydoo - I drove on my provisional in Eire for 6 years(failed the test once)In all seriousness I was a pretty good driver merely because I lived in the country and the city and drove a lot, never got a ticket, never even tapped another car. I haven't driven much in the UK in the last 5 years but I am going to get a course of lessons and do the test this year because I loved driving and I miss it lots. The system in Ireland is crazy though.

Don't give up! I feel for you. I passed on my 8th test, I took 3 tests whilst heavily pg (one at 8.5m pg!)and think I put far too much pressure on myself to pass in time for new arrival.
Don't put pressure on yourself - try to imagine you are in charge, not the examiner! You have the wheel, show him/her you can drive! Good luck for next time x

gawd, should have posted this earlier, have been in tears most of the night.

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I know exactly how you feel, I failed one test for driving through chevrons on the road and one for bumping the kerb when doing a 3 point turn, so frustrating. I was so mad at myself!

Forget all about it and get on the phone to book next test.

how many tests have you done

Ohh you poor thing, don't cry fgs, Moondog took 5 times and mumfor1st ect took 8 goes. You will get there xxx