Hey I passed my driving test 5th time round and I'm sooo much a better driver for it (I like to think so anyway). I thought I'd amuse you with some of my test failures and to really tell you, its not the end of the world at all!
Failure number #1 -
Failed because I called the driving examiner a conceited little bitch, because she pressed on the brakes just as I was going to because there was a van coming the other way. I'm not blind!! I saw it!! My feet were hovering over the brakes!!! Silly cow got there before me and I knew I'd failed because they shouldn't touch your steering wheel or brakes. She also wanted me to finish taking the test, only being 5 minutes into it. I just drove back to the centre breaking every other rule, swore at her, slammed the door and walked off in a huff.
Failure #2 -
Failed because I was supposedly driving on the 'wrong' side of the road. Where the hell am I meant to drive if its a teeny little road with cars parked all along the left hand side of the road and the only space I have is over the middle line? Drive on the cars? Into the cars? When examiner told me that, again I swore, slammed the door and walked off in another huff.
Failure #3 -
Was told to do a reverse around the corner, the most POINTLESS exercise in the world which I still haven't used to this date, (and I passed my driving test a good 7 years ago). I had to reverse into a corner, downhill, which is a feat for some experienced drivers too. So there I am inching slowly downhill, not wanting to press too far down on the clutch because the car would roll back on its own and I did it! Only to find out at the end that I failed because of 'unnecessary hesitation' so as you can imagine I swore, slammed the door and walked off in a very big huff.
Failure #4 -
Ran a red light. Enough said. Next!
Success at #5 -
Had a lovely examiner, (which always helps), was friendly and chatty, and couldn't imagine why I hadn't passed as yet. I could obviously drive, and I told him about my past experiences, and it turns out examiners have a really unfair system of quotas they need to fill. They HAVE to fail X amount of people per day! How unfair! Most of my tests were in the afternoon and late evening and this one was in the morning and I passed... with only 2 minors! So instead of slamming the door, swearing and walking off in a huff, I jumped out my seat, gave the examiner a big hug and a wet kiss and told him I loved him. I think I made his day!
Also...my mum passed her driving test at 41 weeks pregnant. Apparently she was huge, I wouldn't know because I was inside her but I've seen photos of her when she passed and I still wonder how she did it. Don't worry!! Even if you pass once the baby is born is not a bad thing! Like I said I've had a driving license for over 7 years, but due to tight financial circumstances, I don't actually have a car at the moment, and I'm 32 weeks pregnant, still using public transport and probably still will when baby is born until I can afford a car. If life gives you lemons, make orange juice and leave the world wondering how the f**k you did that!