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Jude wrote:I passed 2nd time when 17 - argh sooooooo long ago..

For those a little less near the top of passing - my dear son took 6 times to pass..... he was by then 18... can anyone beat that? To pass on their 6th attempt is pretty lonely I think!

Hi Jude

My son took five attempts, which surprised me, since, when visiting him (he lives on the Gold Coast with his father) he had driven me around without the need for me to take bravery pills, and had seemed very competent. Of course, when driving a Discovery, other vehicles do seem to get out of your way, unlike their response to my Escort lookalike.

He had made a couple of comments which led me to believe that their was little empathy between himself and his instructor, and when he finally took my advice and changed instructors, one lesson, retook test and passed with flying colours.

The first instructor had taught him to drive, but not how to pass the test, plus his sarcasm and put-downs seemed to set Mitch up for failure in his own head.

Cheers

Caroline

Good Luck Amy,

Where abouts are you doing your test

I know its a bit late now, but if you were to go onto the DSA website you can print off the different routes they might take you on.

I worked mine out by power of deduction, as i had mine at 8.40 I knew the places that they wouldn't take me due to rush hour, then i practised the routes that they might take me on. Luckily the route that the examiner took me on was the one i had practised the evening before so was still very fresh in my memory

Good Luck

here is the website to get the routes that the examiners could take you on



http://www.dsa.gov.uk

Go to car drivers

Find my nearest

Select the test centre that it is booked at

On the right hand side it has a list of the routes

All Examiners have to mark on the paper what route they took you on

Hope this helps

Test routes are not set down in tablets of stone. The Senior Examiner at each test centre can change them at will.

Generally speaking though, they remain pretty constant.

Just remember - The examiner is human. If you feel intimidatedby him, do what I used to tell my pupils to do.......

"Think of the examiner sitting on the toilet with trousers and pants round his ankles !"

Good luck to you Amy!!

I took three goes. The first two were with the same examiner, the third at a different centre (closer into London). The third test took about 50% more time as we had to search for places to do the various parts of the test. I think that I passed that time due to coping with all of the obstructions, including cars parked on the corner at a junction, so that they partially blocked the side road we were on. I think that he may have been about to give looking for somewhere to do a 3-point turn!

It took me 3 goes!

I took my test in Worthing and then twice in Crawley - every time I had the same examiner who fails on average 85% of his examinees!

well its the night before the test. Just had lesson and I did every manoverue very well including the parallel park but the bay park went skew whiff! don't know what happened i normally do that no sweat! Oh well, tomorrow i will just get on with it and if something happens don't dwell on it!!!!!!
I have already volunteered to be designate driver Sat night if I pass

Will of course let you know how I get on!!!!!!!!!!

We will all be rooting for you Amy. Have you come across Rescue Remedy? If not and if you have time to visit e.g. Holland and Barrett, you might find it helps....just to take the edge off nervousness.
Please let us know how you get on, whatever the outcome!
And yes Jude I did take my first Driving Test in Worthing (as prepared for it by my dad.....) and yes that is where I failed.
But next time, in London, with training from BSM - I sailed through.
I hope that having had good preparation, Amy will too!

Passed first time at 17, then promptly went out with two friends and got utterly hammered, nearly impaled myself on an iron railing, somehow made it to bed and vomited in my sleep. Happy days.

thank you all!i have taken the view point its not the end of ard!!!!the world if i don't pass I just go again but IM going to try very hard!!!!

Although got up this morning and now its absolutely bucketing it down!!!!

Take care, and just relax - if the weathers bad - just remember to take it a bit easier - and tell the examiner why you are avoiding those massive puddles that look like submarine bays! Good Luck!

Hope it went well Amy?

She's probably down the pub, either celebrating or commiserating!

Do we know which test centre she was taking the test at ?