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Idiot Drivers
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Why?! Why do people insist on driving like twats when there's a car with an L plate in front and go to extreme lengths to get past.
I've just failed my driving test AGAIN because some bastard in a stupid looking car decided to follow me the whole way round the roundabout, then at the last minute, cut me up so he could speed off in front of me, causing me to have to swerve into another lane. Obviously, I failed for causing danger to the cars that may have been going into that lane (there weren't any but I see their logic).
Thing is - why follow me aorund the whole sodding roundabout then go mental driver on me at the last minute!?! I had got FIVE MINORS up to that point. FIVE. The least I've accumulated so far has been 14, so that is as good as I'mgoing to get. I'm a very nervous driver/passenger in cars after a serious accident, so anywhere around 10-14 is good for me (especially since I'm apprehensive about national speed limit roads.)
But GAH! If he hadn't of done that I might have got one or two more minors and that'd of been that. But OH MY GOD.
Rant over (sorry)
I've just failed my driving test AGAIN because some bastard in a stupid looking car decided to follow me the whole way round the roundabout, then at the last minute, cut me up so he could speed off in front of me, causing me to have to swerve into another lane. Obviously, I failed for causing danger to the cars that may have been going into that lane (there weren't any but I see their logic).
Thing is - why follow me aorund the whole sodding roundabout then go mental driver on me at the last minute!?! I had got FIVE MINORS up to that point. FIVE. The least I've accumulated so far has been 14, so that is as good as I'mgoing to get. I'm a very nervous driver/passenger in cars after a serious accident, so anywhere around 10-14 is good for me (especially since I'm apprehensive about national speed limit roads.)
But GAH! If he hadn't of done that I might have got one or two more minors and that'd of been that. But OH MY GOD.
Rant over (sorry)
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unless it's a spotty chav in an old banger
I failed because of a taxi driver...
That's not quite true. There isn't a fixed quota system.
However if an examiner passes too many people, or fails too many people, then he gets examined again to make sure he's doing his job properly. So they do effectively end up failing people to protect themselves.
:yes: A 56 plate stupid looking car with a suited bloke in it. Grrrr.
I've failed 3 times now, and ALL OF THEM were due to other people. My examiners have even admitted it. Gah.. Can't win.
It may be other people that create the situation, but it's how you deal with it that will pass or fail you the test. Unlucky but true.
innit. :yes:
Reacting properly to other people driving like twats is, IMO, a skill you perfect only after you've passed. If there is an instructor in the car with you, they take control of the situation, and it's only when you're out on the road on your own that you get used to thinking for yourself and thinking quickly. It's experience as much as owt else.
Better luck next time, anyway
:yes:
And if she'd have slammed on the brakes she'd probably have had a major for braking without checking her mirrors!
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You don't a major for not checking your mirrors with an emergencey stop.
I did. They didn't count it as an emergency stop, although it was blatantly an emergency-slow-down-lots-to-avoid-crazy-man. :mad:
My sister in law got a major for checking her mirrors doing the reverse around a corner, so fuck knows what goes through examiners' minds.
Quite often when some cunt carves you up you will fail whatever you do.
She'll have been failed for not looking in the direction the car was moving - you're supposed to be looking behind you whilst reversing. Basic road sense.
My instructor gets me to use mirrors to reverse round a corner.. is this wrong then, should I be looking out of the back window?
I failed coz of a cyclist, I have never forgiven that little old man since!
I agree with Kermit and Kaffrin though, I dont think there was anything you could have done. But you will get there in the end, i promise!
xx
Not always though, you should be using your mirrors to judge road position and to ensure you don't miss things in blind spots.
I failed first time at was my fault, didn't check my mirrors enough. Second time I took the wrong exit of a roundabout, and the test went on an extra 10 mins. I still passed however because my driving was fine.
I failed first time because a taxi came flying out of a long driveway when I was doing the turn in the road in a leafy suburb. I waited to let him go but failed because I should have moved; if I'd moved I'd have been failed because I didn't wait where I was.
I don't know, but she did tell me no matter what ever evasive action I'd of taken I would have failed.
Technically, my options were:
- Swerve into the other lane (where there were no cars, incidentally) to get off of the roundabout and out of the way of the car. Fail for causing obstruction and possible accidents in the other lane.
- Slam my brakes on, stop half on the roundabout and half into the road, causing the stupid driver to crash into me, and possibly causing more accidents. Fail for causing a crash and an obstruction.
Couldn't win.