| Got to rant 18:08 - Jul 28 with 3573 views | FrimleyBlue |
Fken driving instructor for me son's test tomorrow
"Alright mate, sorry i can't do tomorrow morning session but I can meet you there to let you use the car"
I know my lad is ok about the test, but not having a lesson before hand i'm worried it's gonna throw him right off.
In regards to taking him out myself, my car's Auto so i cant.
Anyone had instances of taking the test without a lesson prior? I had an hour myself and it just seemed to be the norm
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| Got to rant on 19:23 - Jul 28 with 873 views | Guthrum |
| Got to rant on 19:19 - Jul 28 by LuciBlue |
People have a lesson before their test? Either you can drive or you can't by that stage. Instructor must be confident as he put him in for the exam. |
It's like the warm-up before a match, or nets in cricket, just to get your eye in. |  |
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| Got to rant on 19:37 - Jul 28 with 841 views | vilanovablue |
| Got to rant on 18:29 - Jul 28 by FrimleyBlue |
a good 6 months of driving, im sure he'll be alright im just nervous for him [Post edited 28 Jul 18:29]
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I've all my fingers and toes crossed for him. |  | | |
| If he needs a lesson before his test..... he's not ready for his test. on 20:22 - Jul 28 with 804 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
He'll be fine. Also, the last thing he needs is you showing any nerves, so make sure you bring the positive vibes. [Post edited 28 Jul 20:25]
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| Got to rant on 21:12 - Jul 28 with 757 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Got to rant on 19:23 - Jul 28 by Guthrum |
It's like the warm-up before a match, or nets in cricket, just to get your eye in. |
Or foreplay. Although that’s too early to get your eye in. |  |
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| Got to rant on 01:57 - Jul 29 with 697 views | Kropotkin123 |
I didn't do a lesson before. Think I got 1 minor. |  |
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| Got to rant on 02:31 - Jul 29 with 678 views | jontysnut |
| Got to rant on 19:22 - Jul 28 by Guthrum |
The day I did mine, there was an examiner examiner in the back. Think the bloke taking the test was more nervous than me.
I passed, despite stalling at a roundabout, but only because I'd been warned by the driving instructor that if they start getting you to pull over and drive away for no apparent reason, it's because they think you aren't looking enough. So I started very obviously gawping in the mirrors, rather than just glancing. |
I knew someone who was an examiner years ago. A guy turned up in a neck brace and couldn't turn his head from side to side. At the first T junction coming out of the test centre he brought out a mirror to look left and right and failed there and then. |  | | |
| Got to rant on 05:11 - Jul 29 with 642 views | WeWereZombies |
| Got to rant on 18:53 - Jul 28 by EdwardStone |
Nearer to Ruby Tuesday I think |
Blue Monday, that's why it's in football... |  |
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| Got to rant on 05:37 - Jul 29 with 620 views | Benters |
I took my test in the snow.
I had been driving dumpers and forklifts on a building site for about a year beforehand,the driving instructor reckons that wasn’t a good thing though.
I’m sure your Son will be fine. |  |
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| Got to rant on 10:41 - Jul 29 with 517 views | Pinewoodblue |
Nearly. The driving schools car wouldn’t start, swapped to a vehicle I had not driven before had no more than 10 minutes before test. Vauxhall Viva felt so different from the Ford Anglia I was used to.
Was convinced wouldn’t pass but did. The most scary part was after Instructor handed me the keys explaining he someone to see could I just park it outside the Driving school, which was not far away.
Test centre was Station Road Cambridge, driving schools was on Hills Road. |  |
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| Got to rant on 10:45 - Jul 29 with 512 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Got to rant on 01:57 - Jul 29 by Kropotkin123 |
I didn't do a lesson before. Think I got 1 minor. |
Good effort. That’s probably tricky to do, I only got a couple of OAPs but they move slower than minors. | |
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| Got to rant on 10:49 - Jul 29 with 503 views | _CliveBaker_ |
Good luck to Frimmers Jnr
Just remember all the best drivers pass 2nd time though. |  | | |
| Got to rant on 11:01 - Jul 29 with 488 views | positivity |
| Got to rant on 18:14 - Jul 28 by SitfcB |
Try and look at the positives of it…
Straight into the test fresh, nothing from that lesson before to put him off for whatever reason.
He must’ve been deemed competent for a test so sure he will be fine.
Tell him to just take it easy, always look in the mirrors and don’t speed  |
not always, they're quite keen that you occasionally look out of the windscreen! |  |
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| Got to rant on 11:25 - Jul 29 with 448 views | SaleAway |
A little bit of stress pre-test is probably good. For me, I was taking the test at 8:50 in the morning... my Instructur told me that was a great time, as the road outside the centre would be busy, which would force a left turn and there was only one route, so we could practice it, and know exactly what to expect. He hadn't factored in that it was half term, so on the day, no traffic, turned right, and had to go down roads I'd never been. I was really panicked, did a not great reverse park and assumed I'd failed... relaxed, and turned out to pass with only a couple of minor faults. | |
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| Got to rant on 16:23 - Jul 29 with 322 views | KBsSocks |
Took me four appointments to pass, but no lessons beforehand.
Snow - cancelled; no Examiner (ill) - cancelled; fail; pass (April 1st, hahahaha).
I did have two "lessons" with parents, one each, but they didn't enjoy it (and were both godawful drivers anyway, I didn't know at the time). |  |
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| Got to rant on 16:33 - Jul 29 with 289 views | ElderGrizzly |
How'd he get on?
Not the point of the post, but for some reason thought you were in your early-mid twenties! |  | | |
| Got to rant on 16:37 - Jul 29 with 276 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Got to rant on 16:33 - Jul 29 by ElderGrizzly |
How'd he get on?
Not the point of the post, but for some reason thought you were in your early-mid twenties! |
Unfortunately failed :(
1 x serious error. Went up a kurb on a blind corner | |
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| Got to rant on 16:44 - Jul 29 with 252 views | vilanovablue |
| Got to rant on 16:37 - Jul 29 by FrimleyBlue |
Unfortunately failed :(
1 x serious error. Went up a kurb on a blind corner |
I did the exact same thing on my first test! | | | |
| Got to rant on 16:46 - Jul 29 with 248 views | _CliveBaker_ |
| Got to rant on 16:37 - Jul 29 by FrimleyBlue |
Unfortunately failed :(
1 x serious error. Went up a kurb on a blind corner |
Damn, sorry to hear that.
Hopefully he's not deterred, put straight in for another go I say. | | | |
| Got to rant on 16:50 - Jul 29 with 228 views | bartyg |
| Got to rant on 16:46 - Jul 29 by _CliveBaker_ |
Damn, sorry to hear that.
Hopefully he's not deterred, put straight in for another go I say. |
Of course, mainly because in six months when the test rolls around he'll definitely be ready |  |
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| Got to rant on 18:02 - Jul 29 with 163 views | Churchman |
| Got to rant on 16:37 - Jul 29 by FrimleyBlue |
Unfortunately failed :(
1 x serious error. Went up a kurb on a blind corner |
Sorry to hear that. He will get it done next time!
My dad on his second driving test accidentally drove the wrong way down a one way street within a minute of starting. He said to the test dude ‘I’ve obviously failed, let’s call it a day’. Test Examiner said ‘No, you must complete the test!’ ‘Ok’ said my dad. He then gave the Examiner 25 minutes of hell. Foot down, up on kerbs, a handbrake turn, wrong side of the road, jumping lights, the lot. Mirror Signal Manoeuvre? Nope.
The Examiner reeled from the car at the end of the test. He didn’t bother to say whether it was a pass or fail, strangely. My dad did pass on his next attempt. We all get there in the end. |  | | |
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