Failed driving test dur to 'Progress' faults

funkymonk

hello,
I failed my driving test today. The driving test sheet tells me that I failed due to 4 faults in the 'On the Straight' section under the 'Progress' heading.

Can anyone expand on what the means?

Thanks

Noelie

you need to get up to speed quick, i failed on that also. if they feel you are taking too long to get up to the speed limit they will fail you.

jhegarty

simple answer , going too slow

Wishbone Ash

It could also mean that you failed to utilise an opportunity to overtake a slow moving vehicle (eg tractor/plant).

_Kaiser_

That's the problem with the sheet they give you. It doesn't really tell you very much, and as you can't discuss it with the tester, how are you meant to know what to improve on?

Progress (in my case through busy roundabouts) is what got me a few weeks back too. Got it today tho!

leeroybrown

People ofteng get failed for not getting up to speed quickly enough, not doing 50KPH in a 50KPH zone, slowing down other trafffic or not getting fully up to speed after entering a faster zone. Some testers will occasionally fail people if they think they are holding up other traffic even if you are just at the speed limit.

Wishbone Ash

Kaiser2000 wrote:

That's the problem with the sheet they give you. It doesn't really tell you very much, and as you can't discuss it with the tester, how are you meant to know what to improve on?

Progress (in my case through busy roundabouts) is what got me a few weeks back too. Got it today tho!

Congratulations

JoeySully

Kaiser2000 wrote:

That's the problem with the sheet they give you. It doesn't really tell you very much, and as you can't discuss it with the tester, how are you meant to know what to improve on?

I did my test in cork and i questioned every point on the paper with tester and he tol d me exactly what i had done wrong and where to improve. I know that they arent meant to do this bet if you ask then i think you will get some feedback.

kikel

pedal tothe metal next time!!

funkymonk

Hey thanks for the feedback! Regarding the advice about questioning the tester afterwards. I did ask him for feedback and to expand on why he failed me but he would not. He was no use at all.

A friend of mine passed the test a few days after me, she had only 2 lessons and didn't very know where the oil/brake fluid etc containers were! Yet she passed.

Another person I know was told during the test to 'hurry up' by the tester. My tester give me no clue as to what I was doing wrong and it is unfair that others get that kind of help.

Ok I know I'm sounding bitter:mad:

Anyways I'm off to practice my 'speeding'

Thanks

Stark

It's a test of luck at the best of times. You could do the exact same thing next time with a different tester and pass. Have you another test booked in the near future?

Oh and congratulations Kaiser2000

Wishbone Ash

Stark wrote:

It's a test of luck at the best of times. You could do the exact same thing next time with a different tester and pass. Have you another test booked in the near future?

Oh and congratulations Kaiser2000

I failed the motorcycle test for speeding and the artic test for going too slow and that was with the very same tester for each.

LegacyUser

I have to say the Irish Driving test is alot to do with luck and who you get.The first time i did my test I failed. I got nine blue ticks......then a year later I did my test again and I only got 1 green tick...in other words a virtually clear test. Now there is no way my driving could improve by such a huge margin in just one year so I reckon its alot down to who you get.....My wife did her first test in Finglass a few years back and during the test she found herself on a road full of horses.....so what do you do???.....no amount of driving lessons can prepare you for something like that,so she pulled over and got a tick for lack of progress!!...which was a little unfair I think.


Lack of progress is really self explanitory.....its not just the speed your driving at but more to do with things like hesitating at junctions,roundabouts,passing parked vehicles and that sort of thing.You need to make progress and show the tester you have confidence.

_Kaiser_

Stark wrote:

It's a test of luck at the best of times. You could do the exact same thing next time with a different tester and pass. Have you another test booked in the near future?

Oh and congratulations Kaiser2000

Cheers Stark

I agree with the opinion that to an extent, it's more about who you get on the day than your actual driving ability. The last time I failed on "progress" through busy roundabouts in Finglas. I had a 2 hour session with an instructor last Sunday and he couldn't understand why I failed at all.

On Wednesday I drove in exactly the same manner as I usually do (and did last time round) and passed.. the difference I think was the guy I got the second time was younger and he just seemed "sounder" so didn't fail me on (what I think we all agree are) silly things that have very little impact in day to day driving.

Padwick

I got done twice for that in Gorey.
Did it in Naas then and just put the boot down and passed. My only mark actually was for going too fast in a housing estate. It's an easier test too.

ziondave

Just got failed for lack of progress today at junctions and roundabouts. I was stopping at roundabouts when nothing was coming from the right, which is not correct I've since learned, you should only yield if there's someone coming. Also for turning right at junctions, being too hesitant when traffic was coming. My instructor had told me to hold off if I saw someone 100m away, so I did, and the tester today told me that 50m is plenty.

My advice to anyone would be to drive more naturally and to pull out when you feel comfortable but without taking risks. As someone said above, it's a bit **** that I only failed on progress, and if the tester had said earlier in the test, "pick it up a bit there at junctions lad", I would have known he was faulting me for this.

It's all a racket anyway.

bazz26

Lets hope the OP of thread was able to overcome it 9 years ago.

ziondave

bazz26 wrote: »

Lets hope the OP of thread was able to overcome it 9 years ago.

Lol... 34 tests later

goochy

You have to appear confident as well as competent my instructor always said u must make reasonable progress - the slower u go less mistakes likely and they know this

_Kaiser_

Jaysus.. memories!! Wouldn't want to be doing it now though with all the changes and money it now involves

Voodoomelon

Haha Christ, I was thinking has Kaiser been driving all this time with no license? 2006, ffs.

Boskowski

@ziondave

In fairness now do we really have people going to the test (and presumably hoping or expecting to pass) when they don't know the difference between 'stop' and 'yield'?

That's fairly elementary stuff. That's right up there with knowing red means stop and green means go.

dingding

kikel wrote: »

pedal tothe metal next time!!

Keep her lit.