Wilton test centre Cork

Susyblue

My driving test is scheduled for 8.25am on a tuesday morning at the Wilton test centre in Cork.

Its probably one of the busiest areas in Cork City and I imagine that at that hour of the morning it will be absolutely choc a bloc with traffic! I doubt you could make it onto and then back off of the link roads to the city aswell as doing the turnabout and reverse in the alloted 30 or 40 mins:eek:

Anybody have experience of doing their tests at rush hour?

DJ Hafez

Susyblue wrote: »

My driving test is scheduled for 8.25am on a tuesday morning at the Wilton test centre in Cork.

Its probably one of the busiest areas in Cork City and I imagine that at that hour of the morning it will be absolutely choc a bloc with traffic! I doubt you could make it onto and then back off of the link roads to the city aswell as doing the turnabout and reverse in the alloted 30 or 40 mins:eek:

Anybody have experience of doing their tests at rush hour?

Did mine here in March at 4:45 so it was rush hour too. Got everything done in 40mins - Was brought right out of the centre and through Togher, handbrake start by Lidl, Turnabout up behind Lidl in the estate they do it in, up by the Lough then and through some park in Ballyphehane for the Reverse around - back to the the test centre then.

The traffic doesn't help but they tend to bring you to quieter places, I didn't go near the link road at all. Just be observant of your speed going down through Togher and take extra care on roundabouts because at that time people tend to forget to indicate and whatnot so assume nothing!

Other than that, best of luck, If you haven't gotton any pre-tests I would recommend trying to get one asap!

pa990

I did a 'C' test there at that time, by the time you have been asked the rules of the road questions, done your car check thingy and set off.. it will be 9am, traffic will have died down significantly and you will be driving around quiet areas anyway.

I was actually hoping for heavy traffic .. i was just wishing to be stuck in traffic for 1hr, going no where

AsianIrish

failed 3 times and even my driving instructor is shocked as I am a pretty good driver, I answered all questions 100%, drove safely accept one fault but not grade 3 and still failed, gutted, Wilton centre is only to make money from us. I find RSA policy a joke to give one person sole right to decide whether you can drive or not, in other East EU country you have a tester, instructor and a member of traffic police so no one can take you for a ride. urgggg

mordeith

Failed my first test there at evening rush hour. Tester never got me to reverse around the corner. At the hill take off there was no parking so she made me stop on the road and do it. Then the traffic was brutal coming back down the hill. Instead of turning right which she initially said she then changed her mind and said 'just go left back to the test centre'. I got 9 faults, exactly what you need to fail. Interestingly I got done for incorrect road positioning on the last three junctions back to the centre but not on any at the start of the test.

Did the test again a few weeks later in the mid morning. No traffic and passed without a bother, even though looking back I actually probably drove a bit better the first time.

Waste of time appealing as well. Rang the main office and the guy said the complaint would have to be in writing. By the time they would question the instructor she would say she couldn't remember particulars of that test. Exactly what happened.

aon1998

AsianIrish wrote: »

failed 3 times and even my driving instructor is shocked as I am a pretty good driver, I answered all questions 100%, drove safely accept one fault but not grade 3 and still failed, gutted, Wilton centre is only to make money from us. I find RSA policy a joke to give one person sole right to decide whether you can drive or not, in other East EU country you have a tester, instructor and a member of traffic police so no one can take you for a ride. urgggg

How did you fail if you only had one mistake which wasn't a grade 3?

AsianIrish

He failed me same guy who had failed me before saying you had given some hesitation when progressing and also you drove close to the park car. Gave me 4 faults under grade 2 for progress, just a joke I drove extremely well and this has become a nightmare now

AsianIrish

Next time I will go with all my previous test results as this is a joke each time something new they point out to fail me, I begin to think this cud be due to my ethnicity

Squidgy Black

AsianIrish wrote: »

Next time I will go with all my previous test results as this is a joke each time something new they point out to fail me, I begin to think this cud be due to my ethnicity

Now you're just being ridiculous.

If you've failed 3 times in a row there's nothing else to explain it than your driving isnt up to scratch.

If you think it's the test centre, try a different one.

uli84

AsianIrish wrote: »

He failed me same guy who had failed me before saying you had given some hesitation when progressing and also you drove close to the park car. Gave me 4 faults under grade 2 for progress, just a joke I drove extremely well and this has become a nightmare now

I'm with you, keep on getting failed on grades 2, which let's be honest One tester would classify at grade 1 another at grade 2. I'm also frustrated by this, was also done for progress and "driving close to the kerb" last time, stupid especially when you read that some get away with clipping the kerb at the turn etc.

aujopimur

AsianIrish wrote: »

Next time I will go with all my previous test results as this is a joke each time something new they point out to fail me, I begin to think this cud be due to my ethnicity

FFS,

Luap

I failed there because of progression. Must be the same fella. He said I was driving to slow.

AsianIrish

Passed and got good comments:)) 4th attempt though

uli84

AsianIrish wrote: »

Passed and got good comments:)) 4th attempt though

Congrats, it's all down to the tester at the end of the day (unless someone makes an obvious grade 3 error) and sometimes it takes 4 times to get the one who is nice enough in my opinion marking grade 2 vs grade 1 is very very subjective.

AsianIrish

I had a girl won't give out names on here but she was nice

uli84

Great, i bet you drove to the same standard as previous time may i ask if you took any extra lessons after previous fails?

aujopimur

AsianIrish wrote: »

Passed and got good comments:)) 4th attempt though

Non racist tester this time.

AsianIrish

Yes, I took 4 lessons again, this was lessons number 24 and I took one in the morning before my actual test. This excelled my driving and the lady did say I drove very well. She gave 4 faults all observation under different heading but really to me it was like she pushed in those one but I got her point;) who cares I passed that's what mattered at the time:)

MascotDec85

uli84 wrote: »

Congrats, it's all down to the tester at the end of the day (unless someone makes an obvious grade 3 error) and sometimes it takes 4 times to get the one who is nice enough in my opinion marking grade 2 vs grade 1 is very very subjective.

No, it's down to the candidate and how they drive. It's not necessarily about the mistakes that you make but how you recover from those mistakes which will determine whether or not you pass.
Most people who fail blame everyone and anyone apart from themselves, including the tester.

uli84

I still think the interpretation of faults deserving grade 2 markings varies a lot between the testers

Smileorwile

Avoid Wilton test centre at all costs it's a total scam. The lady that brought me out was a dizzy dragon. She stared out window almost whole time & I had to repeated ask her where I was going as she was totally spaced out & distracted. She then had the nerve to tell me I failed as I drove through a red light. I didn't. When I enquired where this light was she told me a residential estate (round the corner from my house) there is no traffic light anywhere there. Her response was that she now couldn't remember where the light was. How convenient for her.... Now I realise why they make you sign form that prevents you from videotaping the test. So you don't have physical evidence of what they are up to. I hear the same story over & over again with that test centre. People fail 5 times & fly though test elsewhere. Manager in Wilton was useless when I told him what happened, he told me to bring them to high court if I had a problem, when I told him that would cost over €20,000 in lawyers fees he shrugged & laughed. WilCON driving test centre is run by unethical scumbags avoid at all costs.

Bounce1234

Smileorwile wrote: »

Avoid Wilton test centre at all costs it's a total scam. The lady that brought me out was a dizzy dragon. She stared out window almost whole time & I had to repeated ask her where I was going as she was totally spaced out & distracted. She then had the nerve to tell me I failed as I drove through a red light. I didn't. When I enquired where this light was she told me a residential estate (round the corner from my house) there is no traffic light anywhere there. Her response was that she now couldn't remember where the light was. How convenient for her.... Now I realise why they make you sign form that prevents you from videotaping the test. So you don't have physical evidence of what they are up to. I hear the same story over & over again with that test centre. People fail 5 times & fly though test elsewhere. Manager in Wilton was useless when I told him what happened, he told me to bring them to high court if I had a problem, when I told him that would cost over €20,000 in lawyers fees he shrugged & laughed. WilCON driving test centre is run by unethical scumbags avoid at all costs.

I think I must have had the same lady!! Absolutely shocking I wish I had recorded it! I am going to write in a formal complaint about her to the test centre and request to not have her in my re test!

MascotDec85

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PaulRyan97

Bounce1234 wrote: »

I think I must have had the same lady!! Absolutely shocking I wish I had recorded it! I am going to write in a formal complaint about her to the test centre and request to not have her in my re test!

Have failed twice now with the same woman in Wilton, both times on reversing around the corner. First she said I didn't look out the back window which I was fairly certain I had but I accepted it as my fault.
Second time she said I failed to stop for a van during the manoeuvre, I had my head on a swivel and I didn't see any van.

The staring out the window thing is exactly accurate. I thought something was wrong as she wouldn't look at me. I had to ask for directions a few times as she hadn't told me where to go.

Did this woman have black, short, curly hair?



PS: Sorry mods, I just really wanted to know.

pah

Stick a dashcam on the window