Driving test questions

shelly818

I've just done my driving test and failed, which I found odd as I thought I was doing fine and was making sure I paid attention to anything I had problems with in the past. I also passed my pre-test which made it worse.

I'm having problem understanding what the "lack of competence" mark means! Does anyone know I had one on the reverse around the corner and on the checks which I don't understand.

The tester wasn't the politest person in the world and knew I might have problems with him but didn't expect to fail. To make matters worse he said that he failed me because I didn't look confident enough.... did he want me to be cocky and act as if I knew everything??

Can anyone help with the lack of competence question please

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shelly818

Sorry but by "lack of competence" i meant the competently box was ticked for the 360 turn and the reverse around the corner, I'm annoyed with those marks because i've never had a problem doing them! I didn't mount the curb in either of them, if i had done that i would have understood.... I got 10 grade 2 and not many grade 1's....

I know the rules of the road and i did them with the instructor before hand just to brush up.. During the oral part he was giving me situations that might occur or what I would do if i was at a certain point in the road and asked me how i would react... after i answered one or two he said "only a few words for an answer will suffice"... is that a fair thing to say?? I did say to him that sometimes I work things out by repeating questions to myself and he just said "only a few words are needed to answer"..

MascotDec85

If you collected Grade 2 marks for Competency for The Reverse you have gone around the corner too wide, far too slowly or a combination of the two.
Here's what the Tester's Guidelines say:

Where an applicant hits or mounts a kerb, or goes off course, or makes inadequate progress, or uses excessive speed, or does not make proper use of the controls during the reverse manoeuvre, a fault may be recorded opposite ‘Competently’.

The same mark on The Turnabout could be for doing the manoeuvre in 5 when the road was wide enough for it to be completed in 3 is one example:
Here's what the Tester's Guidelines say:

Examples of ‘Turnabout’ faults include:
(a) Where an applicant hits or bumps a kerb, or makes inadequate progress, or uses excessive speed, or does not make proper use of the controls, a fault may be recorded opposite ‘Competently’.

tomasoc

the theory test is a money making scam it ask common sense question nd charges ridicously high prices for study material. I downloaded the mobile phone verion which suppose to cost €5 end up costing me €8 in hiden charges and most of all was unable to even get the thing on my phone

tomasoc

tomasoc wrote: »

the theory test is a money making scam it ask common sense question nd charges ridicously high prices for study material. I downloaded the mobile phone verion which suppose to cost €5 end up costing me €8 in hiden charges and most of all was unable to even get the thing on my phone

If you think that's expensive, wait 'til you actually start driving!

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deniscoulson

Here i failed my driving test just there i got 5 grade 2s and 1 grade 3! I felt the test went well and thought i had passed until i was told i did not observe my left blind spot while reversing around the corner.I'm not aware that that is considered Dangerous driving (a grade 3) for eg pulling out infront of a car or breaking a red! Have i been hard done by?

deniscoulson

deniscoulson wrote: »

Here i failed my driving test just there i got 5 grade 2s and 1 grade 3! I felt the test went well and thought i had passed until i was told i did not observe my left blind spot while reversing around the corner.I'm not aware that that is considered Dangerous driving (a grade 3) for eg pulling out infront of a car or breaking a red! Have i been hard done by?

Regardless of the result, if you failed it's best to just shrug it off - you can appeal the result, but it won't get you a licence, you'll still have to sit the test again. I was one Grade 2 over in my first driving test, but thinking back I really shouldn't have passed then, and I think I'm a better driver because of it.

Don't lose faith and apply soon for the second test.