Ever fail the provisional license theory test?

MJ23 · 07-08-2010 12:47PM #1

Was chatting about this last night, and how silly some of the questions are.

When driving when its getting dark do you...........?
a). Light up a cigarette
b). Turn on your lights
c). Turn up the radio
d). Stop the car and go for a sleep

Has anyone failed this test, and how embarrassed were you ?

Hank_Jones · 07-08-2010 12:50PM

Bahahahahaha No.

I really hope there aren't people out there who have...

The answer is of course A.
People will see you in the dark if you are smoking.
Plus you look cool.

Tomebagel · 07-08-2010 12:51PM

Im doing mine at 2 o clock today,questions are alot harder then that too.

pajero12 · 07-08-2010 12:53PM

Tomebagel wrote: »

Im doing mine at 2 o clock today,questions are alot harder then that too.

Good luck dude..Most of them are common sense though!

FearDark · 07-08-2010 12:53PM

MJ23 wrote: »

When driving when its getting dark do you...........?

a). Light up a cigarette
b). Turn on your lights
c). Turn up the radio
d). Stop the car and go for a sleep

e). Do a barrel roll.

Ruu_Old · 07-08-2010 12:53PM

Turn on the radio, people can hear you coming. UNF, UNF, UNF, UNF! :cool:

The Big Red Button · 07-08-2010 12:53PM

I've never heard of anyone failing it.

I only got 39/40 and was embarrassed enough about that!

amacachi · 07-08-2010 12:55PM

FearDark wrote: »

e). Do a barrel roll.

f) Try and squeeze 7 others into the car with you.

FearDark · 07-08-2010 12:56PM

amacachi wrote: »

f) Try and squeeze 7 others into the car with you.

If that gets lulz Ah has reaced a new low.

Conor108 · 07-08-2010 12:59PM

I like the one that goes something like "You are running late for a meeting, what should you do"

A) Drive aggressively

Drive safely as to arrive on time.

Who would pick A ffs!?!

SoupyNorman · 07-08-2010 01:03PM

I failed the theory the first time, went in with the 'ah this will be a piece of pi$$ so theres no point studying' attitude.

Passed my full test first time, thats the only 'first time club' worth being in.

didntgotoplan · 07-08-2010 01:04PM

My brother failed it, never went to do it again and now bums lifts of my dad.
He got 33 right out of the 40.

thee glitz · 07-08-2010 01:06PM

I did it last year and i reckon they've made it a lot harder.
Either that or they marked it wrong

I didn't do a whole lot for it, just learned the stopping distances
and hard to guess stuff and got 35

Sea Sharp · 07-08-2010 01:06PM

They made it more difficult in recent years.
These days you'll get 20 retard-proof questions but that isn't enough to pass.

Hank_Jones · 07-08-2010 01:11PM

FearDark wrote: »

If that gets lulz Ah has reaced a new low.

I thanked for this reason only.

Welcome to a new low people.

mariaf24 · 07-08-2010 01:12PM

A few of my friends failed

Not I of course, I studied the book and bought the cd rom *Adjusts nerd glasses*

I think there about 5 difficult(ish) questions.

Don't get me started on the actual driving test though :mad: Only got that second time around.

mariaf24 · 07-08-2010 01:16PM

Conor108 wrote: »

I like the one that goes something like "You are running late for a meeting, what should you do"

A) Drive aggressively
Drive safely as to arrive on time.

Who would pick A ffs!?!

How can you arrive on time if your running late?

07-08-2010 01:24PM

There are children playing up ahead. Do you
a> Slow down
b> Speed up to get past them quickly

Jesus like...

07-08-2010 01:26PM

I saw some girl's Facebook page the other day and it said something like 'Going to take the theory test again, third time lucky!' :eek: The questions aren't anywhere near as easy as what people are writing here, but they're still not that hard. I just did mine a couple of years ago.

mariaf24 · 07-08-2010 01:29PM

Allen Sour Wildflower wrote: »

I saw some girl's Facebook page the other day and it said something like 'Going to take the theory test again, third time lucky!' :eek: The questions aren't anywhere near as easy as what people are writing here, but they're still not that hard. I just did mine a couple of years ago.

How could that girl admit to that? :eek:

To be fair, they are pretty easy! The answer is there in front of you.

Its alot harder in the actual driving test and he asks you the questions AND you're dealing with nerves before the test!

rossie1977 · 07-08-2010 01:43PM

Conor108 wrote: »

I like the one that goes something like "You are running late for a meeting, what should you do"

A) Drive aggressively
Drive safely as to arrive on time.

Who would pick A ffs!?!

ray houghton

Dempsey · 07-08-2010 01:48PM

rossie1977 wrote: »

ray houghton

Thats the Scots for you

07-08-2010 01:52PM

mariaf24 wrote: »

How could that girl admit to that? :eek:

To be fair, they are pretty easy! The answer is there in front of you.

Its alot harder in the actual driving test and he asks you the questions AND you're dealing with nerves before the test!

She obviously didn't think it was that embarrassing. That's the worst part.

Well, yeah, they're easy enough, but when I did it, it wasn't like there was one obvious answer and three completely stupid ones. Often, 2 answers were similar enough and if you really had no idea about driving, you'd get it wrong.

Big Knox · 07-08-2010 01:53PM

Done mine start of the year and got 39. The only thing I done to prepare was get the CD and did the test about 5 times on the PC about 2 hours before I went in.

Know a mate's girlfriend who bought a car but has failed the test 5+ times and gave up and had to sell the car. Literally the most embarrassing thing i've ever heard. She is thick as sh1t though...

jackbutler · 07-08-2010 02:06PM

I'm taking mine in the next few months, the questions look piss

fluffo · 07-08-2010 02:15PM

There are definitely some very very easy questions.

I remember being asked "what does this sign mean?"

It was a stop sign.

Although in fairness, there are some questions I had to learn the answers to. There's a good few about the stopping distance required when in snow/ice/rain etc. and the choices were all very similar.

johnmcdnl · 07-08-2010 02:16PM

30 of of 40 question are pi$$ easy - but the other 10ish generally require you to know a wee bit - some of the pictures about who's in the right position are just pure awkward to look at and take time to figure out...
and you have to know some things like stopping distances and stuff like that - but it's really common sense tbh..

saying that I can see why certain girls especially fail it because there's several questions about driving and what happens if the engine does this or that... what happens if your brakes fail...
if you know anything about driving at all you should get 34/35 no problem at all - and if you use the CD a couple of times you should get 38/39/40 easily enough

we'llallhavetea_old · 07-08-2010 02:24PM

i got full marks, but that was when i was 16, *gulp* nine years ago

, they've made it more difficult i hear.

MagicMarker · 07-08-2010 02:26PM

I'd say large portion of drivers would fail the test without any preparation for it tbh.

fonecrusher1 · 07-08-2010 02:26PM

didntgotoplan wrote: »

My brother failed it, never went to do it again and now bums lifts of my dad.
He got 33 right out of the 40.

Its hard to think of a more depressing future really.

Imagine it; Dad will you give me a lift?......FFS son your 38 years old, when are you gonna learn to drive!!??:mad:

Mint Sauce · 07-08-2010 02:28PM

39 out of 40. the one i got wrong was aound cycling lanes, and i do more cycling during the summer than i do driving.

Ever fail the provisional license theory test?

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