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Lemmy Scott wrote: »

Passed in Wilton Cork -brought around togher ballyphehane and back down the link towards the wilton roundabout went well.Got a few lessons the week before that helped also the videos from the ism are excellent they can be found on youtube.

well done Lemmy!!

wow, im delighted to be posting here just passed my test today in Wilton, was delighted with it, tester was very nice so i dint really feel uncomfortable, he kept me in Wilton, so i got a pass on the hard route, really happy now, got 3 grades 2s in all, 2 for turning right and 1 for not looking on the round about correctly, few basic questions like, junction box, when can you over take on the left, when to dip your headlights at night, signs were end of motorway, slippery road, contra flow bus lane and 1 or 2 more i cant remember, very happy with the result, when he said come in side for your results, i kind of knew i did well, glad its done and over with and out of the way,

Lemmy Scott wrote: »

Congrats man that's great-did he take you left or right when you get onto main road

Thanks when I came out of the test centre I went left to the roundabout, went straight and then at the 2nd roundabout I went left near the hospital, brought me all around wilton and bishopstown,

trevm wrote: »

Passed my C licence today and cpc in Waterford, first time with Zero faults

Impressive!:cool:

PurpleSt4in wrote: »

Has anyone here got advice on observations? Failed my third test today. On my second test I got a couple of blues and a Grade 3 for observation changing lanes. Naturally, focussed on exagerrating my observations for my test today, yet I failed because of a grade 3 for observation changing lanes. Could not believe it, the driving test has me rattled. Rear view, sides, blindspot everytime I pulled off and/or changed lanes. And this was Rathgar route, you only change lane a handful of times.

I read your posts on "unsuccessful..." too.... Are you sure you're not signalling and manouvering too soon before you have observed whether it's safe to go or not? I don't know what else it could be having read your other post. That's the one thing my instructor told me to do from the getgo, I was doing the whole thing too quickly and not observing, taking my time and then proceeding. I passed first time by the way...so if you want another instructor's name PM me. Don't give up.

Passed in Naas today, delighted, no blue marks, just a couple of green

Whew! Passed today in Rathgar with seven blue faults. It was my first time, I'm delighted!

Got marked blues for observation turning left, position on a bend, signals turning right, and clutch controls.

My tester was an odd fellow though, he said "okay, you passed your test today, blah blah blah" like he was reading out obituaries in the paper!

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

Really??

Yeah. Guy who I had in the pre test said it too. In the mock test he had a few mark downs for it. So I recommend him!
Tester today said it, I told him that it's from driving the bike. He said "you're not on a bike now"!
Pre test guy said that you can be given a mark for it because you're taking your eyes off the road. I was doing a proper over the shoulder look, same look you give when you're moving off.
Such a great feeling being told you pass! He never said anything, he just filled out the form saying I passed and handed it to me to sign.

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

Ah right,I wasn't aware of that. That will help me alot.

Driving instructor said just a quick glance to the right is enough. He said pretend you have a parrot on your shoulder and you're giving it a quick kiss

2 things I got a green mark for that was totally unnessary: didn't know how to turn on the full headlights, so got a green mark for that (any driving I've ever done was in dublin, it's always lit up) and I got a hand signal wrong. Make sure you do the once over on those, would be a shame if you got a few of them wrong and ended up with a blue.
Tester told me to beep the horn at someone too. We were going right, filter to turn right went on and the guy in front didn't notice. He told me to do a quick blip of the horn at him.
One thing that could cost people is the tester you get. My pre test instructor told me to do all the speed ramps in the estate in 3rd gear. 3rd was fine for them. But we passed someone out doing their test and he told me if I get that tester to do the speed bumps in second. She likes people to do them in second! There's loads of bumps, so I guess that's a mark for each one you do in the wrong gear?
Would be awful awkward to have to go up to 3rd, slow and drop a gear for each bump, there's loads of them.
Anyway, if anyone wants my pre test guys name and number, pm me, he's excellent. He has videos of a good few of the dublin test routes, talking the way through them. He used to be a tester in tallaght

Dord wrote: »

...andddd I passed today in Raheny! Second time round. I got a few grade 2's for my sins but nothing catastrophic. Got a nice tester who cracked a few jokes during the test. That helped.



It depends. On one road I was on I drove in 3rd, dropped gear for each ramp and changed back up afterwards. There was a long enough stretch between each ramp that if I didn't go up to 3rd the car would be revving too high when I got back up to speed.

Well done, such a great feeling passing, isn't it
I had a horrible feeling half way through mine that I couldn't remember any stop signs. Did I go through one without coming to a complete stop? Thankfully I didn't

Dord wrote: »

Yup, feels great! I had some thoughts going through my head about the distance to the car in front... is it too close... it looks ok to me, but the tester is shorter.... maybe from his angle it's close. :eek: Then I decided that was nonsense.

The one scary thing is this form for the license. I'm still trying to make sense of it. They don't make this easy!

Sent mine yesterday. All you need is the form, (think it's pretty much just the first 2 pages, the rest is just crap), photos with your name written on the back (they don't need to be stamped by a garda), your certificate from passing your test, your current lerner permit and €55. I got a postal order for mine and sent it yesterday.
Do it asap, there's delays getting the new licences out. Its taking some people a month :eek:
Drove on the M50 today :cool: