Today, I had my first driving test. The instructor turned out to be the kind of twit who made me do the full 60-minute test, only to tell me afterwards that he was failing me for the only mistake I made less than 2 minutes after the test started. Time wasting tit. FML
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Today, I took my driving test for the first time. The instructor stopped it after less than ten minutes, and insisted she drive back to the test centre "in the interest of public safety." FML
Today, I drove 45 minutes to take my full driver's test. At the end of the test, the instructor told me I'd done everything perfectly, but had failed before I left the parking lot. I didn't see the "one way" sign at the entrance. FML
Today, I took my driver's test. I did everything flawlessly, but my examiner kept all but pissing his pants throughout. He yelled, "ARE YOU TRYING TO GET US KILLED?!" when I drove past a traffic light just as it was about to turn red. The road was almost empty. He failed me on the spot. FML
Today, my driving instructor failed me on my test, because I forgot to turn the air conditioning off after parking. FML
Today, my instructor turned up late to get me for my driving test. I soon realized something was seriously wrong. Turned out his wife left him last night, and he'd been drinking the pain away all morning. He ended up rear-ending another car, and now I have to reschedule my test. FML
Today, on my first driving lesson, I crashed my instructor's car. I didn't even make it out of the parking lot. FML
Today, I passed my driver's test. My instructor took the learner signs off his car and let me drive back to my place. I guess he didn't bet on me crashing the car just a few blocks from the test center. FML
Today, I took my driving test. It was all going well until out of habit from driving with my boyfriend, I reached over and held my instructor's hand. FML
Today, I took my driving test. I was nervous, but I thought I followed the rules of the road pretty well. My tester ended up failing me for "backing out too slowly". FML
Today, I took my driver's test. The woman administering it wouldn't even look at me, so trying to be friendly I said the first thing I could think of, "It must be scary getting in the car with someone you don't know!" She failed me for "excessive chatting." FML
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shyam513 13
Actually, I've had this happen too, while doing my test. I believe they're meant to make you do the whole test for the sake of experience with the different sections, like independent driving, so you're more prepared next time.
FueledByFate 24
Second time's the charm!
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Raekwon_fml 8
Driving instructors can be the worst kind of people. I failed my first driving test because as I was changing lanes the driver in front of me slammed on their breaks after missing their exit ... the instructor said I "made an unsafe lane change" and immediately failed me. Smh. I asked her what I should have done differently and her answer was to hand me the grading sheet and abruptly leave.
bandaidstations 28
The driving test instructors around here are all police who are stationed there as a sort of punishment duty. They're in an awful mood before they even meet you.
Raekwon_fml 8
..... :/ That's just awful.
RememberSchlitz 9
I grew up on a farm, and owned/knew how to drive my pickup truck since I was 14yo. I too "failed" my driver test at 16yo because the evaluator didn't like that I had to manually cancel the turn signals. Apparently doing so is "too distracting to be safe". I have to do the same thing on my motorcycles and my tractor, and everyone has to do it in their car when they change lanes and push the lever a bit too far. Just take the test again with a different person and you'll be fine.
justsayingbeach 15
That's the law fool
Allayyyyy194 6
What state is this?
ftloosenfanzfree 7
Why would you *not* have to take the whole test? You need to know what you need to improve at--if there was something else you were unable to do later in the test you would need to be told that so you could work on it.
sixtypenny 2
This is how every driving test goes I'm afraid. They're not allowed to tell you how you're doing until the end. Better luck next time though OP! The best drivers pass second time ;)
19jburner 15
"time wasting tit."
Mungolikecandy 19
That is how the testing process works in the U.K. They are not allowed to tell you you failed until the entire test has concluded as you may fail in more than one area. It is how most tests work in life so you may want to get used to it now.
Frid_Kun 7
It is his job: to take the entire test and give you feedback on your performance. You are meant to pass it with flying colors, not to try over and over until you might accidentally pass it.
mustangbravo 27
What one mistake made you fail? Must have been pretty bad.