Question:
Failed Driving Test For Second Time?
2014-06-21 01:57:11 UTC
I failed my driving test for the second time today and am absolutely devastated. I got 4 minors and one major this time, my major was on my reverse round the corner and not stopping quickly enough when I saw a van coming up behind me (even though i did stop pretty much instantly). My first time was 6 minors and one major with another stupid mistake, approaching a roundabout in the wrong lane two minutes from the end of the test.

Its so annoying cos i feel so confident when im driving so its not really a case of nerves, my instructor and dad are both really surprised i havent passed by now and say im a really good driver. Im 18 now and have been driving for 12 months, but when i fail it really, really hurts and weighs on my mind more than it should as my friends all seem to pass first time and do it really easily.

I don't know why i get so worked up over this but it seems to be taking ages now and i dont think i could live with myself if i fail narrowly a third time. Is it common to fail twice?
Five answers:
Obi Wan Knievel
2014-06-21 08:31:21 UTC
Meh, it happens. You're not the first person to fail the licence test twice, probably not even the first this week.



I nailed my drivers licence the first time, even on a day with really lousy weather. That should give me authorization to gloat and brag about it, right? Wrong! Less than two years after I aced the test, I pulled out from a stop sign too quickly and totalled my mom's car. And my brand new girlfriend was in the passenger seat. Even though there was no such thing as the internet back then, that was an epic fail.



A few years later, I took a college-level exam to work as an insurance broker. I had lived with a broker all my life (my dad), I knew the language and lots of the details, and I failed anyway. I got it on the second try, but that first failure still eats at me.



More than 20 years later, I'm now doing another job and was recently promoted. Very recently and after much intensive training, my boss told me to go it on my own. She said I was ready, I could do this, and she trusted me. And guess what, I screwed up not once but twice. I mean big screwups, real stuff. The whole place had to shut down completely while I figured out where I went wrong.



Did I learn anything the day I aced my driving test? No. But did I learn from my at-fault accident? Did I learn from the professional exam I failed, or those two other massive failures at work? Hell yes. We don't learn anything from our successes, we learn from our mistakes. It's been that way for over 10,000 years now, so obviously that's how our species learns.



Congratulations, you're human like the rest of us. You will fail again, and probably a few more times after that, in this crazy circus we call normal life. And as long as you learn something each time (because that's the only way we learn anything), it's actually not a failure.
Jordan
2014-06-21 13:24:56 UTC
did you move out of the way of the van? I feel lucky not to have got the RAC as I hated it.

It also sounds like you've had some bad luck with examiners.



I passed mine first time on Wednesday and I SHOULD have failed. I got 4 minors which is fine, three were for missing speed limit signs and slamming on the brakes, but I pulled over on double yellows, luckily my examiner told me to move forward a little. It was quite a stern voice so I thought '**** I'm screwed' but she passed me.



Why did you fail on the roundabout? If you stayed in that lane and carried on in the direction that lane took you, you should have been fine.



All I can say to help if keep trying. You will pass. I only started learning three months ago and I passed first time, my sister learnt for 10 months and passed third time. A lot of the test is just luck.
jon_mac_usa_007
2014-06-21 02:42:11 UTC
Almost all of my friends passed the first time, except one of my closest friends who passed on his forth try.



Try not to stress out about this, just make another appointment then make sure you know what you did wrong as so you can be near perfect next time. relax and Good Luck.
2014-06-21 02:08:00 UTC
I failed the knowledge test three times and failed the driving test five times before i got my license. I also failed my Riders license the first time, got it in two.



Try and have a Fuc* you attitude and you will be ok.
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2014-06-21 06:32:06 UTC
well what do you mean by common ?

60% fail first time not sure what it is for second time fail

look its down to you


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