I just failed my driving test for the 3rd time

All because of nerves too, after a year of lessons I am brilliant when not in the test but the adrenalin ruins everything.

And the instructor was tight!!!

You'll get no sympathy from me. I was just getting started after I failed third time. You no doubt have a long road ahead of you, lots of money waiting to be spent, hundreds of buses to catch to work in the rain - not to mention the deep shame you have caused your family and friends. They'll comfort you to your face, aye, but behind your back they sneer in disgust at your continual failure. Good luck next time though.

Number23 said:

Fat lot of good you are!!!

I have already spent £3500 on lessons too


Aaaaaarrrrrghhhh I hate driving instructors!!!!

susannah said:

Bloody hell!

Bloody hard luck!!!
I passed first time after 6 lessons

just stick in you'll get there.

Thanks guys

I swear I am an excellent driver but the test is so tight now - today I failed because I hesitated about pulling out around a bus, and pulling out into the road when there was a car coming, and I had loads of room and only made him slow down ever so slightly

susannah said:

YOU.ARE.KIDDING!!!!!

I'll sure as hell won't get any near you if I'd see you driving somewhere.....

susannah said:

You failed because of a bus?
Those bastards are the worst drivers on the road..they think they have the right to pull out infront of you..I would have been proper pissed off

muirdo said:

actually, they do have that right!

I think after spending 3500 pounds on lessons, it is not the bus that has made her fail.....again!

^^dude , you're cold

abierman said:

Dude,you ride a girls bike so shut the fuck up

mdiver said:

shut up , what do you know about riding bicycles in Amsterdam??

Dewrede said:

just realistic

abierman said:

Buses do not have any specific priority in law - they are obliged to indicate and wait for a gap in traffic, just the same as everyone else.
The Highway Code requests that you give them priority as a matter of courtesy, and a bus pulling out into your path would certainly be a hazard.If you're unable to anticipate another road user doing this, it's quite right that you'd fail your test.

abierman said:

I have seen your ass wobbling all over with your scarf blowing in the breeze like a WW1 fighter pilot, you would have looked cool if your bike had a crossbar

mdiver said:

See, I never wear scarfs and the last time I saw you here it was in the friggin' summertime.....you're obviously blathering.....

I challenge you for a bike-ride through Amsterdam, you'd wet your sissy little pants.....

muirdo said:

See? That isn't so hard, now is it??? One always has to be cautious when buses are around!

muirdo said:

actually that is not true, legally drivers are not allowed to overtake buses even if they have pulled over and blocked half the street. you have to wait behind them for them to pull out first..

abierman said:

Cool, i am up for that and afterwards i will challenge you to a pillion ride around brands hatch

mdiver said:

I have never claimed to ride motorcycles.....I don't want to either, I'd rather drive is sportscars.....I don't need the macho-boost that you obviously seek!

abierman said:

mdiver said:

dude, get off of your ego-trip.....this was never about your stupid motorbike and faggoty leather-suite and gloves.....

abierman said:

Way to jack my thread guys!


And I will hear no more about my driving ability I am a great driver but the nerves make me hesitant and thats why I fail Im going to get drugs for it before the next one

susannah said:

This blows my mind. driving is a right of passage into adulthood for us on this side of the pond.

And folks wonder why we fought the Revolutionary war.

And can some of you weirdos jump in M&M and assist some of my threads there? Thanks.

Imago said:

I know, its just so much harder here, not necessarily the driving, but there is the manual thing, but its the test. Its harder than say the US and also harder than it used to be here. Afterwards my instructor and I agreed that it was pretty ridiculous how hard it was to pass, and that it wasnt like I had come even close to causing an accident, 10 years ago I would have passed for sure.

At the moment in the UK the first time pass rate is something like 40%, and the average amount of lessons prior to passing is about 65 hours with an instructor and 20 hours private/family practice

mdiver said:

Aww thanks Phil