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Anyone else with a record number of attempts and any suggestions apart from Rescue Remedy to calm nerves?? (Tried 'n' tested
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Thanks!!
At this stage I am just taking it as part of my expenses, at least here in Spain i just need to wait 18 days to do it again.
(there used to be a rule that a minimum of 12 classes had to be taken - but thank jaysus thats gone !)
So (easier said then done) relax , don't care and just go with it....
lets see if it works for me for 7th timedonegalfella wrote: »This post has been deleted.
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It's easy to follow the crowd when overtaking stopped trucks/buses etc - I've done it a couple of times and realised there were cars approaching that I couldn't see before pulling out.The truck started to move before I was around it but I had already started the manouvre. It was then I realised that I was overtaking at a junction (unfamiliar road) and had no choice but to keep going. Obviously this was the wrong thing to do and I picked up multiple marks for it. Any suggestions as to what I should have done in that situation?
Also, if taking a left turn on a narrow road with a car parked very close to the corner (my side) and speed ramps etc and multiple hazards (cars coming at me from the opposite direction), what should I do? I took the corner slowly and tried to stay on my side of the road and came out to avoid the parked car but got marks for 1. Clearance 2. Reaction to Hazards and 3. Observation turning left, cos obviously I should have seen all of this as I was coming around the corner.
Any advice would be great. I'm going to reapply today.
Both seem like situations where it might be best to stop and wait (situation 1: behind the truck, but just left of the centre line and just far back enough to have a decent view beyond it, and situation 2: similarly, just left of the centre line, behind the parked car enough that you can clear it without swerving to your right) until the way ahead is clear, before doing your observations (i.e. as you overtake the obstacle, is a bicycle coming from behind that would get cut off when you move?). Never let yourself be pressured into overtaking in a hurry, especially a big obstacle which cuts off your visibility (so badly that you didn't notice there was a junction behind it) - just relax and do the right thing.
In the case of the bin truck, you had to overtake eventually, since you had no idea how long it would be stopped for (e.g. if it was a bus dropping off passengers, you might just wait for it to move off rather than overtake at a junction). Just a question of getting into the right position to see everything you need to see and overtake when conditions are good.
HTH, but take my advice with a grain of salt since I'm no expert
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3rd time failing in Naas this morning. Strange and disappointing experience.
Having entered the office for the theory part of the test, all seemed to go quite well. The questions didn't take long as I had answers for them all almost immediately. Outside at the car, I answered questions about the secondary controls before driving off.
The reverse around the corner manoeuvre was the first incident of note en route. Towards the end of the manoeuvre I checked behind me as is required. No sooner had I turned my head, a car pulled out of a driveway beside where I was reversing. I stopped performing the manoeuvre as soon as I saw the car although it had come out of the driveway at such a pace that I couldn't have reacted any better. Once it had pulled away, I was instructed to continue out of the estate and I did just that.
Along the way I performed a hill-start before coming back onto the main road. I was instructed to turn right and back towards the test centre as it was the end of the test. Immediately I knew something was up as it had not even been 15 minutes.
Back in the office I was informed that had been unsuccessful. The tester insisted that I had not been looking left at all while performing right turns. There was also a grade 2 for rules/checks. It baffles me as I got one question wrong at most. There were 2 grade ones and 4 grade 2's for clutch control. Given that I had spent a lot of time and money with an ADI instructor I am confident that my clutch control is nowhere near that bad. The tester had obviously shown me no mercy whatsoever and had not allowed for nerves of any kind. There was also a grade 3 for the reverse around the corner manoeuvre on observation, obviously deeming that I had not acknowledged the car coming out of the driveway. I would argue that it was something that happened so fast that I could not have reacted any better and I would be doubtful as to whether the tester himself could have.
The tester then asked me who my instructor was and implied that he had not taught me properly
. Furthermore, he stated that I needed to go completely back to basics. I didn't take him up on anything at the time as I was quite upset with the way he had handled things. Now that I have had time to reflect, I still can't come to terms with the majority of the marks on the test sheet. I feel insulted personally that I wasn't even allowed complete half of the test and genuinely feel hard done by on this, my third test with RSA. On the previous two occasions I had no problems accepting the constructive criticism of the testers but today I remain a learner unsure of how I can prove myself to be an adequate driver. 0 -
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Hate to admit this, but I am taking test number 6 on monday...
First Test: 4 blues and 1 red for bumping the kerb while reversing
Second: 2 blues and 1 red for pulling out too soon in front of a car
Third: 13 blues
Fourth: 11 blues
Fifth: 10 blues
Hard done by much??
Anyone else with a record number of attempts and any suggestions apart from Rescue Remedy to calm nerves?? (Tried 'n' tested )
Thanks!!
your not the only one. calming tea helps a bit too but you need to be drinking it for a few days before to get a better effect0 -
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3rd time failing in Naas this morning. Strange and disappointing experience.
Having entered the office for the theory part of the test, all seemed to go quite well. The questions didn't take long as I had answers for them all almost immediately. Outside at the car, I answered questions about the secondary controls before driving off.
The reverse around the corner manoeuvre was the first incident of note en route. Towards the end of the manoeuvre I checked behind me as is required. No sooner had I turned my head, a car pulled out of a driveway beside where I was reversing. I stopped performing the manoeuvre as soon as I saw the car although it had come out of the driveway at such a pace that I couldn't have reacted any better. Once it had pulled away, I was instructed to continue out of the estate and I did just that.
Along the way I performed a hill-start before coming back onto the main road. I was instructed to turn right and back towards the test centre as it was the end of the test. Immediately I knew something was up as it had not even been 15 minutes.
Back in the office I was informed that had been unsuccessful. The tester insisted that I had not been looking left at all while performing right turns. There was also a grade 2 for rules/checks. It baffles me as I got one question wrong at most. There were 2 grade ones and 4 grade 2's for clutch control. Given that I had spent a lot of time and money with an ADI instructor I am confident that my clutch control is nowhere near that bad. The tester had obviously shown me no mercy whatsoever and had not allowed for nerves of any kind. There was also a grade 3 for the reverse around the corner manoeuvre on observation, obviously deeming that I had not acknowledged the car coming out of the driveway. I would argue that it was something that happened so fast that I could not have reacted any better and I would be doubtful as to whether the tester himself could have.
The tester then asked me who my instructor was and implied that he had not taught me properly . Furthermore, he stated that I needed to go completely back to basics. I didn't take him up on anything at the time as I was quite upset with the way he had handled things. Now that I have had time to reflect, I still can't come to terms with the majority of the marks on the test sheet. I feel insulted personally that I wasn't even allowed complete half of the test and genuinely feel hard done by on this, my third test with RSA. On the previous two occasions I had no problems accepting the constructive criticism of the testers but today I remain a learner unsure of how I can prove myself to be an adequate driver.
Hi,
Sorry you failed. and sorry to be the Devil's advocate, but have you considered taking his advice on board . If your post is accurate then his advice was spot on.
You sayI checked behind me as is required. No sooner had I turned my head,
Thing is you should always be looking where you are going and checking in the other directions.
Clutch control is controlling the car at very slow speeds when the car is in either 1st or reverse gear. More than likely you were marked for 'coasting' or riding the clutch.
And the technical checks are combined with the rules questions.
Regarding length of test. This is completely at the discretion of the tester. Or so I was informed many years ago when I complained to Ballina on behalf of a pupil. His case was opposite to yours. He was kept out for seventyfive minutes and did two reverses and two turnabouts. Got nowhere with my complaint.
The examiner would have no axe to grind and in my opinion stuck out his neck, which is unusual for a civil servant.
My advice would be to try a different instructor.0 -
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