Take your instructor on your driving test

Cecilia, who passed her driving test two years ago, talks to learner drivers and instructors about why it's a good idea to take someone with you on your driving test.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• driving
• test
• instructor
• examiner
• practical
• learner
• driver
• driving standards agency
• dsa
• road
• safety
• dvla
• theory
• licence
• license
• pass
• fail

[dsagov]

Help is here for learner drivers. Go to Facebook and look up 'I can't wait to pass my driving test' and you'll find a page with tips and advice, and discussion boards to chat to instructors and other learners. If you're on twitter you can also chat to @Liz_DSA for pointers to advice.

[BurritoMagnifico]

as someone has already said they could be lenient with you on errors without an instructor, but with one they would be forced to go by the book. you see, if an examiner has too many passes or too many fails their competance could be called into question. so most examiners try to keep their pass/fail rates within the average to avoid attention being drawn to them. some test centres actually give incentives to keep their pass/fail rates within the average.

[dsagov]

@BurritoMagnifico All examiners are trained to carry out the test to the same standard. They do not have pass or fail quotas. So as long as you demonstrate the standard required you will pass your driving test.

[ElPresidio31]

@dsagov That's not true...they need a quota on how many people they pass or fail.

[dsagov]

@ElPresidio31 Examiners do not have pass or fail quotas. So as long as you demonstrate the standard required you will pass your driving test.

[sm0723]

can't see any real benefit in having anyone with u

ironically, if any benefits are there, they only exist u fail. the argument of any benefit if u pass is weak. most students expect to pass when taking the test, so it may look like a negative move to have someone there

the dsa 'encourage' this, adding pressure on the student to do something they may not want as they might think it will effect the test result

don't know why the examiner cant add a note to major faults by saying what was wrong

[LbsBeautyChannel]

Ive failed twice now do I'm taking my instructor with me on my 3rd test so if I fail again (which I hope I don't) atleast my instructor can pin point exactly where I've gone wrong and try and make it better. Personally though, I fail because my nerves get the better of me and I start to forget things....I don't think an instructor can help that!! So what can I do! Just keep on failing. My last test I failed because I parked too fare than 2 cars lengths! I mean, this is a joke!

[SunriseHealthFoods]

shes pretty cute

[SupposethatIcared]

@BurritoMagnifico Lol don't be daft they cant have different rules for different candidates depending on how many other people they've passed or failed. It would undermine the whole test.

[TheSnugPub]

The standard of instructors in general is very poor in Ireland and UK. Most of them don't use their lights at daytime, don't t turn their wheels when stopped on a hill, my friend on a pre-test was given a failure as the instructor said he used the bus lane. If the instructor was paying more attention he would have noticed that the time was 10.04am and it's open to all traffic at 10.00am

[lmeirelesxo]

@dsagov That's not true. I have a friend that works at the registry and she told me they def have a quota. The worst time to take your road test is at the end of the month because thats when they fail the most ppl to meet thier quota.

[Hayleyscorpio]

Took me 3 times to pass, passed on the 29/10/2011. First 2 times had only me and examiner in the car and the third time had my instructor and passed. x Good luck peeps! x

[VaughanzTM]

I took my instructor with me for my 3rd an final attempt, reason for doing this is i felt the reason i got my major mistake on the second attempt wasn't a proper mistake and circusmtances were out of my control, Took the instructor for the first time and passed.. Think the testers are more careful about what they mark you down for if someone else is there

[david29262]

the main problem is if the student fails, the instructor is not allowed to argue with the examiner if they think the student failed unfairly

[mjhart123]

This is a bit one sided isn't it lol

[RWL2011]

nowadays you are "watched over" so much i chose not to have my instructor with me