STILL A LOSER RIDER (Pointless Rant)

[justsomeguy]

Warning - mad crazy pointless rant

I got my Learner license on the 20th of Jan and was determined to get my restricted EXACTLY 6 months later.....

So two months earlier I went in to the bloody Absolute Arsehole's (AA) office and booked myself in for late this morning.

Got a bit delayed so made a bit of an effort to ride there on time, which I managed with 5 minutes to spare...... Oh well....... bloody testing officer was running late.... so at 11 effing 35 we start -

Turns out that the bitch forgot to charge her Walkie Talkie/ Radio/ whateverthefuckitscalled batteries......So I was gonna have to rely looking in my mirrors to judge which way to go....

The test starts off really well although it's a bitch trying to see the indicators on her silver subaru shinning in todays rotten sun......anyway I've managed to do all that she asked and the roads were empty and dry and the conditions great.

So we go along take a few turns and after 10 mins she takes an abrupt turn.. what the :spudwhat: - so I turn around and catch up to her - turns out she's gone back to the station......

Then gives me a bit of a bloody debrief asking me how long I've been riding, whether I've done any track days, etc....

Get this she says I'm too confident.... ......WTF ??? Then says I didn't stop at a stop sign?? Huh??? I damn well did, I even put my leg down and sort of walked the bike on one leg the last 3-4 meters doing about 1kmph...... well get this she said she could still notice a bit of movement in my back tyre......

So yeah FAILED my restricted cos I'm too confident and failed to stop at a stop sign

Thought of re-booking but my great luck - the que was absolutely horrendous - bloody kiddy holidays and all.......

Anyway managed to get to the AA Quay street office in about 10 mins. Was a bit pissed off and and lanesplit through ridiculously small gaps, ended up breaking the plastic mirror surround of a van I passed..... ...... didn't really bother stopping though......

Anyway got to the bloody AA office and had to wait at the desk for 15 mins until the bloody Quay St pencil pushers could contact the Penrose pencil pushers and get my test results as they hadn't yet been entered into the system:spudgrr:....... and managed to book myself in on Sat afternoon....another $50 that I'm gonna have to sacrife from somewhere else.....(hate being bloody broke)......

.........so I'm gonna have to miss part of the 250 ride :< or just complete it a bit quicker......

Even more pissed that I have a bald back tyre and can't do a lap of Cheenic Dwive and get rid of some of this stress....

Oh yeah and I'm gonna have to find another 160-180 for another bloody tyre.....

END of RANT and venting session.......

[crashe]

Ummmmm she left you in the streets without telling you...

Ummm get hold of her boss right now and flaming complain...
and tell them what happened out there...

That aint good enough...

Maybe the BOSS can be talked into letting you pass after all.

[Slingshot]

That sux arse!



Testing officers are dickheads on power trips!!!

[R6_kid:Me]

sounds like shes a stupid fucking bitch. When i did it there was no way of communicating so he just told me where to go and where to stop to talk to him. He told me off for doing exactly 50 in a 50kmh zone and said to slow down to 40

passed tho...

fuck em, fuck em all. They just want our money the bloody blighters

[placidfemme]

Ummmmm she left you in the streets without telling you...

Ummm get hold of her boss right now and flaming complain...
and tell them what happened out there...

That aint good enough...

Maybe the BOSS can be talked into letting you pass after all.

YEp call them and COMPLAIN. I certainly would...

[justsomeguy]

Ummmmm she left you in the streets without telling you...

Ummm get hold of her boss right now and flaming complain...
and tell them what happened out there...

That aint good enough...

Maybe the BOSS can be talked into letting you pass after all.

Oh my sweet little lady.......You're a perfect mate Crashe - thanks for that....

No point in arguing with those bastards.... the failure to stop at a stop sign is a classic, can't believe I fell for this......

Anyway I left the place and went straight to Quay St(faster than waiting in the que) and got myself in at Henderson (only place available) on Saturday......

And I hate dealing with these admin type of people who live by the rules of their 18th century books and wont be realistic or pragmatic....so I'd rather give them the extra 50 for the retest and be done with it.....

[pritch]

Testing officers are dickheads on power trips!!!

That certainly seemed to be the case here. There were continual complaints about the local tester primarily from the senior citizenry. Eventually, I understand, his contract was not renewed.

[justsomeguy]

YEp call them and COMPLAIN. I certainly would...

I can't be bothered.... it becomes the classic me - a youngish looking boy racer type vs them a-holes proper nice god fearing people.

I had a real argument once with them when I sat my car restricted there just under 3 years ago - they wanted printed forms of my address and wouldn't accept the stamped carbon copies of my car rego details (the ones you get as a reciept for paying your rego)...... despite me having the same address as last time and they could easily match the address on the LTSA forms against the ones against my records on the screen

So they're real sticklers... I just will have to ride like a complete riding geek on Sat and pass the bloody test.

[justsomeguy]

sounds like shes a stupid fucking bitch. When i did it there was no way of communicating so he just told me where to go and where to stop to talk to him. He told me off for doing exactly 50 in a 50kmh zone and said to slow down to 40

passed tho...

fuck em, fuck em all. They just want our money the bloody blighters

I got told off as she couldn't keep up with me at one time...... tried to say I was speeding......I said straight to her face in a rather direct tone that I was under 50 the whole time...I was too, I made a huge effort to stay between 48 to 52 the whole time... came back with a retort saying I may have to get my speedo calibrated or something...... yeah right

[SPORK]

Don't worry, Alarumba did didn't pass too. Check out his thread.

Best of luck for next time.

[soundbeltfarm]

That certainly seemed to be the case here. There were continual complaints about the local tester primarily from the senior citizenry. Eventually, I understand, his contract was not renewed.

i had that guy when i finally done my full.
he was a total cocksucker.
told me at a roundabout to pull right over to the left.
i said fuck off mate some car will come on my right side and cut me off.
his answer was theres more cars on the road than bikes so they should get the right of way.
i passed but straight away i lay a complaint .

[Slingshot]

It would be interesting to set-up a discrete video camera to capture the moment, it could record speed and indication and you'd be able to see road signs etc. Then if they failed you, replay the footage.


Also...John Campbell might be interested in the footage, cause he's got nothing else to report on.

[justsomeguy]

It would be interesting to set-up a discrete video camera to capture the moment, it could record speed and indication and you'd be able to see road signs etc. Then if they failed you, replay the footage.


Also...John Campbell might be interested in the footage, cause he's got nothing else to report on.

Hmm...... if I had the gear I would record the entire test as proof.

[Motoracer]

Sorry to hear mate... That sounds pretty stupid I'd say. Better luck for your next test!

[crashe]

Complain mate, or else this person will continue to fail all other bike riders that go to that AA centre.

This person may hate m/bikes....

So go and complain... thats the only way the BOSSes find out if things are not being done right by these people.