Driving examiner morons

[Hawkeye]

My son has just got back from doing his full in the cage. The wanker of an examiner failed him because he gave way to a truck that did not stop at a stop sign. My son asked him if he would have passed him from his hospital bed if he had kept going and the truck had slammed into the side of the car.
The moron didn't even answer him. Just gave him the failed note and got out.

Apparently, all of that 'defensive driving' training that he has completed is useless.

So, rule no 1.. If you have right of way, use it. It doesn't matter if your dead, You were in the right.....

[crashe]

Lay a complaint with that person's boss.........

put it in writing, cos then it will have to be dealt with.

[jim.cox]

Lay a complaint with that person's boss.........

put it in writing, cos then it will have to be dealt with.

What she said...

[007XX]

Lay a complaint with that person's boss.........

put it in writing, cos then it will have to be dealt with.

+1, definitely...

Has a similar issue some years ago, and it got resolved because I said something about it. Some examiners are right little Hitlers and they definitely need to be sorted out, otherwise, they think they'll get away with it forever...

[Steam]

What testing centre is it? Who was the tester? I'd love to call up and ask them what their policy is on that.

[Mikkel]

Right bastard!

I agree! File a formal complaint, stuff like that is simply unacceptable.

[Nasty]

Formal complaint .. if that was the only issue you should be able to sort .. I did the defensive driving course as well and he did great!

[deanohit]

You may be able to get him passed if you write in explaining what happened to the testers boss.
Just a few monthes back, my mate was failed as he was taking to long at intersections and apparently his gap timing was shit. Now every one takes it easy on a test and the driver in question is a bit of a boy racer, so normally he guns it.
He wrote in saying that he watches tv and saw the ads saying be careful at intersections, and that he had payed attention to them, thats why he was so cautious at intersections.
Got his licence a few days later.

[MSTRS:Me]

+1, definitely...

Some examiners are right little Hitlers ...

And we all know what happened to the last one, don't we? Go sort it out with the branch manager....in fact, better still, raise it with LTSA. They are the ones who licence testers....

[marioc]

That is lame with a capital L

[vifferman]

#2 Son also failed his licence test for a similar reason: he was in the carpark, and wasn't sure if the person approaching was going to give way, so he waited. I told him if he'd said, "I know I have right of way, but I'm not sure if this guy realises the rules of the road apply here, so I'm being cautious", he should've been OK. He disagreed, and reckons it's a scam to generate extra income (i.e., find trivial reasons to fail people so they get some retests).
I think he's quite possibly right.

But as Lou Girardin will tell you, the examiners are no longer MOT or Police officers, so they don't have the discretion to go, "Well, there were a few mistakes, but overall this person's in control and driving well". Basically, anyone can be an examiner, so "they" have tried to make the test objective by getting the examiner just to tick/cross boxes. No room for commonsense or deviation from the prescribed test.

[jim.cox]

That is lame with a capital L

and "Authority" with a capital "NAZIS"

[Usarka]

When i sat my licence at 15 i was sure i had failed because I didn't give way when I thought I should have. Turns out I was wrong and was a little "overwhelmed" by the stress of the exam and either got lucky or did the right thing subconciously.....

Not doubting your son but it is a stressful experience for a teenager and the truth may not be exactly as it is relayed....

shrug.

[skelstar]

A mate was failed because he was wearing sunglasses. Tester couldn't see his eyes. Fair enough. She failed him AGAIN cause he didn't make a VERY last minute turn-off for her... she grabbed the hand-brake and drove them both back to the station.

Greta, Lower Hutt. Should send a few shivers down some LH spines.

[Drum]

When I sat my cage license at 15 in Blenheim the local traffic cop (as they were at that time) got me to drive around the block then park up outside the Post Office. "I'll be back in 5" he says and gets out to post his mail. When he gets back he says "head on back to the station mate, I can tell you can drive ok".