Your test - how many attempts?

[the_lone_wolf]

So, what with a couple of people i know of not getting through first time, it got me thinking. How many people actually manage to get through first time?

Poll coming up...

[hovis]

ME;)

[the_lone_wolf]

ME;)
See poll - smartarse:p

[neio79]

3rd time lucky. It was U turns that failed me the first 2 times.

[pencil shavings]

1st time for car and bike :)

[sarah]

passed first time

[Ed]

3rd time lucky. It was U turns that failed me the first 2 times.

I failed 2 tests on U turns too:(

[Stegsie]

1st time for the bike (a few weeks ago infact :cool:)

Took me 4 goes when I done the car test about 12 years back

[wow]

I failed 2 tests on U turns too:(

And another one here.

[dizzyblonde]

U turns errrrrgghh, 4th time lucky for me. I had a clean sheet every time apart from the u turns...nerves got the better of me each time.
On the 3rd attempt the examiner said he really wished he didn't have to fail me, but the u turn....
on the 4th I told the examiner I was very nervous and what the previous one had said, he asked if I had the previous test sheeo on me and i showed him...he said you'll pas today love, and he took me on a road for my u turn so big you could turn a jumbo jet on it...what a nice man, I gave him a huge hug when he passed me
I haven't really done a u turn since, until recently that is, my confidence with Suzy is very high at the moment and i have been trying them again and am slowly winning.....4 years on!!!!

[tigersaw]

You only really had to turn up back in my day

[MR UKI (1)]

1st time for car and bike :)

+1. Double smart **** :D

[daz311066]

took direct access from never riding a bike to taking cbt and theory then full test 14 days :smt038

[drag]

Twice in the car, and i failed the bike at the end of last year due to a faulty traffic light, which subsequently turned in to an argument with the tester... any way, waiting again now to see when i can re do it :(

[pencil shavings]

+1. Double smart **** :D

yep, got told that by Stu on saturday aswell! envy is a dangerous thing ;)

[Paws]

first time (only just though)

[e-wiz2002]

First time Car, First Time IAM Car & as of the 2nd of May First time for Bike however U turn was ropey on lesson before test, but I nailed it when it counted ;)

[cuz]

passed car and bike first time

[xXBADGERXx]

1st time for me , but have been riding for 17 years so ..... meh .

[dirtydog]

3rd time lucky for the bike first time for car and HGV 1st time for IAM bike test

[appollo1]

2nd Time in car
1st time HGV
1st time IAM
1st time bike - although I did take my test in Cyprus and it consisited of going at walking pace with examiner, around figure of eight cones, then around the test centre for the emergency stop where I had to lock up the back brake skidding the bike to a controlled stop. 30 minutes short of a full week from first taking control of a bike to passing my test.

[Jester666]

3rd time lucky. It was U turns that failed me the first 2 times.

Exactly the same here as well!

[rictus01]

1st Bike
1st Hgv 3
1st Hgv 2
1st Rospa Gold
1st police skills 1 (motorcycle)
1st car
1st ambulance advanced driving course
1st german/engilsh road conversing test

But then I'm paranoid (as I hate any tests) and won't go for a test unless I know I'll pass.

Cheers Mark.

[aadeyc73]

Passed at my 1st attempt. I really lucked out, last test of the day on a Friday was quite nervous as I'd been knocked off on a round-about whilst doing my training the day before. Took a leisurely ride to the test centre from my training place got lost turned up 10 mins late having been ragging the damn CG125 all round Greenford. Must of had a really short test as when I got back to the training centre everyone thought I'd failed as I was back so quick.

[pencil shavings]

1st Bike
1st Hgv 3
1st Hgv 2
1st Rospa Gold
1st police skills 1 (motorcycle)
1st car
1st ambulance advanced driving course
1st german/engilsh road conversing test

But then I'm paranoid (as I hate any tests) and won't go for a test unless I know I'll pass.

Cheers Mark.

I think we have a winner!! :driving::thumleft:

[Mr_Chin]

First time - 4 minors.

Chin

[Dave The Rave]

It would beinteresting to compare that to the official figures ;-)

[simesb]

If you look here (http://www.dsa.gov.uk/atozdtcinfo.asp?cat=38), it tells you the average pass rate (although they are a bit out of date). The week I passed my school had 11/13 pupils pass. They assert that that is because they prepare people properly, and it is certainly much higher than the average of 65% at that particular test centre.

On my test I turned right very late on a filter right at the beginning of the ride and the oncoming traffic had to check it's progress. Rode the rest of the test convinced I had failed - just got a minor for it!

[Lozzo]

You only really had to turn up back in my day

Yep, my day was in April 1979.

Bike - 1st time 5 days after my 17th birthday
Car - 1st time 7 days after my 17th birthday
HGV class 1 - 3 days before my 22nd birthday

[G]

First time....2 minors :thumbsup: and he said he had to be picky to give me those, aparently I wobbled coming out of a junction and went abit wide, hence two minors but I dont remember it lol.

Failed my car test first time though :(

Hardly anybody passes at west bridgford test centre first time, the examiner is abit of a stiff.

[mister c]

Mine was 3rd time. I'm just a very nervous person & kept messing up in silly places. This was before the advent of CBT & DAS.
Putting a light on things though, I am now a DSA certified CBT Instructor, so for those people thinking that you wont pass, take heed :)
If at first you don't succeed...................................

[$tevo]

Passes 1st time back in the olden days, Jan '78. Man with clipboard sends you off round the block while he waits back at base. What was all that about? You were out of sight for most of the test. Then a bit of walking pace, an emergency stop, few highway code questions. Bob's your uncle!

[kitkat]

1 weekend cbt
1 weekend das
1 fail
10 days later, half an hour practice and pass

car 2nd time

IAM first time

[redbouy]

Just looked at mine 1982. Now I feel old :smt086 Still had to steal my sister's bike as it was a 250. Mines was a CB400. Even then the cop was in a car behind us and had only just moved to the station that day. Can he follow us as he would get lost :mrgreen:. Ended with, alls good just keep below the speed of 30 ops. We had been doing 50 at one stage.

Close to failing my train driving ticket first time by almost driving it in to the tune table pit.

Passed marine
Master 3000 tons 1st time
C Engineer 3000 tons 15000 KW 1st time. [about 20,000 hp]

Was going for helicopter but moved jobs. Bugger

[adw]

Mine was third time! Failed the first test because some road marking at a junction box had worn away and I waited to turn in the wrong box. Apart from that, had no minors. He was a nice examiner too.

Second test was in Kingstanding Birmingham and was with a guy who looked like he belonged in red dwarf and had curly ginger hair. He was a complete tw*t and i new i wouldn't pass before i started. Was very rude and not friendly in the slightest. My cousin had a test with the same guy too but didn't show my patience and grabbed him around the neck and shoved him against a door (nice!) He had a few more goes at passing his test but got there eventually.

Last test was in southmead bristol with their only bike examiner, he was really cool, and very fair and i passed with 6 minors so not bad. First two tests were when i was 18 and a nutter! Now grown up at 24 so that's why i probably passed. Having a car licence 5 years previous also helped take the pressure off passing cos i already had transport. ;)

[seedy100]

Car - 2nd time
Bike - 1st time
HGV Class2 - 2nd time

IAM - coming up

[Paul the 6th]

2 minors - was well chuffed. Although having said that, IMO being able to pass the test is different from being able to ride properly safely on the open flowing a-road without an instructor baby sitting you. Similar to the way so many graduates gain degrees with flying colours but are useless in the world of work.

:)

[Corf]

passed first time with a ropey u turn and appparently sluggish controled stop and not getting up to speed on a mud/poo covered bendy B road. eh well still a pass.

[Steve_God]

1st time for car and bike :)
+1
Also first attempt for car Pass Plus and IAM Advanced Test.

Only Motorbike IAM test yet to take...

[AndyW]

Put foot down on 1st test in u-turn , despite having been doing them perfectly all weekend before, would have passed otherwise :(, 2nd time no problems

[Woz]

1st time Bike
1st time Car
1st time Driving Instructor

[ThEGr33k]

1st time apparently I didnt do a life saver on the U turn, **** I so DID! :mad:

2nd Forgot the indicator... something id never done before EVER in a lesson :smt120

3rd time didnt make stupid mistakes.

On all 3 tests I only got 4 minors inc the majors in the first two... :(

Not to worry. I think its down partly to me getting nervous for tests, I hate tests so I tend to put a LOT of pressure on myself for no reason. If I didnt know I was being tested I dont think Id have an issue, infact my instuctor said the same thing.

[fat_brstd]

passed first time with no minors either on my 17th birthday. I was well chuffed

[thedonal]

1st time bike practical (second attempt on theory- no revision- duh!)
4th time car practical, first time theory.

Lovely.

[BigDog]

First time with no faults, as with my driving test twice.
Yes I did my driving test twice and passed with no faults twice, the second time was when i done my taxi license.:driving:

[Endellion]

first time, 1 minor

[Spikenipple]

I passed third time round. The first one when he asked me to pull over somewhere safe I pulled into a spot between a parked car and a learner driver, and then the learner driver started reversing so somehow I failed....
The second time I almost dropped the bike when pushing it in a u-turn. Mainly because I was really nervous.
Third time I had a different instructor (first two were with the same ********) and passed with 2 minors.

[Ch00]

1st Time for Car, Bike, C1, D1, Car response and Bike Response.

Only did the C1/D1 in Feb this year that was quite fun.


Ch00

[Professor]

3rd time lucky. It was U turns that failed me the first 2 times.

Same.

[Speedy Claire]

How do I respond on the poll when i sat my test 5 times but actually passed on the first attempt??

[northwind]

I passed first time with 2 minors (I got given a "vehicle control" minor because the bike stuck in first at one point :mad:) but to balance out my smartarsedness, I'll admit it took me 4 runs at the CBT

[Rhiwbina_Squirrel]

Failed on first attempt for speeding so I don't have a full licence at the moment. Keeping fingers firmy crossed for the 27th!

Alex

[Nostrils]

1st Time Car, CBT and DAS - In all cases I was happy with my instruction and wouldnt have accepted the tests f I was not confident in myself - but very nervous each time. In the car nervous about reversing round a corner, CBT nervous fall stop as I had never ridden a bike on the road before and DAS it was my U-Turn, and as the day came it was pouring with rain and never ridden in the rain before! - Nerves went out the visor as soon as I started the test. Smartarse, damn right!

[SV PILOT]

I passed first time with 1 minor as I indicated coming back into a lane after overtaking a parked bus. Yay, another smartarse!!!

[ArtyLady]

2nd time car
2nd time bike

....I was just practicing first time ;)

[SV PILOT]

ArtyLady, just practicing?? Thats the best answer so far. Practice makes perfect!

[ArtyLady]

ArtyLady, just practicing?? Thats the best answer so far. Practice makes perfect!

Yeah...when I failed I told myself they were just practice runs! :cool: ;)

[Alpinestarhero]

Would have been first time, but made a big mistake in the last 30 secs!

Ah well, 2nd time is good enough for me

Matt

[Lozzo]

I passed my car test with one minor...a Morris Minor.

[Rhiwbina_Squirrel]

I passed my car test with one minor...a Morris Minor.

Oh dear...

Alex

[Baph]

Car: 8 lessons, passed 1st time.
Bike: CBT first time, 2 days DAS training, passed first time.

[Lozzo]

To be perfectly accurate, it was a 1961 Morris Mini Minor

[scottjames]

CBT and full bike first time, still to do car. It was the theroy tests which got me, im ashamed to say it took 3 goes. :( o well i did it in the end, plus i got 50 out of 50!!

[W Buzz Ryan]

Car - 1st time
ADI - 1st time
Police Standard car - 1st time
Police Advanced car - 1st time
Police standard instructor - 1st time
Police advanced instructor - 2nd time (oops!)
Bike - 1st time
Police standard bike - wait and see!

[Benn]

Second time for me, but in that test I only got 1 minor, so that makes it nearly first time... doesn't it? :geek:

[GastonJ]

1st time in a car
Failed the hazard perception for my bike, but passed my practical bike test 1st time. I had thought the damn U-turn would get me but it didn't. I ended up with 1 minor :-)

[21QUEST]

first attempt...I was a natural ;)


Ben

[Miles]

Ask me after 11.30 on the 31st! Got 3 days training before hand and then the direct access on the friday. I've not riden a bike for 7 years so hopefully I'll be ok!

I passed my driving test first time, and got 50/50 for the bike theory, and 75% on the hazard perception.

[andyharding]

I put my foot down on the U turn and still passed first time with only 1 minor mark.\\:D/

[sv_rider1990]

First time for bike after 2 half days training and thinking of doing my car test but want something just cheap to insure and for a run around

[trinyquist]

Did the CBT when I was 16 on my 50cc, then promptly forgot that the CBT only lasted two years :rolleyes: So I was still riding around on a 125 at 19 which is when I did my test :D

CBT on the first day, all day training the second day and test the third day :) My heart felt like it was going to burst out of my chest while I was doing the U-turn, as that was the only thing I had trouble with in practice :D

33BHP restriction comes off on the 19th of July! (well legally, anyway :D)

[Eric39b]

I passed second time :(. Failed on indicators the first. I was pressing th cancel as he told me :smt013. Just befor my second test i was practacing my u turns and droped the bike, breaking the break lever. my instructor had to race back to the shop and get a new one. We made it to the test station with 3 minuits to spare. I was still shaking when I finnished the test.:smt026

[popeye]

2nd time back in '86. This was when you drove around the block and the examiner would jump out on you!!
Pased 2nd time with no indicators, having to use hand signals (something I have now become very adept at, but for totally different purposes).

[Miles]

Passed first time as of 1.40pm today! 3 minors for a little wobble on the u turn, late indicator and another wobble when pulling away.

Now waiting for the insurance certificate to be emailed to me so I can tax her and ride!

[Woz]

Passed first time as of 1.40pm today! 3 minors for a little wobble on the u turn, late indicator and another wobble when pulling away.

Now waiting for the insurance certificate to be emailed to me so I can tax her and ride!

Congratulations. Can you not tax it online and ride NOW???

[Miles]

I got bored of waiting for the email so went out for a ride! The SV is so much different to ride than the CCM trials bike I did my training & test on, but I like it!

I cant do it online because its not updated yet and comes up as being uninsured. I'm also not sure if I can do it online as its currently SORN.

[VolatileParsley]

Past first time (on a 125cc) about 3 weeks ago now, hence the new (to me) restricted SV.

Was riding for 14 months on a 125 before the test that I think made a world of difference. Two minors; one for hesitation moving off and one for a late signal.

P.S. Congrats Miles, it's a good feeling isn't it? :D

[kwak zzr]

1st time for me :)

[darylB]

1st time Tractor :D (a long long time ago)
1st time Car (quite a few years ago)
1st time Bike (not so long ago)
1st time IAM ( last year)

Daryl.