Failed my theory

now you know what to expect, just re-apply and do it again. look on it as your first 'off '. pick yourself up and get back on.

Doh! But nevermind start over, just take your time. Work out where you went wrong, then from there the rest should be easier, well that my experince of exams and I really suck at them.

Maybe you should look at making notes or something? When I study I do that, even if I'm writing out a complex issue I plan before I write it. I have no clue how you learn, but things like mindmaps work for me. How long have you given yourself to learn everything?

As my Instructor said the theroy is based on the highway code, so if you know that then it will fall into place. I took his advice on that, it worked.

The hazard test part of it, I found werid I took that after driving a car for 10 years, meh strange what they make to be a hazard sometimes.



No one is meant to fail it, there is a minium stardard with any of form of test, if you don't make it then you fail.

Originally Posted by Bluethunder

No one is meant to fail it, there is a minium stardard with any of form of test, if you don't make it then you fail.

Not everyone can pass a test like the theory test first time. If they did they'd make it harder, if no one passed they'd just make it easier. It's about numbers as much as it is about driving standards.

The practical exam is the same, only worse because the monitoring of examiners means that they can be ahead or behind for the month, and they'll adjust their leniency accordingly.

Bad luck, don't worry you'll nail it next time

Originally Posted by Magnum

Hmmm it wasn't a lollypop sign, it was a square one that i think i've seen on a bus.
Yeah you're right on that one. It's displayed in the back window of a school bus
Whoops on the stopping distance... I didn't plan on riding on ice anyway!
Very wise
Looks like i got the TP question right then.
No [EDIT]: Ed already posted why

Don't stress out about it mate. One of my mates failed his theory (car license) 3 times before he got it right.
Study a bit more for it and nail it the second time round

Know Your Traffic Signs

A very handy book that goes into far more detail than the Highway Code.

As for stopping distances, there is a very easy way to work these out...

20mph x 2 = 40ft
30mph x 2.5 = 75ft
40mph x 3 = 120ft
etc
etc
70mph x 4.5 = 315ft

When wet, twice as long and on ice upt to ten times (as already mentioned.

Magnum, if you need any help with the hazard perception, drop me a pm. The explanations you get on the CD/DVD's aren't particularly good and make it sound harder than it is.

I bought the book The Official Theory Test for Motorcyclists, read it from cover to cover the weekend before my theory. I found there were things in there that aren't on the online tests and I did a few of those. It definitely helped me to pass the theory reading the book just before.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by Woz

Know Your Traffic Signs

A very handy book that goes into far more detail than the Highway Code.

As for stopping distances, there is a very easy way to work these out...

20mph x 2 = 40ft
30mph x 2.5 = 75ft
40mph x 3 = 120ft
etc
etc
70mph x 4.5 = 315ft

.

Thanks that's much easierthan the formula my Chief Observer keeps going on about 'x squared divided by x' or something like that.

Does that including thinking distance? I'm sure it does or you would have said braking distance not stopping distance.
Cheers

Originally Posted by Stu

Does that including thinking distance?

Yeah, those are the overall stopping distances. Thinking distances are generally covered by the two second rule these days (or 4 seconds in the wet, 20 on ice)