Your license test

Failed within thirty seconds the first time.

Failed within twenty minutes second time.

Waited four years for the next one, and got it no problems. I drove to the examiner's house in outer suburban Canberra where he went in for a slash (I imagine) while I sat in the car for ten minutes not knowing what to do.

Never had one.

passed it first time despite stalling a number of times and hitting the curb while reverse parking, and didn't have to do a written test. Thanks QLD!

Failed 1st time due to getting 'Barry The Bastard' an infamous tassie tester.
That and he made me reverse park on a hill corner. fuck'n idiot.
2nd time passed no probs, didn't have barry that time.

Failed the first time because I was making a right hand turn at a t intersection and as I pulled out another car came hooning around the corner and beeped at me because I pulled in front of him. What a fun 18th birthday that was!!

How do you fail within thirty seconds? Eep! I'm a little worried. I think I can drive alright, but I don't know where my demisters are...

Passed the first time after nearly crashing into a chinaman in a yellow ford. My instructor distracted the tester by talking about his new water tanks.

After the driving as I walked into vicroads the instructor then told me when to push the button on the visual tests and told me the letters for the eye test. Shit was too easy. I think I may have still been a bit drunk from my birthday.

My instructor distracted the tester by talking about his new water tanks.

I had a similar experience, my tyre went slightly over a traffic island when turning right, which shoulda been instant fail. The instructor said to the tester ''that tyre didn't touch the island, did it?''. I passed.

Coz said 3 minutes ago:
How do you fail within thirty seconds?

By doing what my cousin did....she didn't release the handbrake.

I passed first time around but got cautioned by the tester for swearing at my instructor because he kept crossing himself each time be passes a church.

Borderline pass on the first attempt. This was due to the intercession of the Virgin Mary, who my instructor fervently prayed to during lessons.

The tester had just decided to pass me when I disclosed that I was on a good behaviour bond for D&D. The Blessed Virgin convinced them that it would be too much trouble to arse about changing the paperwork, and so I was good to go.

And my instructor did the same as metalchicks'

Okay, just read the criteria again, don't really need to know where the demister is. But how do I operate the windscreen washer?

I think my instructor is a devout catholic too. Everytime I break too hard the rosary beads hanging from his mirror jingle about.

To operate the windscreen washer you usually pull the leaver for the windscreen wiper (I think). I kind of just do it automatically without thinking.

I had to be hassled into getting my licence so didn't do the test till I was 21. I passed the first time, though I remember having some minor existential crisis at some traffic lights and hesitating on a green arrow or something – my tester thought that was a little weird and didn't really understand what it all meant.

None of us really know, do we?

Mirror, break, gears, burnout.

I had a similar experience, my tyre went slightly over a traffic island when turning right, which shoulda been instant fail. The instructor said to the tester ''that tyre didn't touch the island, did it?''. I passed.

My instructor distracted him the whole way through the test. I can't remember what else he shit on about but he told me that was his plan to talk a lot at him. 3 point turn.

During the lessons my instructor smoked a fuckload of cigarettes and checked out ladies. I was friends with his son. I used to go out to their property in Mandurang and play backyard cricket while the instructor played Triple J really loudly out of the back shed. When 'Dr Worm' came on he would run into the shed and play his drumkit along to the hit. I assume he voted a lot for the Australia Day competition.

To operate the windscreen washer you usually pull the leaver for the windscreen wiper (I think). I kind of just do it automatically without thinking.

That was my first guess, yay!

I did my test when I was 30 or so.
I nearly failed the visual screen test, I didn't know to click after 3 seconds.
During the actual test my instructor was giving me hand signals in the front seat that the tester couldn't see.
All up it was piss easy in an automatic, especially round the streets of Carlton.
Happily driving a manual now.

Typical of my life.

First Time.

Passed the written test with highest marks.

Barely passed the driving test (to the point where afterwards my instructor said I hadn't passed, before the Tester came out and said I had - just). I think what got me over the line was stalling at an intersection on a steep hill and whipping out a handbrake start with a calm finesse I have never been able to replicate.

failed the first three times due to getting a transexual angry woman at the RTA. first time didn't indicate when pulling over to park. second time 'went through a red light and was speeding'. third time can't remember.

fourth time went somewhere else and aced it.

never had an accident!

30 second fail.

Fat tester with knee socks gets in car on hot day. Turns airconditioning on to full bore. The little laser I was driving couldn't cope with either his weight or the pressure of the AC on the engine. We turned a corner, then came to an intersection. There was a car coming so I tried to cross the intersection, I couldn't get enough power because of the strain on the engine, so I accidentally gunned across and also nearly stalled. He then told me to drive back to the testing station, claiming I hadn't stopped at the stop sign, and I had endangered his life.

I probably wasn't ready to drive then anyway to be honest.

The second test was two weeks later and I moved across solid lines near a traffic light, the tester failed me then, but at least drove around with me for another ten minutes testing my other abilities, i.e. reverse parking etc.

The third one was so easygoing, he didn't fail me when I couldn't identify where the hazard lights etc were, nor did he test me on reverse parking. He also half warned me we were driving in a forty zone.

i was home for holidays and could only get an appointment at a country town an hour or so away, so my dad took me over and took me for a drive around when we got there. coming out of the rta was a stop sign before a railway corssing, then another stop about 5-10m away at an intersection. he said to make sure i stopped at both or it would be an automatic fail. so i did and passed first go, even thoguh i kept turning left when the instructor said right, and vice versa.

Okay, I can add my story now - I passed first time (which was this morning... I'm SO excited!!!!!)

I was a lot more nervous than I thought, didn't think I was driving as nicely as usualy but I passed the first section without incidence, other than turning the opposite direction to what I was asked once and having to go around the block to repeat the turn. We pulled over, but I forgot to do the right combination of handbrake/put car into park/switch off, so I couldn't start the engine again - I felt like such a dick! But luckily my tester didn't mind, he just calmed me down and got me to think about it and second shot I did it okay.

The rest of the test went great and he said I drove beautifully! I knew I could do better in situations where I wasn't so anxious, but I guess the point is not to pass, not to be perfect... I'm a bit of a perfectionist though.

Failed first time - mounted the kerb in the reverse park.
Failed second time - speeding in a school zone. I thought they ended at 9am but apparently not.
Passed third time, although I think I nudged the kerb doing the three point turn. I'm a better driver now, thankfully.

I'll never understand how people fail driving tests. Driving's not exactly hard. Stands to reason though why people end up wrapping themselves around trees.

I learned to drive in an automatic so I didn't have to worry about changing gears and the clutch. All I had to worry about was obeying the road rules and accelerating / braking. I passed the test the first time then had to spend the next three years learning how to drive a manual.

As shameful as it is to admit, I still can't drive a manual.

I went I went for my licence, I remember the tester filling in the form:
Multi-lane roads N/A
traffic lights N/A

campbelltown was a smaller place then.

i have the computery hazard perception test thingy tomorrow – any tips?

Yeah - if your driving instructors are anything like mine were, you would have been taught to start slowing down 50 billion kilometres away from any hazard. Don't do this in the hazard perception test, because in most cases it will be too early for the computer's liking.

Also, the computer screens are vicroads are pretty grainy and bad quality, it's pot luck whether you'll actually be able to see anything on them anyway. So if you fail the hazard perception test, just remember it's a stupid test anyway and has very little to do with actual driving - you only have to get 55% of the questions right, and in real life if you only got your hazard approach right 55% of the time, you'd be fucked.

Erm, this rant isn't really helping is it?

brake
lever

The dashboard of a car is exceedingly simple to navigate. Buttons & levers have pictures on them. If you're missing pictures, start pressing stuff & see what happens.

As far as driving a manual goes... if you learn why the extra pedal exists & what gearboxes do it should all make sense.

hazard perception test was a load of bollocks, but passed fine.

does vicroads want me to install a mouse button in my car to click when i next come across some pixel-ly hazards?

got the drive test on thursday. slightly shitting myself.

Passed it with full marks. Was down to one point after three weeks.

Fucken car with fucken hard-to-see speedo. Have to reschedule test to next month and borrow a car I can sit the test in. Fucken fuck.

Passed first go, but did it in a town with 1 traffic light as the only obstacle.