C1 Driving Test
Discussion
Well, I had my C1 driving test Saturday 28th first time and I didn’t pass it, absolutely gutted. Just wondering did many of you pass it first time? Walked away with 1 major and 1 minor.
I’m doing it for Ambulance, I can’t start my paramedic course until I have a full C1 and I dread the idea of having to push back my course or that this will be some long run of fails! The C1 is the final bit I need.
I got called called out for my observations at a roundabout in the last ten minutes of the test. Coming off the M54, take the right lane, third exit into Wolverhampton. I’m approaching the give way, check my mirrors and blind spot, it’s clear, no vehicles approaching, so I change gear and enter the roundabout towards the inner lane. It’s got trees and stuff in the middle so I can’t see through it. As I’m on it, this Range Rover comes roaring around in the outer lane ( their left) at a ridiculous speed, I’m straddling the outer lane still as I head towards inner. Rather than slow down for me, the rover swerves to the inner lane, cuts in front of me, so I have to slam the breaks, goes back to the left and takes the exit. It would have been the first exit for me at the junction and straight on for them.
I’m really gutted as I don’t really know what I could have done there? Someone else acted like a idiot and that fails me? I asked and the examiner said I should have anticipated it. I don’t really see how that works as it was clear when I entered? Just annoyed as I have to go through the whole thing again and I hope this won’t be a stumbling block for this job I really want :/
I’m doing it for Ambulance, I can’t start my paramedic course until I have a full C1 and I dread the idea of having to push back my course or that this will be some long run of fails! The C1 is the final bit I need.
I got called called out for my observations at a roundabout in the last ten minutes of the test. Coming off the M54, take the right lane, third exit into Wolverhampton. I’m approaching the give way, check my mirrors and blind spot, it’s clear, no vehicles approaching, so I change gear and enter the roundabout towards the inner lane. It’s got trees and stuff in the middle so I can’t see through it. As I’m on it, this Range Rover comes roaring around in the outer lane ( their left) at a ridiculous speed, I’m straddling the outer lane still as I head towards inner. Rather than slow down for me, the rover swerves to the inner lane, cuts in front of me, so I have to slam the breaks, goes back to the left and takes the exit. It would have been the first exit for me at the junction and straight on for them.
I’m really gutted as I don’t really know what I could have done there? Someone else acted like a idiot and that fails me? I asked and the examiner said I should have anticipated it. I don’t really see how that works as it was clear when I entered? Just annoyed as I have to go through the whole thing again and I hope this won’t be a stumbling block for this job I really want :/
Edited by Para141 on Monday 30th May 11:14
Edited by Para141 on Monday 30th May 11:24
My daughter failed her first test. Returning to the test centre having passed, there was a car parked on double yellow lines on her side of the road, 40 yards from the test centre entrance. 30 limit, my daughter checks ahead, road clear, indicates and starts to pull past.
Idiot yoof in a Corsa hurtles around the blind corner from the opposite direction, well over the speed limit, as my daughter was half-way past. Examiner promptly failed her. I saw the whole thing and protested, but to no avail. Appealed to the Chief Examiner, only to find that her examiner WAS the Chief Examiner.
Don't want to worry you......she eventually passed on her 7th attempt, but has never had a crash or any points in the 17 years since that day.
Idiot yoof in a Corsa hurtles around the blind corner from the opposite direction, well over the speed limit, as my daughter was half-way past. Examiner promptly failed her. I saw the whole thing and protested, but to no avail. Appealed to the Chief Examiner, only to find that her examiner WAS the Chief Examiner.
Don't want to worry you......she eventually passed on her 7th attempt, but has never had a crash or any points in the 17 years since that day.
In 2020/21, 58.0% passed first time (The LGV statistics include test categories C, C1, C+E and C1+E)
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-set...
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-set...
carinaman said:
There's a thread in SP&L about Govt. doing away with C1 in forthcoming Brexit related Bill. It would mean many more people could drive delivery trucks for retailers.
Oh wow that would be helpful! Anyone know when this Brexit Bill is coming? Sometime in the next few months would be great… Para141 said:
Well, I had my C1 driving test Saturday 28th first time and I didn’t pass it, absolutely gutted. Just wondering did many of you pass it first time? Walked away with 1 major and 1 minor.
I’m doing it for Ambulance, I can’t start my paramedic course until I have a full C1 and I dread the idea of having to push back my course or that this will be some long run of fails! The C1 is the final bit I need.
I got called called out for my observations at a roundabout in the last ten minutes of the test. Coming off the M54, take the right lane, third exit into Wolverhampton. I’m approaching the give way, check my mirrors and blind spot, it’s clear, no vehicles approaching, so I change gear and enter the roundabout towards the inner lane. It’s got trees and stuff in the middle so I can’t see through it. As I’m on it, this Range Rover comes roaring around in the outer lane ( their left) at a ridiculous speed, I’m straddling the outer lane still as I head towards inner. Rather than slow down for me, the rover swerves to the inner lane, cuts in front of me, so I have to slam the breaks, goes back to the left and takes the exit. It would have been the first exit for me at the junction and straight on for them.
I’m really gutted as I don’t really know what I could have done there? Someone else acted like a idiot and that fails me? I asked and the examiner said I should have anticipated it. I don’t really see how that works as it was clear when I entered? Just annoyed as I have to go through the whole thing again and I hope this won’t be a stumbling block for this job I really want :/
I had a similar thing on my "C" test, but passed. Similar incident to yours, although I'd left it in 5th and rolled into the roundabout, when with hindsight, given visibility of traffic entering from the right wasn't amazing, I probably should have shifted down or even stopped. It was an unfamiliar piece of road to me, which is all the more reason to be cautious.I’m doing it for Ambulance, I can’t start my paramedic course until I have a full C1 and I dread the idea of having to push back my course or that this will be some long run of fails! The C1 is the final bit I need.
I got called called out for my observations at a roundabout in the last ten minutes of the test. Coming off the M54, take the right lane, third exit into Wolverhampton. I’m approaching the give way, check my mirrors and blind spot, it’s clear, no vehicles approaching, so I change gear and enter the roundabout towards the inner lane. It’s got trees and stuff in the middle so I can’t see through it. As I’m on it, this Range Rover comes roaring around in the outer lane ( their left) at a ridiculous speed, I’m straddling the outer lane still as I head towards inner. Rather than slow down for me, the rover swerves to the inner lane, cuts in front of me, so I have to slam the breaks, goes back to the left and takes the exit. It would have been the first exit for me at the junction and straight on for them.
I’m really gutted as I don’t really know what I could have done there? Someone else acted like a idiot and that fails me? I asked and the examiner said I should have anticipated it. I don’t really see how that works as it was clear when I entered? Just annoyed as I have to go through the whole thing again and I hope this won’t be a stumbling block for this job I really want :/
Edited by Para141 on Monday 30th May 11:14
Edited by Para141 on Monday 30th May 11:24
I passed, and the examinor said that if it had been any closer, if the car that entered the roundabout had to take any more action that easing off slightly after coming in far too hot, he'd have had to fail me.
Well, just to update everyone I was lucky and managed to get another test less than a week later on Friday 3rd June. Passed second time with only two minors thankfully ??
I also emailed my local MP about that article re the return to pre 1997 rules and they are going to contact the D.o.T about it, be curious to see what the answer is.
I also emailed my local MP about that article re the return to pre 1997 rules and they are going to contact the D.o.T about it, be curious to see what the answer is.
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