Thread: Would you pass the driving test?

Originally Posted by bacicat2000

29 - apparently you have to give way to a vehicle you are already in front of when merging into that lane when yours ends - not sure how that works, and as I'm from Melbourne, it sure as **** aint ever going to happen where I come from...

basically it means you are in front but your lane/road has ended, so you must cross the path of an upcoming vehicle in their lane which has not ended, you are in fact cutting them off.

Every time you do the test you get a different set of questions, which is interesting.
I had five students lined up side by side doing the tests yesterday. They are all former refugees practicising to get their licences here. One of them got 30/30 so he did better than me!

28/30 for me. I got confused with the hand signals as the arm wasn't moving nor did it show the direction of movement.
When I arrived here in 1996 I had to take the full driving test in Adelaide, I only just passed as he was very strict. One thing I got pulled up for was failing to signal when turning into a parking space in a Park Carpark. There was no-one else in the Carpark at the time!!!!
When my wife took her test in Melbourne (6 months later) all the instructor did was let her drive down the road a bit and he said "You'll do"!!

Ivan

Ivan

When I first did the test a very long time ago the police sargeant, who knew my father, asked me a couple of really easy questions, got me to drive around the block and passed me. Glad I don't have to do it now.

Our daughter was failed on her first attempt before she even got out of the motor registry! There was a stop sign at the exit just before the footpath and she failed to come to a complete stop, even though no pedestrians were in sight. Failed.

30/30
Are those the real question?
Seem a bit simple to me.

Originally Posted by It'sNotWorthComplaining!

basically it means you are in front but your lane/road has ended, so you must cross the path of an upcoming vehicle in their lane which has not ended, you are in fact cutting them off.

I see your point, but I would have thought it would be more dangerous to slow or even stop to let that car go past and then try to enter a moving traffic flow from a stand still - I have seen some big prangs happen that way.

I'll stick to accelerating and moving in front of them - if they get the ****s with that, the number of my company is printed in 200mm high letters on the tailgate of the dunny door - they can ring my boss and have it out with him...

Originally Posted by bacicat2000

I'll stick to accelerating and moving in front of them - if they get the ****s with that, the number of my company is printed in 200mm high letters on the tailgate of the dunny door - they can ring my boss and have it out with him...

Try that move when I've got the right of way and I wont need the number but your boss will want to know why your cars in the ditch.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Our daughter was failed on her first attempt before she even got out of the motor registry! There was a stop sign at the exit just before the footpath and she failed to come to a complete stop, even though no pedestrians were in sight. Failed.

that is an old favourite i think, there seems to be a stop sign outside most rta centres.

having done the test i should hand my license back!
i had to do the full test including pass a driving test when i came over from the uk, these days you just hand in the uk license and get given a australian one in return.