Thread: Failed License Test For One Km Over

It's part of an incorrect mindset that driving is a right...

It's not, it's a privilege...

Go for your license in Germany... Then tell me it's expensive here!

I wasn't saying it's expensive but I think it's fair to be anoyed for a fail. I doubt it was JUST for going a km/h over the limit but I still understand the frustration.

Happy Days.

The speedo cannot by law read less than the actual speed and usually reads several km/h, or up to 10%, above the actual speed, as others have said. For example, my GPS shows that when the D1 is doing 100km/h in top auto the actual GPS vehicle speed is 96 km/h.
So, if the speedo said 41 km/h the actual vehicle speed was probably about 37-38 km/h. Therefore, the vehicle was not speeding.
This speedo thing is a reason why speed cameras are set with a margin of several km/h before they go off, I understand.
Of course, as others have said, there were probably other reasons for failing the learner.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

The speedo cannot by law read less than the actual speed and usually reads several km/h, or up to 10%, above the actual speed, as others have said. For example, my GPS shows that when the D1 is doing 100km/h in top auto the actual GPS vehicle speed is 96 km/h.
So, if the speedo said 41 km/h the actual vehicle speed was probably about 37-38 km/h. Therefore, the vehicle was not speeding.
This speedo thing is a reason why speed cameras are set with a margin of several km/h before they go off, I understand.
Of course, as others have said, there were probably other reasons for failing the learner.

It would make an interesting argument if the person wanted to take it on that they were not actually speeding because the speedo was wrong. If that was the case I guess they'd be happy just to have the money for that test refunded and another go at the test. Problem is it would cost more to prove the speedo was actually reading higher than the road speed was/is.

Happy Days

When I went for my bike license back in '87 (or thereabouts) I was failed on my first test. Teh instructor said "I never pass anyone first time". Yep he actually said so. That is, in my opinion, corrupt. What a *****. Anyway I asked what I'd done wrong - he just ticked 6 or 7 boxes at random on the sheet and said "whatever I like".

Originally Posted by Tombie

Go for your license in Germany... Then tell me it's expensive here!

That's a straw man argument ! And meaningless.
Just because it's more expensive somewhere else, doesn't mean we aren't being shafted !

When you meet a paraplegic do you say "Well, at least you aren't a quad..." ?

(note: tongue held firmly in cheek)

A friend of my wife's failed her test because she started the engine before fastening her seatbelt, Regards Frank.

Originally Posted by Tank

A friend of my wife's failed her test because she started the engine before fastening her seatbelt, Regards Frank.

In Vic and I would assume other states you do not have to have seat belts fastened when reversing.

How the hell do you reverse with out the engine running?

Originally Posted by VladTepes

That's a straw man argument ! And meaningless.
Just because it's more expensive somewhere else, doesn't mean we aren't being shafted !

When you meet a paraplegic do you say "Well, at least you aren't a quad..." ?

(note: tongue held firmly in cheek)

Their entire process is superior and let's face it, financial pain is incentive - it's how demerits and fines work....


I was chatting to a paraplegic just today...
I said "It could be worse; you could know Vlad and Joel..."