Thread: Failed License Test For One Km Over

I passed my first test, but I lost 2 points for changing down gears while slowing down to stop. Apparently I was meant to let the brakes do all the slowing down. ha

My driving instructor would make me drive around changing from 1st to 2nd to 1st etc while he was drinking his coffee. Don't know what its like now days though.

So as to not exceed the limit accidentally, my driving instructor told me to drive at 5km/h below the speed limit. When taking the test, I lost points for practicing this method. "Failing to maintain headway." they called it.

I understand that speeding is an instant fail, well almost. In Vic you are allowed to go over by a small amount for a few seconds. I don't know how many seconds or how much over.

The vehicle being used for the test did not have a digital speedo, so how the hell can he be failed for 1 km over.

As for some one saying they lost points for going too slow, when I got my semi licence back in 06, I had to drive within 5 km of the limit.

And Diana, yes we must be below .05 but must not exceed the posted limit.

Originally Posted by phibbzy

Digital speedo will read an "exact" amount.

Not necessarily - my D4's digital display was the same as the speedometer but both were optimistic by 3-5 kph depending on speed.

Maybe some testers either can't think for themselves or just enjoy making life difficult.

Years ago, a friend of mine was failed because he was unable to do a three point turn in a LWB Series I on a narrow country road where even a Mini would have needed a five point turn.

My son lost points for "failing to correctly used the demisters". He was driving my car which was built in the days when the heater demister blew a little bit of hot air somewhere near your shins and/or a little bit on the bottom of the windscreen. It was raining when he and the tester got in the car. The passenger window fogged up before they moved off, so he asked the tester to wipe the window so that he could see if there was any traffic coming,

In those days, no amount of "correctly using the demister" would have cleared the side window.

Originally Posted by Graeme

Not necessarily - my D4's digital display was the same as the speedometer but both were optimistic by 3-5 kph depending on speed.

An exact reading is not the same thing as a correct reading.

Does anyone else take exception to the title of this thread?

The learner driver being examined, never had a licence to lose. What happened was he failed the test and therefore didn't attain a drivers licence.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Does anyone else take exception to the title of this thread?

The learner driver being examined, never had a licence to lose. What happened was he failed the test and therefore didn't attain a drivers licence.

I think I agree.

But as with the news, the facts should never interfere with the story or the headline. "Person Failing Driving Test Refused Licence" is a bit of a boring title don't ya think?