Driver's license testers, what are your road test horror stories?

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[myself-csfr]

My very first driving lesson, in driving instructor's car:
Instructor "have you ever driven before?"
Me: "no"
Shows me all the controls and suggests we can get started driving. As we're driving...
Him: "You seem very relaxed for someone who's never driven before"
Me: "It's not MY car"
He went silent LOL

[HappilyHomicidalHooligan]

16:00 The Examiners CAN'T fail drivers that miss that Stop Sign because it is obscured and thus NOT LEGALLY POSTED!

Nor can Police Legally issue Tickets for driving through it for the same reason...any Tickets written for a obscured sign can and should be fought in Court and immediately Dismissed...
For a Traffic Sign to be Enforceable, it must be CLEARLY VISIBLE...half covered in bushes is NOT Clearly Visible under the Law...

[xlsfd]

Here in Germany, you take both driving lessons and the actual test in specially modified cars with a second set of pedals for the instructor. Said cars are owned by the driving schools.

[myself-csfr]

With my driving test approaching, people were telling me all sorts of stories about people failing for one simple mistake or other. SO I thought ANY mistake means you fail.
Start of my test, the tester has me start the car, and tells me "go right out the gate"
I pull up to the gate, and wait...after a short pause I ask "which way now" (you could go left or right, not straight)
He said "Right. I told you 'go RIGHT out the gate' "
I reply "Ohh, i thought you meant go straight out the gate as in 'go right ahead' " (he said nothing as I acted a bit flustered, and was sure I'd already failed)
Since I thought I already failed, I just drove around really relaxed and didn't stress about much.
We got back and I expected to book another day to retake the test. He handed me a certificate saying I'd passed....I was in shock LOL

[Groza_Dallocort]

In Europe you take the practical driving test with an automatic car you are not allowed to drive a manual. You take the practical driving test with a manual you are allowed to drive both types of gearboxes

[tombreon]

I was an examiner for years. One time, someone came in a beautiful manual Mustang. Kid was nervous as all heck. Once we start, he gets into gear and immediately starts grinding. In less than 200 feet, he stalled the vehicle three times. As I'm having him park without even driving around the lot into the proper end stalls, his driver comes running out yelling at him for messing with his "baby." Turns out driver was the kid's uncle and never let him practice in the Mustang because he didn't trust him, but the car he practiced in didn't have working taillights for the test, so they came in the Mustang. Dude, why never have the kid drive manual and expect him to miraculously know how on his exam day?!?!

[AuskaDezjArdamaath]

first time ever driving, we had to pick up my mom at the airport a couple hours away. My dad had me driving an SUV on a dark rainy night, on a freeway, with construction (narrowed lanes, traffic cones dividing the two lane of traffic). He just sat in the passenger seat, calmly chewing on his pipe stem like he used to do. After over an hour, before we hit the city, he had me switch over so he’d drive us the rest of the way and told me I’d done a great job. I was so wrung out from the experience. It did make driving after that feel so much easier. Passed my exam on the first try.

[kyototomokui]

“The examinator!” -Dr. Doofenshmirtz, probably

[kryw]

I drove into a ditch! I did not pass. I did get my license about a year later, and I drive now professionally. It worked out. 😂

[CobaltTheLioness]

My mom got into an accident just as we were leaving on an 18 hr road trip. Car was totaled. Me, my two older sisters, and my 11month old nephew were in the car. My oldest sister broke her wrist. This left me and my middle sister terrified of driving, and it took her longer to finally have the courage to get her license. I let her use my cars since the car she was going to drive had a crack in the windshield. I let her drive on the way to the BMV to get used to my car, but she wasn’t used to it enough as during her test, she drove 1mph over the speed limit and the tester failed her. We were all pissed for her, that was her only mistake. She took it again a month later and passed :)

[Whammytap]

When I was a kid, my mom used to explain what she was doing as she drove the family car, so that driving would come more naturally for me when I was older. She'd explain what even the most obscure road signs meant, and point out potential hazards as she noticed them (kids playing, debris on the road, blind hills, etc.) It made our drives more interesting, and when it came time for me to learn, all I had to do was to get a feel for the car's physical controls. I've been driving for 24 years now, and have only had one accident (a texting teenager rolled into me as I was waiting my turn at a stop sign.) Thanks, Mom!

I highly recommend y'all do this for your own kids, if kids nowadays aren't just playing with their phones in the car 100% of the time.

[binxbear]

I took my test the first time in my friend's dad's car. The shifter would stick and I was trying my best to switch it into drive and the guy started screaming at me causing me to start shaking. Finally get moving. Did everything else OK but when I did hand over hand and during the k turn he yelled at me again making me shake more. Made me go back to the lot and I barely parked the car in the spot. Anyone in jersey up for your road test, stay away from cheeryhill. They are assholes. Salem is the best. I was pregnant with my oldest and the lady was very sweet. I could barely see over the wheel and you're not supposed to sit close to it. I had done my back up straight, k turn and parallel park. Before we got on the road she asked me to park. I said ok. She asked if I could see clearly over the wheel(this wheel was no adjustable like some). We both tried and looked for a way to move it. She told me to move the seat a little closer and readjust my mirrors and all. Then on the road to finish my test. She said she was surprised I was able to do the first half without being able to see fully. My friend who's car I had used said she got worried and scared when she saw I had parked in between. She thought I got in trouble or got upset or something. But knew all was well when she saw us move again. Lady, I may have forgotten your name and face, but not you and you were a blessing and helped boost my confidence

[Tinydancer.]

I ran a red light on my driving test because I thought it would stay yellow for longer. I did not pass my drivers test that day 💀

[DRAGON-rfjp]

7:21
Dude!
If you can drive a manual, you can drive automatic without needing ANY extra knowledge!
But if you drive automatic, and use a manual for the first time, there's a super high chance you destroy the car!
(If you try to start in any other gear than the first, you can destroy those!)

[CluelessIncarnate]

I learned first with a manual. My mom has this antique car with the made to last bumpers so she figured it wouldn't get damaged compared to the minivan. She was right. First time I used an automatic was for my driving test and it was scary to me how easy it was to drive. Automatic are just easy mode which might be why even people that shouldn't really be driving can drive one.

[cindywho]

The first time I took the test (16), my tester told me that my driving was so bad that the only thing that stressed him out more was his divorce. I passed the second time 5 years later, only after I accidentally scared the holy bejeezus out of the examiner when I hit the volume button to full on the stereo and blasted the first part down with the sickness.

[montecorbit]

At 7:33
Manual vs automatic....

If you learn how to drive on a manual transmission, you can probably drive anything! If you learn how to drive on an automatic, you're pretty much handicapped for life!

That is what my dad used to tell me, and so far it's proved true. I was able to drive road graders with no explanation, a fire truck once when it was needed, every vehicle I've been in I could drive. The only other person that I met that could do that was my dad and my sister....she was taught the same way I was!

You always learn on a manual if you can, if you can't learn on a manual it's because you don't have one available....

[anngladstone]

I drove an old truck mostly when I was learning, but decided to use my mom's Audi sedan for the driving test since it was easier to parallel park. The truck used a foot pedal for the emergency brake, which I couldn't find in the Audi. I searched around and ended up popping the trunk. I had to get out to fix that, then found the brake between the two seats. I next had to go inside the DMV to ask my mom how to turn on the high beams since the truck used a button on the floor, not the Audi. My biggest mistake was crossing slightly into the opposite lane while finishing a left turn. The instructor gave me a ten minute lecture on that point. I completed the parallel parking test on the 2nd try, and the guy said I passed. I think he must have felt sorry for me, lol.

[Hunter_-]

Every one of these types of subjects are chock full of “I’m not (Profession type) but…”

[moonlit_rain.]

Classic "not following the prompt" here, but I've got a story.
I took my school's drivers ed class during the summer a couple years ago, and the instructor was AWFUL. Constantly yelling and berating students. We would be taught for 2 weeks, drive for 3 days, and boom. You now have the paperwork needed for a permit.
On my final day of driving, my teacher had me drive through a tourist village area. To get back onto the main road, there was a ramp off with a stop sign. I was nervous as hell and slowly rolled past the stop sign to see if it was clear. The teacher SLAMMED on the brakes, turned to me and yelled "What the hell are you doing?! You could've gotten us killed! You're *gonna* get someone killed in the future if you do that!!"
So, being a nervous teenager wreck, I slowly drive back to the school with tears rolling down my face. Mind you, there was also another student in the car at the time. Didnt get in the driver's seat for months after that.
(Edit): to make it worse, halfway through the drive back, this woman had the AUDACITY to turn to me and ask "did I upset you?" AS I AM CRYING.