In the nicest possible way here goes.
3rd attempt and 14 minors which is only just a pass as I think it’s still 15 minors for a fail but I could be wrong can’t quite remember…
So based on that have a good hard think about things.
To have had 3 tests and passed with 14 minors something clearly isn’t right. Not sure if that is you the place you learnt at or the examiner or just how it’s gone on the day.
Think hard before shelling out more money on lessons and tests. Driving an artic is harder than a rigid absolutely no doubt about that, but it can be done.
At the end of the day you know how to drive as you have passed a car test all you are doing is learning how to pass a test again and getting used to a larger vehicle for both classes.
Something is definitely amiss here and I hope it’s just a bad school you learnt with.
The only other thing I can suggest is ask a trainer for an hour lesson and to do a mock exam and see how you get on. If everything is OK then it proves the issue isn’t with you.
The problem is some people are pretty natural drivers and some people naturally drive larger vehicles. Some people don’t.
Only you know what you like in that regard and sometimes that might mean being more honest with yourself and really scrutinise your driving.
As an aside we’ve heard stories of people taking many attempts to pass even car tests let alone LGV tests. I am a firm believe there should be a maximum number of tests you can take for any class of vehicle. The whole point of training is to learn the correct way of doing it and to pass a test and prove you are a competent driver. If it takes more then a couple or 3 attempts to pass a test generally I think people should seriously think hard about why they can’t pass a test.
Now maybe I am being a little biased. I would have passed my first car test had I not screwed up the reverse parallel park 3 times in succession. So didn’t pass until my second attempt. I passed my C first time and I can’t remember how many minors at the time but think it was around 6 or 7 from memory. I also passed my C+E first time with no minors but I had an excellent school (namely PSTT) for my C+E both times I had been driving for a number of years so plenty of time to get into really bad habits. 8 years after car licence and 20 years respectively.
The point of this info is not to be big headed or go look at me, it’s purely the fact I could have passed all 3 first time, which regardless of my ability I must have decent trainers all 3 times pretty much and things went well on the day.
Have a good think about the minors you got a what they were for try and remember where the might have happened for example at a roundabout on a dual carriageway etc. If you can figure out a pattern then you have something to work on.
But as I said an hour lesson with a decent school should be able to give an indication of how much work you will need to pass.
Personally I would rather a rained be honest and say look your really not cut out for this if that was the case rather than wasting money on lessons. I am sure PSTT would be able to judge your ability quite easily as would any other decent trainer.
Whatever you decide to do I wish you the best of luck and I hope this is read as it’s meant as I can see how it could be read in a different manner.