I will let him tell you.
Well i cant believe what i did and failed as well!
I fluffed the one thing im usually good at and that was the reverse i hit the middle cone, ive never done this until today. I pulled up to the cones, the examiner said are you happy with that i said yes and then started, little did i realise i had pulled up at a slight angle and given myself double the work load and cought the pole on the corner of the driver side back. I was absoloutly gutted really upset about it, however i have also rebooked for the 22nd. so i never even got out the yard!!
Silly but i was so so nervous.
Dean bad luck mate i hope we both pass on the 22nd good luck for next time out.
I already knew mate but didn’t think it fair that I reveal the result. Anyway. Roll on 22nd for the two of us and let’s hope for a better day.
You will certainly make sure you are better lined up for the reverse 
Dean
dar1976:
I already knew mate but didn’t think it fair that I reveal the result. Anyway. Roll on 22nd for the two of us and let’s hope for a better day.You will certainly make sure you are better lined up for the reverse
Dean
yeah wont make that mistake twice mate.
atomic7431:
Well i cant believe what i did and failed as well!I fluffed the one thing im usually good at and that was the reverse i hit the middle cone, ive never done this until today. I pulled up to the cones, the examiner said are you happy with that i said yes and then started, little did i realise i had pulled up at a slight angle and given myself double the work load and cought the pole on the corner of the driver side back. I was absoloutly gutted really upset about it, however i have also rebooked for the 22nd. so i never even got out the yard!!
Silly but i was so so nervous.
Dean bad luck mate i hope we both pass on the 22nd good luck for next time out.
Did you think there was a possibility you were going to hit that cone whilst you were doing it?
Just remember if it’s all going wrong go back to the start and pick up one minor rather than hitting a cone and failing.
44 Tonne Ton:
Did you think there was a possibility you were going to hit that cone whilst you were doing it?
no i did not realise as i had never had that problem before, by the time i see the cone i was already about to catch the edge of it 
Better luck next time for you both sorry to here both failed 
atomic7431:
44 Tonne Ton:
Did you think there was a possibility you were going to hit that cone whilst you were doing it?no i did not realise as i had never had that problem before, by the time i see the cone i was already about to catch the edge of it
That’s a shame, not even getting out on the road. Good luck with the next one to both of you lads!
44 Tonne Ton:
atomic7431:
44 Tonne Ton:
Did you think there was a possibility you were going to hit that cone whilst you were doing it?no i did not realise as i had never had that problem before, by the time i see the cone i was already about to catch the edge of it
That’s a shame, not even getting out on the road. Good luck with the next one to both of you lads!
Thanks 
There’s a lesson here for everyone considering training and test. No-one is exempt from nerves and the outcome is not good. Here we have two candidates who, IMHO, were both looking at a comfortable pass. But, on the day, it didn’t happen. If they are gutted, I’m doubly gutted. I hate to see so much work and effort go down the drip because of nerves. But the important thing is to put it behind you and go again. Put it down to experience or whatever - just try not to do the same again!!
I’m so pleased that the posts on here have been so supportive. Let’s hope for a better outcome on 22nd. All the best, Pete 
44 Tonne Ton:
That’s a shame, not even getting out on the road. Good luck with the next one to both of you lads!
Thanks.
Peter Smythe:
There’s a lesson here for everyone considering training and test. No-one is exempt from nerves and the outcome is not good. Here we have two candidates who, IMHO, were both looking at a comfortable pass. But, on the day, it didn’t happen. If they are gutted, I’m doubly gutted. I hate to see so much work and effort go down the drip because of nerves. But the important thing is to put it behind you and go again. Put it down to experience or whatever - just try not to do the same again!!I’m so pleased that the posts on here have been so supportive. Let’s hope for a better outcome on 22nd. All the best, Pete
The support on here has been great and there seems some good lads and girls out there!
Hi, sorry to hear things didnt go well for you two im sure next time will be better. As for the reverse i nearly messed mine up on my rigid test by pulling up about a meter from the cones you start from. Managed to sort it out with a shunt but was close, only found out at the end i was so short from the start line from the examiner at the end of the test i had no idea 
If you do mess up the reverse though i really think its still worth going out on the road part of the test. Its experience you just cant get any other way, and if nothing else you have paid for the test and lorry so may as well use it!
Any who best of luck for next time both of you, look forward to hearing you have both passed. 
Phil
If you do mess up the reverse though i really think its still worth going out on the road part of the test. Its experience you just cant get any other way, and if nothing else you have paid for the test and lorry so may as well use it!
I fully respect that view but there is another way of looking at it. Having failed the reverse it’s a clever person who can put that out of their mind for the rest of the test. In other words, most folk will spend the next hour dwelling on the problematic reverse and not on what they are meant to be doing during the drive. The examiner, having realised that the candidate is not “with it” will normally simplify the route to minimise stress to both himself and the candidate. So it’s not the great experience that some think. Indeed, if the route has been simplified then the experience is almost a “fake”. If it’s not simplified, the marks will probably be a lot greater than the candidate is capable of. Totally disheartening.
For myself, I’m supportive of whichever view the candidate wishes to choose.
Good luck all, Pete
Peter Smythe:
If you do mess up the reverse though i really think its still worth going out on the road part of the test. Its experience you just cant get any other way, and if nothing else you have paid for the test and lorry so may as well use it!
I fully respect that view but there is another way of looking at it. Having failed the reverse it’s a clever person who can put that out of their mind for the rest of the test. In other words, most folk will spend the next hour dwelling on the problematic reverse and not on what they are meant to be doing during the drive. The examiner, having realised that the candidate is not “with it” will normally simplify the route to minimise stress to both himself and the candidate. So it’s not the great experience that some think. Indeed, if the route has been simplified then the experience is almost a “fake”. If it’s not simplified, the marks will probably be a lot greater than the candidate is capable of. Totally disheartening.
For myself, I’m supportive of whichever view the candidate wishes to choose.
Good luck all, Pete
Yes that can be true but for me if I think I have failed I then tend to relax a bit more as the nerves go if that makes sense so if I failed reverse I would still want to go out on which ever course there was not a simplified one although I know not all are like that
But if you fail your test on the reverse at Newcastle there is properly no chance of you going out on the road as you then cant do the controlled stop as this is the way they have the centre set
Good luck to both for next time hope the nerves dont get the better of you
All comments are welcomed but i have to say i was so upset by my mishap i did not feel safe to go out on the road! road time is always welcomed for experience but i know i would have messed things up even more.
Just wish the retest was closer as the waiting is killing me, i want to get out there and have another go to put right the wrong, but i fully understand how busy the training company are, and obviously so as there training speaks for itself and is in my experience second to none.
A shame you didn’t go out. The experience may have helped with the nerves. I do understand the logic but if the examiner felt that unsafe he would have intervened.
I also am raring to go and wish the retest was closer.
Also agree about the training being top quality. It was just nerves and silly mistakes that cost me the result.
Nerves play a big part on the day but why not just think to yourself that it is not a test, it is an assessment
Yes that can be true but for me if I think I have failed I then tend to relax a bit more as the nerves go if that makes sense so if I failed reverse I would still want to go out on which ever course there was not a simplified one although I know not all are like that
But if you fail your test on the reverse at Newcastle there is properly no chance of you going out on the road as you then cant do the controlled stop as this is the way they have the centre set
Good luck to both for next time hope the nerves dont get the better of you
[/quote]
They don’t do the controlled stop now they replaced it with independent drive assessment where you either follow road signs to a certain destination or follow a route as told to you in advance ie right at next roundabout right at next roundabout then left at next junction to see you can follow simple directions