Time to move on I think.
But I am also kinda enjoying this ranting debate 
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I have read all replies here.
I refuse to believe I was wrong in any way by airing my grievances here.
Tutors are there to teach - true. 
I never ignored all my tutor’s advice. Are some of you trying to wind me up here?
If somebody winds you up, you tell them your grievances not bottle the damned thing up. 
I was totally open to Brian my instructor with a view to getting corrected at all times, sadly he never appeared to see that and assumed I was questioning his professionality.
But there do become times when you think to yourself, what is he rabbitting on about and that is where one’s attention drifts.
MotherTrucker,
I am not narrow-minded. 
I listened to all advice given. Even you I am sure have a mind of deciding what you might think is appropriate or not when sat in front of somebody who knows best unless somebody of a similar disposition tells you similar to what you first heard.
You and Brian may be pals but I remain unbowed.
He picked a verbal fight and I tore him apart.
Dies he not understand human emotions 
or does he not care about how people react to different scenarios 
Kiowan,
Cross armed driving got me through my car.
A driving instructor encouraged me to give it a go informing me that as long as the car was kept in full control I should get by and that is what I did.
Maybe I won’t do it again in my next test but that was not the only factor in my failing.
If something comes round the corner whilst you are cross arming, you’d be pretty thick not to have seen it coming as you are supposed to making all round observations when making manoeuvres.
As in my other post as the title of this one appears to be drifting to the other one of my failing my test miserably, there was nothing Brian could’ve done to have prepared me for the shock of what I faced last Friday.
I remained calm on the day because I knew I wasn’t getting away with it anyway and practiced as much as possible all the manoevres and cheat techniques offered to me
Look at signs as you drive by.
The 1-4 routine when stopping - handbrake, neutral, range down & signal off.
Look at parked cars as you drive past them.
Observe all around you - take in the signs.
Be smooth with your acceleration - no jumping and no harsh acceleration.
Keep the truck moving even when you know you are about to come to a stop.
No clutch dipping.
Green lights are more dangerous than red lights.
Turn your head in the direction of which you are manoevring into.
Flick the range up once you have gotten your chosen gear.
Brian was confident enough to allow me to park the truck unaided and in his absence back at the yard. Odd I thought. So Brian genuinely did have some faith in me.
Vehicle checks - I will never forget them.
He made me and my fellow pupil do them everyday before getting into the truck.
Nobody here can accuse me of not listening to my instructor - I did!!!
The end result was what mattered and when a pupil does not wish to share his failings with you and you insist, do you blame the pupil for pulling a hissy fit that results in arguments and insult trading■■?
I have been understood and sympathesised by all here on this forum and I am happy about that. The odd we told you so means little to me.
Patience and understanding are what I need not ridicule.
I know what it is like to teach people.
I will drill into people my methods ruthlessly too so I can relate to when somebody’s attention drifts - they need a break, man.
I don’t wish Brian any ills, I just don’t want to see him again as he could’ve done a better job than what I expected.
If he stays with ACE, fine.
I have told the masses my piece about ACE.
Pass or fail I was never going to return anyway.
I had to travel when I knew I had other schools closer to home, so what’s my problem?
On a final note and maybe not nobody told me John King was the owner of ACE until the very last day.
The guy even refused to give me his name when I tried getting friendly before the final day a couple of times.
I also offered to Brian the option of having somebody else teach me if he wasn’t happy with me or give me part of my money back rather than see me take a test for which he knew what the likely outcome was going to be.
I have no regrets of taking that test.
May I state that no amount of preparation was going to prepare me for the shock that lay in store for me.
Other posters have said that unless you take the test first time, you will not know what to look out for.
I have sat that test, and I know what to look out for now.
Here’s to me and my future
CHEERS…
I shall still be around.
(Anyway enough of my fantasies).
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- but I did have 8 years of sitting in the passenger seat of other peoples vehicles whilst helping them, as an unpaid volunteer, to attain advanced driving test standard.