you’ve gota take into account that the majority of schools don’t use full length trailers, i took my test with a 36ft tandem, if you kerb that, no matter how tight it is, the examiner’s got no choice but to fail you as he’s gota be thinking, whats he gona be like with a 45ft on?
i was also told that if it’s unavoidable because of something blocking the road etc, if you tell the examiner that your going to have to run on the pavement and make sure it’s clear to do so, he can’t fail you for it, or at least he shouldn’t.
as for test routes, it’s commonly believed in sheffield that if they’ve passed half a dozen on the bounce one morning the next couple out will get the hardest/tightest routes.
I did my test at Chelmsford test center . As I Left the test center the next corner I got very close to the kerb so the Examiner took me around every tight corner possible.
Passed first time though
el gordo 78:
Rob K:
They’ve got something similar on the Wakefield test route out of Paddy Green. If you get Phil Grundy he takes you through the centre of the Wakefield via Ings Road, left at the ■■■■■ up Denby Dale Road, and then a sharp left on the 1:4 hill onto George Street which is “slip” road no wider than a Transit van and a 110 degree turn. Apparently it’s the single most failure point on that Paddy Green test route and only about 5% of testees make it.TBF it’s part of a published test route (route 2 - click here ) so an instructor is neglecting his duty to the pupil if he hasn’t taken them round the particularly difficult portions of the test time and time again to drill them in it.
I didn’t realise there was a list of them online! That was the exact test route I got on my class 1 first time around. 
edited to shorten the link in the quote - repton
Yerp, every route has to be approved and published now 
Been that way for over 3 years at least, though I didn’t know it when I took my test or I’d have memorised which routes led where and dealt a little more with the nerves of “where next?”.
Mind you, the route doesn’t dictate where they’ll do some of the manuvers like the stop/start exercise. They can still pick a bugger of a road for that if they’re determined to fail you
Only mount the kerb on purpose these days, although looking at some roundabouts/tight corners its obvious many take the short route when the r/h lane has traffic.
did hit an island last year when I took a left ■■■■■■ out for the first time in 20 years.
Last year after tipping at a Nissan dealer in London i had to get turned around and come back out the way i came in due to a low bridge, so just before the bridge there was a turning on the right to drive into, spin around at the back of tesco then back out, but them stupid metal bollards on the corners caught me out, i blew two r/n/s tyres and flattened two alloys 
parked on the side of the road phoned it in and sat 6 hours waiting for Transporter Engineering to courier 2 rims down from Stanstead then had to wait for ATS to come and fit the tyres. Boss wasn’t to pleased as the total job cost him over £1500, i did apologise to him for my big misshap as i felt guilty but he never let it drop, always reminding me of how much i cost him on that loveley trip to London.
when i took my c test a few years ago in norwich I went up the kerb a little maybe about 6 inches onto the kerb but i did say i will have to go up the kerb to get round.Was near a small double roundabout and it had a car parked nearby.I passed as well with a clean sheet.I was very surprised as i failed my first test(I was to cocky about the test!)
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Limestone Cowboy:
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I must say i was rather lucky on my test to not have any real curb problems but out in the real world on roads I know, well ive encountered this curbing issue & know know where I can take a bit of white line or most of the two n/s lanes. Some examples are Northbound & southbound on the A1 the roundabout between the apex corner & m25 junction, one road leads to barnet. In both directions you need a bit of both lanes or you will mount the curb or more.
Also A1 apex corner is a B# as you need two lanes to turn right & they still take the left lane for the A41 & turn right & thats when I cut em up bad, hey its not my fault if they cant read the road markings.
Fastrantiger:
I didn’t cross any kerbs when I took my HGV1, but I did hit another vehicle… and passed the testI was ascending a hill and another HGV was coming down the hill, I slowed down to a crawl (excellent demonstration of gear changing
At the end of the test, after being told I had passed
Ive heard that before in caernarfon just as you running back to the teast station you go through about half a mile of narrow road and someone was going through as normal when a oncoming truck didnt slow down just barged through smashing his mirrors of not the test truck.
I failed my C cos i stopped and pulled my o/s mirror in on a diffrent part of the route because i should have waited in the wide bit