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What are your memories of your driving test / tests. I was recently reminded by the wife of several driving tests I took in Zambia. The reason there were several was because no one (expat) ever passed first or second time, it was a well known fact that you might pass on your third attempt. The first attempt was called the 3 point turn fail, where you were taken to a road where it was physically impossible to turn around, the road wasn’t wide enough. We all knew where the road was and tried many times before our tests, not possible. So that was fail no 1. Nothing to do but pay the money and book another test which you already knew you would fail. The second was the no stopping zone fail, where the examiner would tell you to pull over and park, if you did you were failed for parking in a no parking area. If you didn’t you were failed for not following the examiners instructions, and everyone knew this, but you had to go through the routine. Pay again, and take your third test, and No, you could not attempt to bribe them or you were in big trouble. That’s just how things were, and was accepted.
As far as the UK was concerned, I failed my first test and can not remember what for, but on my second test I passed. It was market day and the examiner said to me I hate it here on market day let’s take a drive in the country, can you imagine that happening today. I did almost hit a sheep, so that was the emergency stop sorted!
As far as the UK was concerned, I failed my first test and can not remember what for, but on my second test I passed. It was market day and the examiner said to me I hate it here on market day let’s take a drive in the country, can you imagine that happening today. I did almost hit a sheep, so that was the emergency stop sorted!