‘What’s the fastest you know of someone failing their driving test?’ 18 serious faults

Someone named u/slim3-16 took to r/CasualUK with this quesion.

What’s the fastest you know of someone failing their driving test?

There was a reason for their query.

I work on the same road as our local Driving Test Centre.

As you leave the test centre you’re pulling out onto a 40mph road. Today as I was driving home, a young learner driver pulled out right in front of me and I had to brake heavily to avoid a collision. I didn’t honk or flash my lights as learners be learning and all that.

I did notice their passenger had the old hi-vis vest on so I’m fairly sure it wasn’t a lesson and I just witnessed one of the fastest driving test fails possible. I feel kind of bad but hey, one less idiot on the road is no bad thing.

So, can anyone beat that?

It was a popular post, and it seems there are a lot of unfortunate driving test candidates out there. These tales stood out.

1.

Got this one in the bag – failed my first test in about 15 seconds – first question was ‘show me how you test your brake lights are working’.

They weren’t.
ToHaveAMockingBird

2.

Xixii
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3.

Pulled out of the test centre on the wrong side of the road because the car in front of me did so and I blindly followed them….
SgtSnuggles19

4.

Where I did my test, the centre was at the bottom of a ramp.

The guy before me, couldn’t make it up this ramp… Revving the nuts off the car didn’t help. He failed there and then, after only a minute or so of trying.
Ginger_Cookiedough

5.

I have a friend that somehow accidentally put the car in reverse and backed straight into the wall behind the parking spot instead of taking off
FitRefrigerator55

6.

I know someone whose second turn out of the test centre was onto a duel carriageway and they tried to turn into the oncoming lanes. Instant fail
MurderBeans

7.

About 30 seconds into my first test attempt I hit a jogger. The instructor said it was completely their fault and we continued the test and I passed.

The jogger basically sprinted straight into moving traffic without warning from the sidewalk and just bounced off the hood and kept running.
TheStorMan

8.

Curlscavs
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9.

Magnue
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