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so i failed my second driving test today
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got 2 serious faults and 6 or 7 minors 
which isnt too bad compared to my first i guess, i got 4 serious faults and 7 or 8 minors in May i think it was when i took my first test.
today wasnt too bad, i was really nervous though and my fails were on awareness and planning and at the traffic lights.
i knew the 2 mistakes i made, could have kicked myself, there was a huge accident when i was leaving the dual carriageway with police cars everywhere stationary, lights blazing, that threw me a bit and i didnt slow down enough, so she did me on awareness and planning.
on the de-brief she said i was too fast past the cars since i didnt know what was happening. i said she was right, but that it was to do with nerves and a bit of panic tbh, and she said that i didnt seem nervous in my driving at all on my test. but i was sooo nervous i was doing deep breathing half the time, oh well.
so both my mistakes were to do with awareness and planning really, so we've got to work on that, she said my driving ability is good and that i have lots of ability, but my thinking things through needs to be the same, so we've got to work on improving my planning and slowing down a bit more at problems before my next test.
i booked straight away, so ive got 4 weeks to work on the mistakes i made. hopefully it'll be 3rd time lucky.
should i have waited to re-book do you think or am i right to put straight back in for it?
which isnt too bad compared to my first i guess, i got 4 serious faults and 7 or 8 minors in May i think it was when i took my first test.
today wasnt too bad, i was really nervous though and my fails were on awareness and planning and at the traffic lights.
i knew the 2 mistakes i made, could have kicked myself, there was a huge accident when i was leaving the dual carriageway with police cars everywhere stationary, lights blazing, that threw me a bit and i didnt slow down enough, so she did me on awareness and planning.
on the de-brief she said i was too fast past the cars since i didnt know what was happening. i said she was right, but that it was to do with nerves and a bit of panic tbh, and she said that i didnt seem nervous in my driving at all on my test. but i was sooo nervous i was doing deep breathing half the time, oh well.
so both my mistakes were to do with awareness and planning really, so we've got to work on that, she said my driving ability is good and that i have lots of ability, but my thinking things through needs to be the same, so we've got to work on improving my planning and slowing down a bit more at problems before my next test.
i booked straight away, so ive got 4 weeks to work on the mistakes i made. hopefully it'll be 3rd time lucky.
should i have waited to re-book do you think or am i right to put straight back in for it?
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I did anyways. Don't kick yourself, it's suppose to a myth that they have a certain percentage on the day to pass, they may have already met those before you started
I think you were right to rebook straight away - you are obviously improving and had a major situation to deal with on this occasion and STILL got less faults than before.
Get plenty of practice in the next four weeks and hopefully you'll sail through it next time
Quite agree, work towards your next test straight away, no sense putting it off.
I passed 3rd time, hopefully so will you.
Therefore, if you are getting a good enough score on the Hazard then maybe you should go in for it and give it a go, you might find it easier on the day.
As long has you have an idea of what to expect and to look out for
EDIT,
Not sure if you are using a CD or online-test, but try this site. Click Here
What is the Pass Mark nowadays? It only does 10 clips, and I got 45/50 so isn't bad
And on the HA test, you can be failed for clicking too early on the hazard. I failed it because of that.
You don't fail for clicking too early but you don't get any points.
My driving instructor told me that when you see a hazard developing, click once and then click again like a second or so later. Then if you were too early on the first click, hopefully the second should score points.
As long as you don't keep clicking on the same video willynilly then a couple extra clicks won't fail you. I think when i did mine, I clicked at least 2 times for each hazard, sometimes 3 times and the warning that you are clicking too much didn't come up at all.
Well ...ok. But it ends up with the same result.
Me too
My son passed on his 3rd attempt last week so don't give up OP.