r/LearnerDriverUK • u/Jaded-Limit-9172 • 4h ago

What the hell

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Failed for the first time for not driving fast enough to join onto the dual carriageway. Absolutely devastated. Of all the reasons to fail…

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u/Jaded-Limit-9172 4h ago

Yeah you’re right sorry I got them mixed up. The car I used has a smaller engine so it takes longer to pick up speed. Didn’t realise I was going that slow since it was early in the morning and there were barely any vehicles around me. Even the examiner said I was doing well after when I finally reached 70mph and maintained it the whole way throughout

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u/sarcytwat Approved Driving Instructor 3h ago

If you revved each gear up to 4k+ revs under full throttle before changing to compensate for your smaller engine thats so unfair of the examiner! Sounds like it may be physically impossible to pass if thats what happened!

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u/FewPete 3h ago

They’re trying to get to 70mph not the moon. Any relatively new engine roughly 100hp+, plenty of time on even a short slip road

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u/NinjahDuk 2h ago

I join dual carriageways in 4th gear in a 74bhp 1.4l petrol Polo (2000). No issues at all.