Die „Energie“ des Fahrtests führt dazu, dass sich Fahrschüler bei Beschwerden bei RSA „unwohl“ fühlen
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025/12/29/becoming-intolerable-use-of-housing-estate-by-learner-drivers-among-complaints-made-to-rsa/
Von siciowa
18 Kommentare
I have had two tests. One of my testers was a lovely man who did a bit to put me at ease and gave me great advice on what to work on when I failed. The other was so miserable it seemed like at any moment he would grab the wheel and steer us both into a brick wall. Both from the same test center.
The people who rocked up unaccompanied for their test should be immediately turned away, crazy carry on
Then I did my test it threw me off so much how fucking weird the tester was.
Sounds strange on paper, but to be fair – I’d say that an *unusual* amount of testers *are* outright weirdos.
Someone could start a business delivering rent-a-cars to the centre, or drive your car there for you.
No need to show an accompanied driver.
1000%
My second test the tester spoke very much in whispers. I had to ask multiple times „this turn?“, which in most cases got a reply too late that I passed the turns. Failed obviously.
Complained to RSA and they talked to the tester and the testers reply was „he failed to obey instructions“. Then went onto say that the testers are in full control and what they observe and instruct is on them.
There was no way to prove they were at fault.
Some testers are god sends and super nice. Others would rather be somewhere else and it’s very clear.
The driving tester complained that the tint was too dark on my mother’s car and got out to inspect it. There was no tint. I knew before he got back into the car that he just wanted to find a reason to fail me.
Lo and behold, I got an immediate red mark pulling out of the test center because I supposedly didn’t pay enough attention to a cyclist on the footpath on the other side of the T-junction. Gorey, if you want to see the layout of the junction.
Lucked out as my tester (2022) in Naas was quiet but didn’t give off arsehole energy. From accounts of the day, all but one tester are fairly sound at that centre.
We should be in test center cars equipped with cameras.
Makes no fucking sense that tests are unrecorded, and that learner drivers have to pay through the nose for learner insurance on a car they can’t even drive, so they can sit their test.
There’s a reason we have the lowest pass rate in Europe, and it’s not the drivers.
Been years since I did mine but glad I had a decent guy in my Cork City test. It would be a huge confidence hit to fail because of something like that.
I have submitted one of those complaints myself. Not only a visibly angry person, but shockingly unknowledable. I went back to my instructor with my feedback and he told me to forget it straight off.
TLDR, They failed me for checking mirrors going into a roundabout rather than blindspots when it’s the other way around. My next tester was delightful in a different centre and had zero issue with my mirrors or blindspots. I had to lodge a complaint for the cost of an unnessecary fail.
Failed twice.
First tester was a prick, wouldn’t explain where I made the mistakes or anything. „We don’t have to give you feedback“. Wanker.
Second guy „remeber when we were here? Well you did this instead of that“, „you need to do a bit of practice on xyz“ etc, etc. Great tester.
Took all the second guys advice on board and aced it third time.
Best advice I can give is ask if you can have the radio on very low..
Music helped me not over think and for them to over focus on my nerves from the awkward silence..
Really helped get rid of that tense feeling and probably chilled out my tester
My guy talked to me about Trump practically the whole test. No bother I thought, must be passing because this is obviously a distracting thing to do to someone. Nope, he failed me.
I had a lovely tester in Raheny last year. She really put me at ease, made me feel a lot more relaxed, amazing considering I was so anxious going in
Did a b license in Dungarvan. Tester is an oddball. Definitely had some weird aggressive vibe and I was 30 doing the test.
Obviously only him doing that category knew I failed the retest when I walked in the door. Went to ballincollig passed no bother.
It’s also partially due to ballincollig have proper road infrastructure for the trailer test but if that Dungarvan tester reads this you are a wanker on a power trip
Valid complaints some testers are pricks, and you get the energy or vibe from them the minute you see them or they speak, and then they prove it in their actions.
Took me a few goes to pass cause I rented and moved around a lot. Always started fresh in a new centre.
Crazy the variance in quality and personality of testers. Drove with some miserable pricks who seemed to go out of their way to make you uncomfortable.
Some were fine, but I got vastly different advise from them on my weak points, contradictory at times.
Eventually passed the first time I was able do a second test with the same centre. The waiting list was the biggest obstacle and why i moved between tests. Have a bit of a hunch they’ll try fail you first time you present to a centre.
It’s a bullshit system and really could do with improving, especially with how hard it is for people to drive on an L now. Maybe fixed courses or something. Too much variance with public driving.