Aussie fails driving test due to common mistake – so is it fair enough or too hard?
- Queensland driver failed the Heavy Rigid driver’s license test
- Failed for choosing the wrong lane after an intersection
- Aussies agree that the decision was “absolute bulls**t.”
An aspiring truck driver has failed his driving test on the basis of one simple maneuver, with many claiming the evaluator’s decision is “absolute bulls**t.”
The Queensland driver took a practical driving test for his Heavy Rigid license to drive trucks and buses on Monday.
After completing the test, the driver was told he had failed due to a ‘critical driving error’ while driving through a Townsville intersection between Charters Towers, Queens and Ross River Road.
The driver, known as Reddit user jeneheucysha, shared a video of their mistake, claiming they felt “done hard by.”
“I just failed my HR driving test because I performed this exact maneuver, I want to know if I feel justified in being hit hard here,” they wrote.
The video shows the driver driving down Queens Road while driving in the right hand lane before crossing the junction onto Ross Road.
Queens Road has two lanes before it turns into Ross Road which has three – as an extra lane is added for vehicles coming from Charters Tower Road.
The driver drives straight ahead and chooses the middle lane as the road splits into three lanes.
“I went into the middle lane because it was the lane straight in front of me, but apparently I had to move into the right lane,” they wrote.
‘He [the assessor] apart from that I couldn’t find fault with my riding and because of that I failed.
“I agree it was not the right maneuver. I just don’t see how that could be a “critical driving error” and fail my entire test for a mistake that is easy to make. I literally just drove in a straight line.’
The driver failed his driving test for a “critical driving error” after driving through an intersection in Townsville. The frustrated driver shared a video (left) of the mistake, showing them entering the center lane on Ross Road from the right lane on Queens Road (right)
The assessor explained that the correct way to cross the intersection was to drive in the right lane rather than the center lane.
However, the driver tried to argue that doing so would violate another traffic rule by changing lanes in the middle of an intersection.
The post has received more than 200 comments, with many agreeing that the reviewer’s call was “absolute bulls**t.”
That’s absolute bulls**t to me. I watched that video three times to figure out what you might have done wrong,” one person wrote.
“I’m not convinced you’ve done the wrong thing here. It’s a bad intersection layout that needs better markings,” another person commented.
‘This is stupid. You just know that this tester loves this intersection so they can “tempt” people to do this,” a third said.
Others, however, sided with the assessor, claiming that although the intersection is poorly designed, the driver committed a serious traffic error.
“While it’s unfair, I’d say it’s a critical driving error. Messing up lanes can cause serious accidents,” one person wrote.
Queens Road has two lanes before it turns into Ross Road which has three – as an extra lane is added for Charters Tower Road vehicles. The reviewer said the correct way to cross the intersection was to drive in the right lane rather than the center lane
Another person added: “I think it’s a stupid crossroads and I understand why you’re frustrated… [but] you can’t change lanes at an intersection.’
“If someone had been standing on that track, you would have cut them off. “You literally just drove straight ahead” and that got you off track.’
A third agreed: “Any mistake where you’ve broken the law (even if it’s accidental and because of poor road design) will be an instatail.”
“I think it’s a question of whether you did the wrong thing or not … but it makes sense that if it’s wrong, it’s a failure.”
The driver hopes to appeal the decision and hopes to resist the test immediately rather than wait for the next available time slot in a month and a half.