I’m a driving instructor and there’s a simple mistake that makes you FAIL your test and it’s not skill related

A DRIVING instructor has revealed a simple mistake that can make you FAIL on your test – and it has nothing to do with getting behind the wheel.

Noel Gaughan tells learners to make sure their car is clean and tidy, or else they may be disappointed.

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Advice is given after a learner driver from Blackpool failed her test before starting the engine because her car was too dirty.

Paul Turner said his 17-year-old daughter was “distraught” when the examiner said she wouldn’t get her full driver’s license – or even the chance to ride – due to pencil rubber mites underneath passenger seat.

Speaking about the incident, Gaughan believes a clean car is part of the driving test.

That’s right, it’s the examiner’s and learner’s work environment and you must have a nice clean car

Noel Gaughan

He told GMB “Yes, it’s a work environment for judges and learners and you have to have a nice clean car.

“You don’t want to be distracted by bottles, cans and paper in the car.”

He added: “I don’t know if they really failed, they might have been demoted because the test wasn’t completed, but the results are pretty much the same and they’re going to have to wait a long time. for a new test.”

The studio then asked the instructor if the rules were too harsh for failure due to the rubber chips appearing “a bit extreme”.

“You have to have a limit on what’s allowed or not allowed whether it’s rubber chips or cans or whatever that might be,” says Gaughan.

“It’s a distraction for test takers and learner drivers.”

However, Gaughan added that the problem could easily be solved by the instructor.

“What the instructor could and should have done is take a mini vacuum cleaner and spend two seconds cleaning it, job done.

“That’s my business, I have a vacuum in the back of the car. A nice clean car to the examiner shows a lot of respect.”

The instructions for those wishing to test are that they must “clean and clean the inside of your vehicle first”.

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