Read your report properly
The examiner gives you a report showing the faults they marked. Don’t just look at the result. Look for patterns: are most of your faults about observation, positioning, speed or the manoeuvres? That pattern is your lesson plan.
Book lessons around your faults
Bring the report to your first lesson. We start with the faults that cost you the test, practise them in the kind of places where they happened, then do a mock test to check they’re fixed. Lessons are €45 an hour, booked as two-hour sessions (€90).
Understand the why
In my experience, people who fail usually didn’t prepare properly. They memorised what to do without understanding why. Once you understand why the examiner wants a check or a position, you stop making the mistake under pressure.
You don’t need to redo EDT
Failing doesn’t mean starting again. You don’t need to repeat your EDT lessons, unless your learner permit has lapsed for more than five years.
On the day of your next test
A one-hour warm-up just before the test helps a lot after a fail. My €150 option gives you the warm-up and my car for the test. I prepare learners for Tallaght, Dún Laoghaire, Naas and Carlow.
Questions
Do I need to redo EDT if I fail my driving test?
No, unless your learner permit has lapsed for more than five years.
What should I bring to my first lesson after failing?
Your examiner’s report, so we can work on the faults that cost you marks.
How much are pre-test lessons?
€45 an hour, booked as two-hour sessions (€90).
Written by Vlastislav Obsil, RSA-approved driving instructor (ADI 42951) and IBT instructor at Raven Driving Training in Rathfarnham. I teach car and motorcycle lessons myself, and most of my students call me Vlastik. More about me.
Let’s get you through next time
Send me a photo of your report on WhatsApp and I’ll tell you what we need to work on.