Hello all,
I had my road test at Langelier with their only female assessor yesterday, October 16, 2015. Word of advice, if you think of passing the exam there, ask for someone else because she doesn't know her job and will fail you without cause. First, she asked me to turn left on Langelier blvd. in a speed zone of 50km/h. I stepped on the gas to bring the car near the speed limit when the light, still at 150 m in front of me, turned red. My speed was a bit over 40km/h. With no car behind me, I took my food from the accelerator and left the car run smoothly when, very aggressively, she asked me if I knew the speed limit in the zone I was driving. So, ecological driving is for the driving text books and a foreign notion to her. After another 10 minutes of driving the small streets between Beaubien and Belanger, when I changed lanes with confidence, did all my blind spots, respected the traffic rules and speed limits, I arrived first at a 4 way crossroad with stops on all sides. I signaled left because she asked me to turn left, did my full stop, looked left-right-left and started to proceed. At that time another car from the opposite direction, arrived in the intersection, didn't make the stop at all, and turned right in the lane I was supposed to enter. Then, I said: Upps, he didn't do his stop, at which she replied that I don't know the right of way. Mistakenly, I said: no Madam, I arrived first, I had the right of way, but he didn't do his stop. Needless to say that at the next corner she put me do a lateral parking exactly on the corner behind a car in a very tight spot, which I did well, but then, when I had to straighten the wheels and left the brake for a mere second to move a bit forward and clear the intersection she said to stop because I was getting too close from the car in front with almost a meter to go. Everything else was good, but at the end of the exam she said that I had to return because of the "parking fault" and lack of driving confidence, which was total bullsh.
After the exam, I insisted to talk to the supervisor and manager who both said that redoing the test with someone else was impossible even if I was willing to pay for the reexamination, even if their assessor was at fault, I still failed the test and had to return in 28 days.
I still can't believe I failed the road test which it's quite easy. Unfortunately, what happened to me is very common, and many people are often made to repass the exam and lose time from work unnecessarily. So, I'm thinking to make a petition to introduce web cameras in all the testing vehicles to correct the 50% or more failing rate of road tests in some Quebec SAAQ examination centers. Please pass the word around. Even if you have already the driver’s license, but were treated unfairly and made without sufficient cause repass the exam, like myself, for I'm sure to have my license well before even getting my plan under way, we have to do something to make sure that what happened to us will never happen to anyone else, to ensure fair testing for all. After I gather sufficient signatures, I'll write a motion, contact my local MP and see it presented in the parliament. On our own we have no power, together we can make our voice heard.
I'll create an electronic list and attach it to my message shortly to gather signatures and put the plan in motion.
Drive safely!
