Anyone resat their LGV/ HGV practical

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As the above post states did you fail and have to resit? How long did you have to wait for a resit? How much additional training did you have and did you pass?

I failed mine through skimming - not hitting a kerb I was gutted. From failing to resitting I have a 6 week wait as works too busy. I am just driving on the day i.e. hours before and am panicking in case it's not enough (although my driving etc was fine I just flunked on a corner i hadn't done)
 
I only waited 3 days for my resit and i didn't do any driving in between but did have an hour or two before my test. Passed 2nd time.
 
It's typical I have had easy weeks at work that I could have re sat but they either didn't have the test or my instructor so now it's wiating. I am cursing the kerb - expensive mistake
 
Where are you? I learnt with a fantastic place and cheap too!!
I only had 2.5 days training and my test on the afternoon and I passed first time, God knows how but I did. But the training was mega intensive. Cant you see if you can get a test cancelation. But I can highly recomend where I went it was far from where I live so I had 2 nights in a B&B near to driving school.
 
It is a pain, I hit a kerb on mine, but the bloke really pissed me off all through the test. The second time i had a women and drove worse than the first time but passed.
 
I signed up with a company that was guranteed pass i.e. if resit you didn't have to pay for lorry and instructor again. I did consider going elsewhere but i've spent the money. I had a woman who cocked up on the reversing exercise and wouldn't communicate with me and when i'm nervous I have to talk so I think I spent the whole test a nervous wreck
 
I had about a fortnight, and just drove the morning before I think. But I also had L plates on the box at home. Completely different gears on our lorry, but it meant driving something that size stayed in my mind.
 
I passed both my tests first time, but I practiced in the evening in the car!

It's not as daft as it sounds, talk yourself through what you're doing (and its good for remembering not to cross your hands etc), position yourself at junctions, roundabouts etc exactly where you'd be in wagon, and get used to keeping out to your right and left limits etc. If you can do it on actual test routes then so much the better.
 
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