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Thank you both.

Following up to say thanks for everyones words of encouragement, passed today with no faults. Let the real learning begin.

Thanks for the inputs guys, i just wanted to post and see if anyone could offer advice as to what i could have done better thats all. Because though legally i could have stopped i just couldnt bring myself to do that and would never consider doing so outside of test conditions. As i mentioned earlier in the thread and you can see in the video i feel like had the 40mph signs been at the start of the slip road rather than right at the traffic merge point then i would have been better prepared and handled the situation better. Slip Road Video £225 down and a learning experience, onto the next one - my 2nd test is booked.

sorry if i wasnt clear they did tell me why i failed. On the slip road i posted i went onto it and got up to speed 55/60 (the same speed at the carriageway) but right as you are about to merge with traffic there is a temp 40 mph sign, i slowed down to 40mph and then tried to merge with the traffic, unfortunately nobody moved over for me meaning i had to join a carriageway which was doing 60 at 40mph. This resulted in the van which i came out infront of needing to brake thus me failing my test for impeding progress of another road user. (in hindsight i should have stopped on the slip road)

and i agree with you both, not under test conditions i would have just joined at the speed of the carriageway.

appreciate the responses and agree i could have done better, getting up to speed then having to brake at the merge point down to 40 threw me completely off and would never for a second considered stopping on the slip road (though legally you can and in hindsight i probably should have done). Harsh lesson to learn but yeah, ive rebooked anyway and hopefully will get it 2nd time around. If that slip road was sign posted correctly and had the temp speed limit upon entry rather than right at the very top then i feel confident that i would have handled the situation better. EDIT : I take full responsibility for the fail, im not blaming the examinor in anyway just dont feel like i knew how to handle the situation differently given how new to this world i am so was looking for advice.

Failed my mod 2 on tuesday with only 1 minor and 1 major, I am so incredibly gutted and looking for opinions on my major. I went onto a slip road for a 60mph dual carriageway, started to get upto speed (55 ish) about 3/4 of the way up there is a temp speed limit sign of 40mph, I backed off and down to the 40mph. Problem is it’s 8:40 and the height of rush hour, the traffic on the dual carriage way is not observing the temp 40mph. Keept moving along the slip road do my relevant life saver and had to join in front of traffic going faster than me, resulted in the van (which was speeding) having to brake. Rest of the test was faultless. Help me feel better lol, what can I do better. Went around in my car today, couldnt extract the video because im at work so its a video of a video, here you can see when i go onto the slip road and why i went up to 55/60mph then had to brake back to 40 as the limit sign came up then join the carriageway at 40... this is at a different time where the traffic is backed up, at the time during the test the carriageway was doing 60/65. Slip Road Video