“Overly picky” examiners accused of refusing to carry out multiple tests over minor cleanliness issues

Driving examiners have been accused of unfairly failing learners over “dirty” cars after one candidate was refused a test because of pencil rubber shavings on the car floor.

The 17-year-old from St Michael’s in Lancashire was told by her examiner that they would not conduct the test because the car didn’t meet Covid-safe cleanliness standards. However, the learner’s father said the complaint was about a small number of pencil rubber shavings beneath the seat.

Paul Turner, the father of the affected learner, told our sister paper the

Learner driver fails test over pencil rubber shavings on car floor