Myths about the driving exam in Lithuania, Kaunas

One of the key moments in our lives is getting the driver's license. We take driving lessons, study traffic rules, ask for helpful tips from our friends who already have passed their exams. Some may even talk to their parents, who give an outdated secret hack from back in a day that always doesn't work.

But no matter what people do and how hard they try, they still fail. You can even go to the witch and ask for a magic pass the driving test ritual and still make a critical mistake. Because of the human nature to not want to accept that it was our fault, we start to blame others.

And whether you fail in Lithuania, France or even Atlantic city, you will hear a phrase: ,,The examiner made me fail". Sadly this sentence is wrong, but not many people know why. So today I decided to share my knowledge from my experience of many driving test translations in Lithuania, Kaunas and debunk some of the most common driving exam myths.

examiner and a student both smiling are sitting in a car

a tablet with a sheet of paper and a pen marking the mistakes of the exam

Myth #1

The examiner made me fail

Before we start debunking this myth, let me make one thing very clear. I've done translations only in Kaunas city in Lithuania, so the things I write here are from my experience there. Even though I am very certain that examiners across the Lithuania have the same rules, I can confidently vouch only for Kaunas Regitra.

All of us have heard this at least once in our lifetime. Whether it was our friend who said it, or maybe it was us after we failed the exam and didn't want to take on the responsibility for our bad driving (I've done this myself). ,,It was examiner's fault".

Some say that they made you fail because they didn't like your magnetic energy field. Others might even speculate that they see if it is your first time and fail you out of spite that they themselves didn't pass their driving test from first time when they were young. Or maybe you heard that they get financial bonuses for failing you and making you take the exam the second or maybe even third time.

None of the statements above are true. There are hundreds if not thousands of people who pass their driving tests from the first time.

While the examiner might not be pleased if you are late, that doesn't affect the result of the exam. Who wouldn't be a little upset for someone being late? The examiner also cannot see if it is your first or tenth exam. He might recognize you if you get the same one three times in a row, and even that is also randomized. The computer chooses the examiner and the student at random. Every exam is recorded, not only so you can watch the video tape if something happens during the exam, but also for the higher ups to evaluate the examiners and how they evaluated your driving skills. Both of you are monitored at the same time, and if there is any sign of trying to fail you, the examiner would face harsh consequences because of that.

All of the examiners before the exam say that they will not give you any bad or confusing directions. For example: You're driving on a roundabout in Kaunas and the examiner tells you to stop in the middle of it, or you are given the command to turn left right before the sign that says turning left is forbidden there. That would be a harsh rule breaking from the examiner and that also would get him in trouble. And by the way - If you are confused or didn't understand the command from the first time, you are more then welcome to ask for the examiner to repeat the direction and the translator or the examiner himself will repeat the command with no problem.

To sum up - examiners have no freedom of space to make you fail intentionally. If you don't pass the exam, it's because you just made mistakes that resulted in failed exam. Listen carefully to the mistakes your examiner tells you at the end of exam, practice more, and come back with your homework done right and pass your exam !

examiner marks the fail of the exam while the girl in the background is upset about it

Myth #2

You can somehow ask for an easy route or cheat in the exam

I've decided to briefly talk about this one, because in my experience I've had a few people that asked me to talk to the examiner so he gives them an easier route. Or help them cheat in the exam by coughing in some way or give some kind of signal. Let me be very clear - it will never happen. Even if the percentage of people who ask these things is very low, I still feel the need to talk about it.

There is no list of certain routes in examiners database that they must follow or choose. When the exam starts, the tablet randomly chooses 2 checkpoints that you have to drive through during your exam, the route how you will reach them is totally up to the examiner. And yes, even though on paper it is possible to ask an examiner for an easier route, it will never work out. Because there is zero tolerance for corruption, whether we are talking about the examiner or the translator. The examiner would have very harsh consequences for this type of behaviour and the translator would simply get banned. No one will risk his or her job for sake of the person who takes the exam.

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