terrible examiner @ walkley drivetest ottawa
tl;dr/ examiner #386 at walkey drivetest in ottawa needs to be fired asap.
just got out of my g2 road test at walkley test center in ottawa and my examiner was genuinely terrible. examiner #386 was genuinely the worst person you could ever have sit in a car with you.
aside from his insanely cold demeanor and rushing you and giving instructions suddenly and like genuinely being the most miserable, unwelcoming, and anxiety inducing individual i have ever met, his reasons for failing me were absurd. while one or two reasons made sense and i do not think i am a perfect driver whatsoever, there were many things he said that were absolutely wrong and had no reason to fail me for whatsoever.
we came to an intersection and my test was at 8 AM when school kids are walking around and getting to bus stops etc. i get to the intersection and there is a traffic director with a bunch of school kids behind her. she crosses halfway through the road and then sees a car (it arrived at the intersection before me) and she turns back to the sidewalk again which was very strange. i let the car go and then i had the right of way, but from the left side of the intersection another car arrived, did not fully stop at the stop sign/was still rolling and persisted on crossing the intersection before me. obviously because there was no other choice but to crash into the car, i let it go first even tho i had the right of way.
the examiner said "you had the right of way, why did you let the car go?" and i told him i would have crashed into the car what was i supposed to do? and he just did not respond.
we were also in the school zone near the walkley drivetest and as far as i was told the speed limit was 30 because pedestrians snd school kids would be crossing. this guy got mad at me for being too slow and when i told him it was a school zone he said "the school zone sign was knocked down so i don't expect you to see it, and therefore i expect you to go at 40-50". are we serious right now? 😭 he also kept insisting i wasn't going the speed limit but i am certain i was.
i also do not mean this to be discriminatory in the slightest but this guy had the THICKEST accent ever i could not understand a word of english he spoke, and on top of that he was wearing a mask so his voice was super muffled. i'd have to ask him to repeat his instructions again and again which was really annoying when i had to focus on the road.
i know other people who had this same guy as their examiner and they all had the same experience. he tells them to do things that compromise your safety and don't make sense as long as you follow the rules by the book, which is REALLY dumb because you are supposed to use your judgement when driving and only drive when it's safe. it was better for me to wait and not risk crashing/running a kid over than to be in a rush especially when there is no reason to rush. i filed a complaint but i also wanted to make this known because so many people i know have had very unpleasant experiences with him and i think he needs to be fired immediately.