Learner drivers test cancelled because his car was too dirty

A learner driver from Oxfordshire has had his driving test cancelled because the instructor said the inside of his car was too dirty. Jack Hyde from Berrick Salome near Dorchester will now have to wait a further six weeks to retake the test and forfeits the £62 fee.

Mr Hyde, 18 said, “’As soon as the examiner opened the passenger door he said: ‘I can’t take you out in this’.”

The 18 year old said that there were a few crumbs on the passenger seat and a dog biscuit in the footwell and that he had been cleaning the car the morning of the test.

Jack added: “He could have at least given us five minutes to clean it, but there was just no negotiation”.

It is the third time that My Hyde has had his test cancelled, the first was in March when heavy rain called it off and he was ill with the flu on the second occasion. Mr Hyde has lodged a complaint with the Driving Standard Agency and awaits a reply.