Theory Test Blues

Those who know me well, and probably those who don’t, will know that I am terribly unlucky. I don’t know what I’ve done wrong in my life to deserve this amount of bad luck but there we are.

Three weeks ago, I had my wallet stolen. I had to cancel all of my cards and re-order all of them. This, unfortunately also included the Photocard part of my Provisional License.

As soon as I had realised my wallet had gone missing, I immediately rang BSM to let them know as they were in the process off booking my Theory Test for me. They said they would hold of booking my Theory Test incase my Driver Number changed as a result of having to order a new license.

I then rang the DVLA to let them know that my wallet had been stolen with the Photocard in to find out what I should do to proceed. They told me that my Driver Number would stay the same and that I could stil go ahead and book my Theory Test dispite no longer having my Photocard. I rang BSM back and told them to go ahead and book my Theory Test for me.

2 weeks ago I recieved notification of my Theory Test date from BSM for Thursday 28th June. Several days later I got a notification from the Driving Standards Agency confirming my test date. I booked the day off work in order to prepare for the test. On Monday, I had a read through the letter to double check the timing and location of the test. When I reached the bottom of the letter it stated that you must bring your Photocard and paper counterpart in order to take the test.

I rung the DSA to double-check whether it would be OK for me to bring the paper counterpart and my Passport. They said this was not possible and that I could not take the test on Thursday. I explained that I had been told by the DVLA that I would still be able to take the test but they just told me that simply wasn’t the case.

So now here I am, £40-odd poorer (£20 for the wasted Theory Test and £20 for a new Provisional License) and I’m still no better of. It also pretty much ruins my hopes of getting a Full Driving License before I leave Scunthorpe and go back to Sheffield.

Oh well, such is life! Well, certainly my life anyway!