I failed my driving test over ridiculous ‘rule’ & it WASN’T my fault – I tried to explain but they wouldn’t listen

A TEENAGER is distraught aft failing her driving exam for being dyslexic.

Mia Bartholomew, 17, jumbled up the letters during a licence sheet speechmaking test.

The examiner said she could not proceed and told the DVLA to revoke her provisional licence, saying she needed glasses to drive.

The A-level pupil from Christian Malford, Wilts, was near successful tears aft trying to explicate she was dyslexic and claims the examiner ignored her pleas.

She said: “I was crying, honestly, I was successful bits. I was trying to find a trial for ages and it’s truthful hard to find a test.

“I’ve got dyslexia and I premix up the letters erstwhile I work them.

“The examiner conscionable said: ‘All I’m asking you to bash is work numbers and letters.'

“But that’s precisely what I person the occupation with.”

Mia’s mum Marie, a nurse, rang the DVLA and was told she needed to get a certificate from an optician saying she could see.

Marie, 46, said: “We went to Specsavers and had her eyes tested.

“They said her eyesight is supra wherever she needs to beryllium and she doesn’t request glasses for driving.

“They said it was important to archer the DVLA that oregon if she had a clang and wasn’t wearing glasses she would beryllium astatine fault.

The mum continued: “Mia recovered retired erstwhile she was 8 oregon 9 that she had dyslexia.

“I’ve sent a written study astir it to DVLA and I’m waiting to perceive back.”

Marie said they paid £60 to bash the trial and different £12 to bash it connected a Saturday.

She added: “It’s truthful hard to get a trial astatine the moment. I was up astatine 6am each time trying to log connected to the app.

“To fail her due to the fact that of her dyslexia was conscionable truthful frustrating and upsetting for her.

“We’re present successful limbo waiting for the DVLA to reinstate her provisional licence and we’ve got to spell done the full happening again.”

Mia’s duplicate sister Sienna, 17, passed her trial the week aft Mia was failed successful December.

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency said it could not remark connected idiosyncratic cases.

But it added that with trial candidates with dyslexia, examiners tin inquire the campaigner to constitute down the fig sheet alternatively of saying it retired aloud.

A spokesperson said: “Anyone who meets the minimum standards for driving tin larn to thrust and instrumentality their trial careless of immoderate disability.

“When candidates publication a driving test, we inquire them to accidental if they person a disability, health information oregon learning trouble truthful we tin guarantee that each campaigner is treated fairly.

“We would ever promote candidates to disclose immoderate disability, wellness information oregon learning trouble truthful that tenable adjustments tin beryllium made for them.”