Need some genuine advice from people who have been through multiple RTA road test attempts 🙏

I’m currently enrolled at Excellence Driving Centre – Jumeirah, and I’m honestly a bit lost about what to do next.

For some background:
Passed my Internal Assessment on my 2nd attempt
Passed the Internal Smart Yard on my 1st attempt
Passed the RTA Smart Yard on my 2nd attempt

I’ve been driving for around 15 years in my home country

But I have now failed the RTA Road Test 3 times

I know I have to take the classes and book the 4th attempt, but my question is: where do I actually improve, and at what point do I stop repeating the same cycle?

My 3 attempts:

1st attempt – 7 AM weekday
I accept this one was my mistake. During a lane change,I didn’t properly see a car. I thought I could make the lane change, but the examiner intervened. Fair enough.

2nd attempt – Sunday, 11:30 AM
This one I genuinely felt was not my mistake. The examiner gave me 3 major mistakes related to “no control of the car.”
I have been driving for 15 years, so this was quite confusing for me because I don’t feel that I lack control of the vehicle.

3rd attempt – Today, 3 PM, Jumeirah
This one has really confused me.
The residential area, roundabouts, etc. felt completely fine to me. I was driving around 38–39 km/h in a 40 km/h zone, but there were bikes, cars and traffic in front of me.
At the end of the test, the examiner told me:
I was driving too slowly in the residential area.
On the main road, there was a bike in front of me and apparently I should have overtaken it. He marked it as “intention to collide with another road user.”
Again, he marked “no control of the car.”

And this is where I’m completely confused.
If there is a bike/car in front of me, how do I know when the examiner expects me to overtake versus when I should maintain distance and wait?

And if I’m doing 38–39 in a 40 zone because there is traffic/bikes/cars ahead, how much faster am I actually expected to drive?

Now I genuinely don’t know what to do.

I’ve already spent around AED 5,500 on the pay-as-you-go package.

My test timings have also been completely different:
1st: Weekday, 7 AM
2nd: Sunday, 11:30 AM
3rd: Weekday, 3 PM
All at the Jumeirah RTA Road Test Centre.

So I’m not even sure whether timing is affecting anything.
I’m definitely going to take the required classes and book my 4th attempt, but I’m wondering:

1. Has anyone here failed 3 times and passed on the 4th?
2. If you failed 4–5 times, what did you actually change that finally helped you pass?
3. Should I ask Excellence for a different instructor/senior instructor to assess me?
4. At what point should I seriously consider changing driving institutes?
5. For the 4th attempt, what time/day would you recommend for Jumeirah?
6. Most importantly — what should I actually work on based on these failure reasons?

I’m not looking for sympathy or someone to tell me “just keep trying.” I genuinely want to understand what I should change before attempt #4, because I don’t want to keep spending money booking tests without fixing the actual problem.

If anyone has been through a similar situation at Excellence Jumeirah or Jumeirah RTA, I would really appreciate your honest advice — especially if you passed after 3, 4, 5+ attempts.

Thanks in advance 🙏