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Ant
21-01-2003, 15:03
How many attempts did it take to pass your driving test?

StuyMac
21-01-2003, 15:14
Passed 2nd time and after 14 lessons :)

Failed on the first for the reverse round a corner, it was up hill, and had been raining, but the sun had com out again. The sun reflected off the road and I didnt see a car until it was apparently "too late" :rolleyes:

Second test was 6 minors I think :D

David_S14
21-01-2003, 15:21
Passed first time after 7 lessons but I had been driving on my mates farm for ages so had a bit of a head start :)

AndyT
21-01-2003, 15:21
Passed first time, but nearly failed. Had made a complete balls up of the emergency stop, and one the way back to the test centre so silly bastard pulled out of a parking space right in front of me. Result, perfect emergency stop. :D

Taught Hayley to drive, but I'll let Hayley go into details on that :rolleyes: , she did pass first time though, and in our Capri :eek:

JB
21-01-2003, 15:31
Passed first time even thought when the examiner told me to turn left I actually went right.

I so so full of flu that I really had no business behind the wheel of a car, but the examiner was just as bad so he let me off :D

RichSeal
21-01-2003, 15:40
1st time here - then the day after spun my car into the nearest hedge :(

Ken
21-01-2003, 15:45
Passed second time, failed the first one for being hesitant cos I stopped at a zebra crossing when no one was on it:(

JB
21-01-2003, 15:53
Originally posted by Blue
Passed second time, failed the first one for being hesitant cos I stopped at a zebra crossing when no one was on it:(

:D :D :D :D :D :D

Nowadays they teach you not to give a flying fcuk whether someone's on it or not. Or so it seems:( :mad:

Tenman
21-01-2003, 16:04
heh, me my Bro and my Sis all passed 1st time, think my Dad is the only one in the Family to have had to take 2 attempts at it (he claims its cos he was used to driving bikes first :P)

Vipers
21-01-2003, 16:35
1st time for test

whos gunna own up for the 5 atempts??

Ken
21-01-2003, 17:15
Who was it that took 6+, come on own up

JonnyBoy
21-01-2003, 17:22
3 for me. First time my fault - complete balls up.

Second time really p1ssed me off. It was 6 months after first test during which time I had been driving constantly and felt extremely confident about test. I was sitting at a roundabout at 5.30 in summer - busy as hell. Saw a gap behind a bus so as it was level with me I started to move forwards slowly - BANG goes breaks on dual control -

"you were going to hit the bus!!"

"No I wasnt, I was getting ready to nip in behind it"

"Dont tell me how to drive lad!"

"Dont tell me what I was going to do you muppet"

etc. etc.

3rd time 7 minors :D

Iain s14
21-01-2003, 17:24
Third time for me, first attempt failed for reversing round the corner and being 1ft away from the curb (the road was that wide both sides were 1ft off a curb!!) the second time I failed for speeding on a 30 limit (included going round roundabouts above the limit) :D

A. Waterfield
21-01-2003, 17:30
i passed first time then got my licence revoked after 8 months (totting up only 6pt licence) and then passed first time again within a year of passing the first time.

how may people have done that? ::o

Pete C
21-01-2003, 18:15
Passed 1st time, 6 minors :D

Just over 2 years later was in court getting my 1st ban :rolleyes:

SMiFFAD
21-01-2003, 18:26
First time, mixture of thinking i knew what i was doing (been driving since i was 9!) and sheer fright.

Second time, just failed when a lorry cut me up, b@stad!

Third time, passed with flying colour, only two minors.

Conspiricy theory:

First time: Stuck up woman instructor,
Seconds time: " " "
Third time: really cool bloke who could believe i had failed before........


Women, your days are numbered:D i'm watching ya........

Midgers
21-01-2003, 18:32
1st time for me... can't remember how many minors, sorry:p

RichardB
21-01-2003, 19:39
1st time for me too. Had 8 lessons in 7 weeks and passed with 6 minors. Had driven off road a few times before but nothing major. I just picked it up very quickly as I used to watch the way my dad drove, so I knew pretty much knew how to drive a car. Its just everyone else getting in your way most of the time.

Cheers,

Richard

arry
21-01-2003, 19:41
passed second time.... was driving for years on (ahem:rolleyes: ) private road before i took any lessons, went in for first test after 4 hours (enough to learn the 3pt turn n stuff) but cocked it up cos i got silly :D

Second test was a lot more relaxed - only got 4 minors :)

Dave_S
21-01-2003, 20:09
DOH!

I saw, random poll and clicked 4 for the hell of it, then saw what it was about!!

LOL, I passed 2nd time

cant remember why I failed first time to be honest, think it was lane discipline???

Dave

Ken
21-01-2003, 20:22
Originally posted by Dave_S
DOH!

I saw, random poll and clicked 4 for the hell of it, then saw what it was about!!

LOL, I passed 2nd time

cant remember why I failed first time to be honest, think it was lane discipline???

Dave

Tut tut, didn't teacher always tell you to read the question in full before answering

Dave_S
21-01-2003, 20:30
Originally posted by Blue
Tut tut, didn't teacher always tell you to read the question in full before answering

Yep :D

*cough* did wonderfully in my GCSEs too ;) *cough*

Dave

SteveDunn
21-01-2003, 20:54
1st time, 1 minor :)

Also had learnt to drive in mates field with his buggy and volvo tank thing when i was 11 :D Then took some courses on a track for my 15th birthday present :)

Can't remember what the minor was for, had something to do with avoiding a policecar tho :o

luke 200
21-01-2003, 22:23
Passed third time, Suffered from mega nerves on the first two.:(

siranui
21-01-2003, 22:51
[Smug mode engaged]

First time, of course.

STiMPY
22-01-2003, 00:13
First time for me too.

Cookie
22-01-2003, 00:37
passed first time only had 1 lesson.

C.

Simon
22-01-2003, 08:46
Past first time but had the advantage of learning to drive when i was 9

Cant remember how many minors but i did annoyingly stall the car 3 times on the test doing the parallel park and that was the only time i ever stalled the bloody instructors car in the 2 weeks i drove it. Bloody Kia Pride, lol

RichSeal
22-01-2003, 09:01
Originally posted by Dave_S
DOH!

I saw, random poll and clicked 4 for the hell of it, then saw what it was about!!

LOL, I passed 2nd time

cant remember why I failed first time to be honest, think it was lane discipline???

Dave

Did the same and clicked 5!!!!! but passed first time, with so many minors I think they guy had to pass someone to reach his quota or something! I actually mounted the kerb (twice) on reversing round the corner because of nerves. I had done it perfectly before the test:mad: Can't believe I passed....

Leon
22-01-2003, 09:02
Originally posted by Simon
Past first time but had the advantage of learning to drive when i was 9

Cant remember how many minors but i did annoyingly stall the car 3 times on the test doing the parallel park and that was the only time i ever stalled the bloody instructors car in the 2 weeks i drove it. Bloody Kia Pride, lol

At least I wasn't the only one subjected to a bloody Kia! Where's the pride in that? Huh? Huh? All my friends got Golfs, even Corsas. At I had a bloody Queer PRide with an ugly gay driving instructor with a stupid laugh and bad taste in jokes.

The Architect
22-01-2003, 09:03
it was third time lucky for me:)

should have passed earlier but examiners seem to give young lads a harder time than others:mad:

even when i did pass he told me i sat to far from the wheel to control the car properly, :confused:

anyway carn,t be to bad only 8points so far.:D

Dave H
22-01-2003, 09:52
1st time on my 17th birthday :p

TAS
22-01-2003, 10:44
Passed first time, both on theory and practical at the age of 17
I got 2 minors. I think.

One was doing a 3 point turn, chugged back a little, not enough revs, and the second was on gears. I was doing 65 down a dual carriage way and was in 4th gear:rolleyes: (corsa 1.2, 5 speed)

Only had 17 lessons (1/2 hr per lesson) and have never driven a car b4 that.:)

The first car I was insured on was a Citroen BX16RE with a newly 1.6i 16v engine replacement. learnt to drive in that.
the suspension thing was wierd but fun when you can adjust handling, well you could with this one;)
wrote it off within 6 months, due to suspension going haywire.:(

Ripper
22-01-2003, 15:17
Passed the 1st time but the bitch failed me.

Failed the 2nd time and the bloke passed me! And I did the test in a blizzard (no sh!t). If the car had broken down I would've phoned for huskies, not the AA :D :D :D