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p-nut

WAHEYYYY!!

Sorry, im just over the moon. This was my second time doing it and i just cant believe it:D

I was determined to get it before my 18th.....and guess what.....I'm not 18 til the 20th of june.

Thanks to everyone that posted advice up here, i've been lurkin around this forum silently for the last while and its brill.

MrPudding

Well done! Be careful out there, there are a lot of nutter learner drivers.

MrP

wba88

fair play to ya!

ImDave

well done, fair pay

ImDave

well done, fair pay

MayMay

I wish I was in your position! Well done

Wishbone Ash

Congratulations, especially on passing at a young age.

Mr. Presentable

Well done m'dear! Now you're qualified to dispense the advice

Dave!

Fair play, now you can start picking up bad habits!

chasm

Congratulations!

Wishbone Ash

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Have you just passed a driving test?

Euphoric, exhilarated, satisfied, smug, gushing pride and joy?

If you wish to relate your experiences to others, please post here rather that begining a new thread.

Jimoslimos

Wishbone Ash wrote:

If you wish to relate your experiences to others, please post here rather that begining a new thread.

Yeah good idea, how about making it a sticky along with a failure thread

jjbrien

I passed my test on the first attempt last week. I got my Certificate of Competency and put in for my full licence. Just wondering the say it will take 2 weeks for them to issue me a full licence. Do I still need to have L plates or not until I get my full licence. I got a copy of the certficate in my car.

Wishbone Ash

jjbrien wrote:

Do I still need to have L plates or not until I get my full licence. I got a copy of the certficate in my car.

Congratulations jjbrien.

Good question. Had a quick scan through the Road Traffic (Licensing of drivers) Regulations and I couldn'd find anything about that. I'm not sure but I'd say you can remove them. After all, you have been deemed to be competent in the category that you have passed and the Certificate is valid for two years..

Mr. Presentable

According to the guy who tested me, you can take down the plates but must not drive on the Motorway or act as an accompanying full licence driver (as you're not a full licence driver until you get yours back).

In fact, technically, you shouldn't be driving sans licence.

jjbrien

nipplenuts wrote:

According to the guy who tested me, you can take down the plates but must not drive on the Motorway or act as an accompanying full licence driver (as you're not a full licence driver until you get yours back).

In fact, technically, you shouldn't be driving sans licence.

Thats a bit daft its not my fault that council takes such a long time to issue my licence. I would have felt that I am a full licence driver as soon as the council accepts my application for a licence.

LegacyUser

When I passed my test the guy said I couldn't take the L plates down until I received my full licence. Seemed a bit daft to me also as I had the cert. of competency. Anyway, I put the application in the post that day and received the licence about a week later, was pretty quick. I kept my L plates up, simply cause I didn't want any penalty points on my lovely new licence that took me 4 attempts to get

TwoShedsJackson

Just passed at the SGS Citywest, as did my wife who was called the same day

unkel

TwoShedsJackson wrote:

Just passed at the SGS Citywest, as did my wife who was called the same day

Congratulations * 2

Mr. Presentable

TwoShedsJackson wrote:

Just passed at the SGS Citywest, as did my wife who was called the same day

Nice work. BTW, do you and the wife have a shed each?

RedorDead

Passed yesterday after failing in early March. 11 grade 2's in March - only 2 yesterday and the difference to be honest was the tester, different guy in different test centre and he very easy going and relaxed. He made a point of only marking the sheet when i was checking traffic coming from the opposite direction.

Over the moon anyway!

Kadeshh

passed last tuesday. 3rd time lucky but still only driving a year and 5 days. happy me:D

bonkey

Passed on Friday, in Switzerland.

As per the system here, I now go onto what they call a provisional license for 3 years, within which time I also have to take 2 mandatory one-day courses. I also intend to take a voluntary winter-driving course as soon as possible this coming cold-season.

Jimoslimos

Congrats bonkey, have you done the test in Ireland aswell?

bonkey

Ta.

In answer to your question....nope. If I had done it in Ireland before I moved here, I'd never have needed to do it in Switz.

As it is, I never bothered when I was younger, for one reason or another.

Jimoslimos

bonkey wrote:

If I had passed it in Ireland before I moved here, I'd never have needed to do it in Switz.

Speaking from experience, I've fixed that for ya;)

bonkey

Well spotted Thanks.

legoman

Passed mine about two weeks ago. Flying colours. First time aswell. Just never got round to it. In the process of buying a used car aswell so its all comin' up Karl.

JuJuYNWA

Passed yesterday in Naas, second time around and have to say the best money i ever spent was on the three pre test lessons i had this time.

Last time i failed on 6 grade twos in one section (observation) and it completly surprised me after what i thought was a great test. The advice of the teacher was priceless.

Its one of the best feelings ever when the tester tells you you have passed!!!!

horgan_p

passed yesterday in cork.

second time , thought i flew it but got a bit of a lecture about too much observation :eek:

pd101

i passed second time round 2 weeks ago in naas, but what i cant understand is the length of the waiting list.

i spent over half an hour in the centre both before and after the test and i was the only one there while the testers were in the other room

gaeilgegrinds

Did you know 12% don't turn up. That's disgraceful. I was waiting 60 weeks for my test. Thank God I passed!

kittex

Just passed my test (in the UK). I'm over the moon.

Started learning at home (Dublin) but didn't have chance to sit test, so took the chance of doing it while living here.

dajaffa

Passed this morning, 3rd time lucky! Tbh I think it really makes a huge difference who you get, the first time I wasn't far off but a combination of nerves and not having been driving long meant I made some mistakes I normally wouldn't. The second time it was just a w***er of a tester, I passed even with a strict examnier (my teacher saw me on the way) today and I have to say my drving is no better now than it was 4 months ago, it just takes a bit of luck.

JoeTurner

Passed today in Wicklow - my first attempt.

Absolutely over the moon as I've had a mental block about driving for years - ever since I let the handbrake off my dad's milk float as a young fella

Tester made a big difference - he was very professional and courteous and made me feel at ease from the start.

Got one grade one and three grade faults.

One very happy camper here!

Joe

wheresthebeef

passed first time in naas after taking 3 pretests from naas driving school.
i got 2 grade two faults, one in progress on moving off and one for position following traffic.

Wishbone Ash

wheresthebeef wrote:

passed first time in naas

Congratulations wheresthebeef!

subway

passed today in raheny
woooo

FutureGuy

Passed today in Limerick on fiirst attempt after 7 months driving. After practicing the 2 routes to death, they pull out a new route this week. 2 grade 1s and 5 grade 2s but who cares now

Delighted

1huge1

^^ Fair play

I also passed in Limerick today at the dock road centre on my 1st try, and im a 17 year old male making it all the better
6 grade 2's which not being cocky but I dont feel I deserved that many, the guy tried hard to fail me like.

All the same over the moon.

MySelf56

Passed my driving test Yesterday at North Point Test centre, over the moon. First time I appeared in last February 2007, but failed miserably with more then 20+ grade 2 errors. This time took pre test lessons from Temple school of motoring. It helped me to identify the bad driving habits I have. This time I have 8 grade 2 errors (close shave).

Wishbone Ash

Congratulations MySelf56 and safe motoring!

Keano

Passed my driving test yesterday at the first attempt. Was very nervous as most are but once I got on the road I was fine

Added bonus that my gf passed yesterday too and we both had the same examiner and he was grumpy!

But we dont care!

Wishbone Ash

Keano A Legend wrote:

Passed my driving test yesterday at the first attempt. Was very nervous as most are but once I got on the road I was fine

Added bonus that my gf passed yesterday too and we both had the same examiner and he was grumpy!

Congratulation to both of you. well done.

(How did you both manage to get called on the same day - coincidence?)

Keano

We both sent our applications off the same day. We didn't think we would get the test the same day though!

Wishbone Ash

Keano A Legend wrote:

We both sent our applications off the same day!

Ahh, true love indeed!

Citizen_Erased

Passed today , Second attempt , not a single mark - the tester said I should frame it

Wishbone Ash

Citizen_Erased wrote:

Passed today , Second attempt , not a single mark - the tester said I should frame it

That is unusual - well done!

deebert

Passed yesterday in Clonmel on first attempt. Got two grade ones for the questions before i even left the office and another grade one for not pulling close enough to a stop line but hey i passed!

Wishbone Ash

deebert wrote:

Passed yesterday in Clonmel on first attempt. Got two grade ones for the questions before i even left the office and another grade one for not pulling close enough to a stop line but hey i passed!

Congratulations deebert .

(When I read your post on the other thread, I was wondering if you did!)

Waltons

Passed first time this morning in Deansgrange. Got a few Grade 1s but t'was all in good fun