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When you passed your test?

  • 27-05-2008 10:36pm
    #1
    bigpinkelephant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 792 ✭✭✭


    Mods feel free to move this to Motors but there are a lot of full licensed drivers posting here also,

    I think it would be interesting to see the stats for when people passed their test, straight from the horses' mouths. :)

    The poll is private so no one need know if you took 8 attempts to pass!!!

    When you passed your driving test... 182 votes

    I was driving 6 months or less
    0% 0 votes
    6 months- 1 year
    9% 17 votes
    1- 2 years
    13% 24 votes
    2-3 years
    7% 13 votes
    3 years or more
    4% 9 votes
    I passed first time
    1% 3 votes
    I passed second time
    11% 21 votes
    I passed third time
    6% 11 votes
    I passed fourth or subsequent time
    3% 6 votes
    I had 0 lessons with instructor- learned from family/friends
    2% 5 votes
    I had 1-5 lessons with instructor- rest was family/friends
    1% 2 votes
    I had 5-10 lessons with instructor and rest with family/friends
    8% 15 votes
    I had 10-15 lessons and rest with family/friends
    3% 7 votes
    I had 15-20 lessons and rest with family/friends
    2% 4 votes
    I was aged 17-20 years
    4% 8 votes
    I was aged 21-24 years
    7% 14 votes
    I was aged 25-30 years
    7% 13 votes
    I was 30-40 years or more
    5% 10 votes


Comments

  • #2
    Dr.Millah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 582 ✭✭✭Dr.Millah


    I was driving 6 months or less
    I passed first time
    I had 1-5 lessons with instructor- rest was family/friends
    I was aged 17-20 years


  • #3
    Nightwish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,129 ✭✭✭Nightwish


    I was driving 6 months exactly and passed the first time. I took 25 lessons and I'm 24.


  • #4
    bigpinkelephant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 792 ✭✭✭bigpinkelephant


    I was driving 6 months, I am 22
    Passed first time yesterday
    Had 20 lessons- 11 over November/December and then another 9 over April/May as I had been called for my test then. (Only needed 3 or 4 but kept getting more so I would not fall back into bad habits before the test). I had been practicing every day in the meantime between December and now.

    You have done very well Nightwish, I have seen some of your threads on here, congrats!!!!


  • #5
    Nightwish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,129 ✭✭✭Nightwish


    Thank you! Its a huge relief as you know yourself, when you pass! :)


  • #6
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,041 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    bigpinkelephant wrote: »
    it would be interesting to see the stats for when people passed their test
    Which one - I've done them all! ;)

    I walked that lonely path back to the test centre, with my fate unknown, 9 times! :D


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  • #7
    snickerpuss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,055 ✭✭✭snickerpuss


    Driving less than 6 months (3!)
    Passed second time
    Am 21.
    Had 3 lessons in total. (He's very keen to just get you to go and drive.)


  • #8
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    snickerpuss wrote: »
    Driving less than 6 months (3!)
    Passed second time
    Am 21.
    Had 3 lessons in total. (He's very keen to just get you to go and drive.)

    Yeah my instructor was like that too!
    less than 3 months driving
    5 lessons
    19 years old!
    First time!


  • #9
    bigpinkelephant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 792 ✭✭✭bigpinkelephant


    snickerpuss wrote: »
    Driving less than 6 months (3!)
    Passed second time
    Am 21.
    Had 3 lessons in total. (He's very keen to just get you to go and drive.)

    Yeah my first instructor (who taught me the basics) was the same. "So are you driving to work yet???" when I was still stalling the car at every set of lights!!!


  • #10
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,041 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    bigpinkelephant wrote: »
    Yeah my first instructor (who taught me the basics) was the same. "So are you driving to work yet???" when I was still stalling the car at every set of lights!!!
    When I arrived in Finglas for my 1st E+C (artic) lesson I didn't really expect to be driving much. I climbed into the truck with the instructor expecting to get a bit of a tutorial but it was "right, away you go - we're going to Dublin Port". :eek: In at the deep end! :D


  • #11
    Delirium
    Moderators Posts: 51,922 ✭✭✭✭Delirium


    Was about 3 months into my 2nd provisional aged 29.

    Failed the 1st test after about 1 year driving and 12 lessons. Actually felt like the tester had taken a
    personal dislike to me because it was marked that badly. Put it down to test day nerves.

    Did 2-3 more lessons the week of the 2nd test. Only got 1 grade 2 mark on the test. Was delighted with the result.

    If you can read this, you're too close!



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  • #12
    Yellow Snow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 256 ✭✭Yellow Snow


    Driving 7 months
    Age 24
    Had 6 lessons (3 at the very start and 3 in the week before the test)
    Passed 1st time


  • #13
    The Real B-man
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 3,740 Mod ✭✭✭✭The Real B-man


    Driving 2 months
    Age 20
    4 lessons
    4 Pretests(Best money i ever spent!!)
    Passed 1st time


  • #14
    bill_ashmount
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,047 ✭✭✭bill_ashmount


    Passed 1st time
    No lessons
    Driving on and off about 3 years.


  • #15
    Danbo!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,942 ✭✭✭Danbo!


    Driving 5 months
    Passed 1st time
    Had 3 Lessons, 2 Pretests
    Age 23


  • #16
    stek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 381 ✭✭stek


    how many times did you have to do your test before passing?
    wondering what the average is..
    It took me 3 goes..


  • #17
    Dancor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,624 ✭✭✭Dancor


    3rd time


  • #18
    ztoical
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,788 ✭✭✭ztoical


    pretty sure there was a thread like this not to long ago, might be worth doing a quick search



    not exactly the same question but in this thread most people give how many times it took them to pass in their replies.


  • #19
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Threads Merged. They're both pretty similar.


  • #20
    NewApproach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,191 ✭✭✭NewApproach


    Dr.Millah wrote: »
    I was driving 6 months or less
    I passed first time
    I had 1-5 lessons with instructor- rest was family/friends
    I was aged 17-20 years

    As above...


  • #21
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,584 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    i done the stupid thing.

    i got my prov. license.
    booked test.
    1 year later got test date.
    started to learn to drive, two weeks before test.
    failed test in september.
    drove until december.
    sent a letter in december saying i needed test for work (which i did).
    passed test on january 10th 2006 on second attempt.


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  • #22
    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,259 ✭✭✭Rowley Birkin QC


    Driving about 6 months
    3 lessons
    Passed second time, 2 weeks after my first test
    17-20

    Job.


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