what age did you pass your driving test?

whelan1

just wondering, i am assuming that most people where driving from young and got the test at a young age, i passed at 18 on the second go. Was very nervous. Brother passed his test yesterday at 34

lakill Farm

i was 19, on the 2nd go. I was doing 30k miles a year up and back to college also so had got a bit of experience

bbam

18, First time out..

Rovi

20, on the first attempt.

tony1980

Only started driving at 25, had no need before that really. Passed the test at 27 on my first try.

severeoversteer

17 on the second go, tester was a g0bsh1te

hallo dare

18 on the first go, Thank God. Would hate to be doing it now!!!:)

laurence997

Got it on the first go last week, 19

FineFilly

18 and first time,no short skirt ;-)

simx

17 on the 2nd go

case 956

17 and 1st go

bogman_bass

22 first go. didnt bother till I finished college

Mulumpy

18 on second go

BalingMad

17, went back the wrong day first, that settled the nerves :-p

Sam Kade

20 on second go because some ape of a young lad coming out if school ran out in front of the car during first test:mad: that was back in the day you could drive on as many provisional licences as you liked without being accompanied.

My son passed first go the start of oct at 17, he only started driving on the road in July.

Brown Podzol

First go at 17 in a borrowed Ford Escort Mexico, not today or yesterday.:P

moy83

18 FOURTH go .

131spanner

17 first go

buffalobilly

First go 17 mother had house full of blessed candles hehe

hugo29

20 first go, didnt bother with test till after college

nashmach

21 first go, similar to others didn't bother till after college.

KatyMac

Same here after college and time in Germany at 24 on 1st go, (had to be able to afford to pay insurance!)

Muckit

Got the B licence way back when was 22 on the second attempt in Roscommon town. I'm sure they're are a few on here that know the town and the circuits

Anyways on the first attempt the instructor brought me down the slip road that connects the golf links to the Athleague road, coming out just below the railway bridge and the Abbey hotel. I had never gone around this way before on the lessons! For anyone that doesn't know it the road comes out virtually parallel to the main road. Sure I pulled up to the junction and because I was positioned poorly and in a van, couldn't see a dickie bird out the offside........ so what would you say to a lad sitting beside you if you had no view......... you guessed it..... yes I said it...... 'how am I that side?' :pac: :pac: :pac:

You are the weakest link..... GOODBYE!!

Faith+1

23 First time.

spuddy90

I was 27 on my second attempt! Felt very hard done by after my first failure, at 25, I didn't bother to apply for 18months!

Faith+1

Muckit wrote: »

Got the B licence way back when was 22 on the second attempt in Roscommon town. I'm sure they're are a few on here that know the town and the circuits

Anyways on the first attempt the instructor brought me down the slip road that connects the golf links to the Athleague road, coming out just below the railway bridge and the Abbey hotel. I had never gone around this way before on the lessons! For anyone that doesn't know it the road comes out virtually parallel to the main road. Sure I pulled up to the junction and because I was positioned poorly and in a van, couldn't see a dickie bird out the offside........ so what would you say to a lad sitting beside you if you had no view......... you guessed it..... yes I said it...... 'how am I that side?' :pac: :pac: :pac:

You are the weakest link..... GOODBYE!!

LoL!

hugo29

Muckit wrote: »

Got the B licence way back when was 22 on the second attempt in Roscommon town. I'm sure they're are a few on here that know the town and the circuits

Anyways on the first attempt the instructor brought me down the slip road that connects the golf links to the Athleague road, coming out just below the railway bridge and the Abbey hotel. I had never gone around this way before on the lessons! For anyone that doesn't know it the road comes out virtually parallel to the main road. Sure I pulled up to the junction and because I was positioned poorly and in a van, couldn't see a dickie bird out the offside........ so what would you say to a lad sitting beside you if you had no view......... you guessed it..... yes I said it...... 'how am I that side?' :pac: :pac: :pac:

You are the weakest link..... GOODBYE!!

MAD WHORE,

hugo29

know a lad who failed for swerving to avoid a dog, instructor said he should have nailed the dog:eek:

onyerbikepat

I was driving a tractor since I was 12, so thought I could drive for Ireland. Failed miserably first time. It wasnt till I took lessons that I realised how wrong I was driving. Passed on second attempt and then drove home with all the bad habits from before.
You do know that, anyone that has a full licence from before 1989 (I think), automatically qualifies for a trailer licence.

bbam

hugo29 wrote: »

know a lad who failed for swerving to avoid a dog, instructor said he should have nailed the dog:eek:

Some school kids messing on the footpath when I was doing my test.
One pushed the other out in front of me and I had to swerve across white line.
Thought I'd failed but when tester muttered "feckin retards" I felt a bit happier.

srfc19

Passed mine, at 19 on the first go.

Did my test on a Monday after the younger brother passed his on the Friday. I was a little under pressure as the slagging would never have ended!

SCOOP 64

18 first go ,but it was alot easier back then.
my bike test when i was 17 was a joke, the tester didn't even have a bike, so stood on the corner told me a go round block, he would just walk to each corner and watch me, at some stage he said i will put my arm up and you to do a emergency stop, i could see him a mile off behind a tree, then put is arm out and i stopped, mad, i passed, those were the days.

Skatedude

18 on the first attempt, and i'd never driven any car except the instructors car

farming93

17 on my first attempt.

dar31

17 on the first go, in an isuzu trooper commercial.

Dunedin

20 on second go

keep going

Mother insisted I go for lessons when I got the car first (she wouldnt give it tome until I finished the leaving) so I went for a lesson and yer man said I was fine without any more lessons but showed me the test routes and 2 years later went in and passed it first time

Bizzum

Min twenties when I finished college. 2nd go. Mini skirt and low cut top:D

Thats a good while back now!

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

Only started driving at 24, passed my test on my first attempt when I was 25.

Conmaicne Mara

Early twenties some time, like the car ad on DD I flew through the test.

milkprofit

17 yr 2 months first time vw Beetel

quadboy

18 first go in a carina, anyone here buy your license, you could do that years ago couldn't you

Sam Kade

quadboy wrote: »

18 first go in a carina, anyone here buy your license, you could do that years ago couldn't you

How do you mean? You paid for a licence back then same as now.

quadboy

Sam Kade wrote: »

How do you mean? You paid for a licence back then same as now.

no you could just go in and buy the license without doing the test

who the fug

quadboy wrote: »

no you could just go in and buy the license without doing the test

up until about 61 /62 mother and father had a license to drive everything

mikefoxo

23, first time, only a few months ago. Stalled the car going out of the test centre:o

Sam Kade

quadboy wrote: »

no you could just go in and buy the license without doing the test

First I ever heard of it unless you are thinking of when they were giving out driving licences to clear a backlog in 1979. It was only for a month and only applied to people that had already applied for the test. Some posters on here believe it went on longer and all you had to do was get your licence which is not true.

Sam Kade

who the fug wrote: »

up until about 61 /62 mother and father had a license to drive everything

Back in 61-62 that wouldn't have been much there weren't even artics back then.

dzer2

Sam Kade wrote: »

First I ever heard of it unless you are thinking of when they were giving out driving licences to clear a backlog in 1979. It was only for a month and only applied to people that had already applied for the test. Some posters on here believe it went on longer and all you had to do was get your licence which is not true.

Pasted first time at 17 as I needed it for summer work.

There was a period in the sixties that you had to only had to fill out a form tell the gard that you could drive pay your pound and hey presto heres your licence.

who the fug

Sam Kade wrote: »

Back in 61-62 that wouldn't have been much there weren't even artics back then.

and your point being

Northern Ireland was 1955

stoeger

17 first go
20 cat c first go
24 cat c+e fecking truck broke down out side Mercedes dealer in limerick i got her going again after ten minutes tester was sound he could have canceled the test
Passed me first go that was ten years ago wouldnt like to be doing test now