How many times did it take you to pass your driving test?

Raconteuse · 08-12-2019 02:21AM #1

Six. Terrible I know.

EmmetSpiceland · 08-12-2019 02:24AM

1. But I shouldn’t have passed.

Junkyard Tom · 08-12-2019 02:33AM

Passed first time over 20 years ago.

Still learning.

BDI · 08-12-2019 02:35AM

Once,at the time they stopped all this letting people away with driving on a provisional stuff . Before that I just drove on a provisional .

08-12-2019 02:35AM

Once. Think I dropped only one point or something.

Rubberchikken · 08-12-2019 02:36AM

passed first time.

always disappointed with the quality of road users nowadays.

Purple Mountain · 08-12-2019 02:38AM

Once. I wore leather hotpants, a boob tube and stilettos, but that had absolutely nothing to do with me being a success.

Your Face · 08-12-2019 02:40AM

Passed second time.
I wasn't ready the first time if I'm honest.

The_Honeybadger · 08-12-2019 02:41AM

Passed first time at age 17. Assessor said I did a flawless test but to watch for parked cars opening doors. I will never forget the elation leaving the testing centre, mainly because my older brother who fancied himself as a great driver had failed several times and I had my licence before him. He was like a dog when I got home

Strumms · 08-12-2019 02:48AM

First time too. 10 years ago. My instructor told me not to show up for the test as I wasn’t ready and didn’t have the required competency yet to pass. I believed he was wrong, it proved I was right.

80sChild · 08-12-2019 03:07AM

Strumms wrote: »

First time too. 10 years ago. My instructor told me not to show up for the test as I wasn’t ready and didn’t have the required competency yet to pass. I believed he was wrong, it proved I was right.

First time too. Tester so professional and put me at ease. Easier to concentrate without excess anxiety. Great day.

windy shepard henderson · 08-12-2019 03:09AM

Your Face wrote: »

Passed second time.
I wasn't ready the first time if I'm honest.

Same as this, pissed it the second time

sligojoek · 08-12-2019 03:22AM

My father bought me a Honda 50 when I was 12. I spent a few years driving it and a few others around a two acre field. When I was 16 and a day I got my licence £6 and insurance £132. I eventually did the test at 29 on a 1978 Kawasaki z1000.

I passed the car test at 21 in England. No driving on your 5th provisional over there.

andekwarhola · 08-12-2019 03:30AM

Passed it second time but to be fair, chanced my arm doing first test with a few weeks driving experience and about 3 lessons and quite rightly failed.

Lewis_Benson · 08-12-2019 03:31AM

One.

andekwarhola · 08-12-2019 03:34AM

Anybody else just quickly skipping over the wanky first time look at me posts?

sligojoek · 08-12-2019 03:41AM

My daughter 24 passed hers a few weeks ago at the first attempt. She wanted to wait till college was out of the way.

Last week was the first week she's driven to and from work on her own.

OMG so proud of my beautiful daughter .

Fann Linn · 08-12-2019 03:43AM

Failed first time in Irl.
Passed first time in UK almost 40 years ago.

highdef · 08-12-2019 03:44AM

1

Potential-Monke · 08-12-2019 03:48AM

Passed first time too. Got in a bit before the mandatory driving lessons thing. Dropped 1 point on not putting on my hazards at a construction stop. The entire place was lit up with flashing orange lights, didn't think I needed to put mine on too. Ah well.

Deleted User wrote: »

I actually posted this over ten years ago on boards. Anyone know what way that works? Why do some green ones have marks?

IIRC, the greens ones are advisories, so you could have something like 10 of them to fail. Only a few of the next blue was a fail, and a red was an immediate fail.

yerwanthere123 · 08-12-2019 03:49AM

Passed the third time. Failed first time when I blatantly wasn't ready, failed the second time for someone that was at the very worst a grade 2 fault but the guy was a notorious cnut so chose to fail me. The same guy tested and passed me the third time, much to his very obvious disappointment that he didn't even try to hide. Didn't even tell me I'd passed or say congratulations, just slid the certificate of competency across the table and told me to sign it. Nice fella :pac:

fritzelly · 08-12-2019 03:57AM

Passed first time, thought I failed when he said take the next right and went to turn in to a cemetery (suppose technically I wasn't wrong but didn't think that at the time)
So delighted wanted to driver home but instructor wouldn't let me - pumped with adrenaline and endorphins

sligojoek · 08-12-2019 03:58AM

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Passed the third time. Failed first time when I blatantly wasn't ready, failed the second time for someone that was at the very worst a grade 2 fault but the guy was a notorious cnut so chose to fail me. The same guy tested and passed me the third time, much to his very obvious disappointment that he didn't even try to hide. Didn't even tell me I'd passed or say congratulations, just slid the certificate of competency across the table and told me to sign it. Nice fella :pac:

Was that in Nenagh?

endacl · 08-12-2019 04:04AM

First time pass. Had my mind on other things, so I was in the frame of mind where I was just taking the tester for a spin, and doing what he told me.

No big deal. ‘Turn left here. Go up there. etc.’

dark crystal · 08-12-2019 04:16AM

Passed first time.

grazer · 08-12-2019 04:20AM

First time. Aged 23.

Pranged my car two weeks later, pulling into a parking space too fast, still on a high from being a “real” driver. Not a bump in the 25 years since. Well, not my bump; car written off while parked outside my house!

JupiterKid · 08-12-2019 04:30AM

Twice...failed first time, passed second time. Nearly 20 years ago now.

I actually think everyone should have to re-sit their driving test every decade. There are so many bad drivers on the roads you wonder how they could possibly have passed.

yerwanthere123 · 08-12-2019 04:46AM

sligojoek wrote: »

Was that in Nenagh?

No, Killarney.

Wompa1 · 08-12-2019 04:49AM

In Ireland, I got it on my 3rd try. My first fail was harsh. Second was fair.

In the US, passed the first time.

sligojoek · 08-12-2019 04:50AM

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

No, Killarney.

There was a legendry tester in Nenagh years ago. Same guy who passed me on the bike.

If there was a crack in your indicator lens you'd be sent home.

GrumpyMe · 08-12-2019 08:50AM

Twice and once - different categories

How many times did it take you to pass your driving test?

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