yay!!!!!

sloppycowpat

I just passed my driving test first time with 6 minors

how many attempts and minors did you guys get I am curious

projectsome

sloppycowpat wrote:

I just passed my driving test first time with 6 minors

how many attempts and minors did you guys get I am curious

Why on earth would you have that many children in your car?

nicklouse

what is a minor?

I just passed.

you either passed or fkuc-up.

I would say you really did the latter but in todays world they did not want to say so.

sloppycowpat

hehe i thought i failed halfway round tbh

cooldad

Excellent, another semi competent hazard on the road.

BigJimmyB

Passed first time in Feb 89.

20 min practical test, that's all it was.

My daughter just failed as she got a major. I'm encouraging her to rebook ASAP and put the first test down to experience.

Anyhoo - congrats - drive carefully!

1mancity2

I passed 2nd time,

1st time I failed on reversing round a corner, I was too busy looking at what the instrustor was writing* and went straight past the turn.


*Failed!

Chunkers1980

I missed a turn off a roundabout, weent round again and still passed.

A minor in this instance in a minor fault - you can get a few of them but no majors.

Raymondavalon

Congratulations!

Got my car and bike licence aged 18, within the same week, car on a Tuesday and [unlimited capacity] bike on the Thursday
A few years later, aged 23 I got my articulated HGV licence and admittedly I've not driven anything truck wise for many years.
I believe the sooner one gets their licence the better..

Chunkers1980

People around 30+ learning to drive look funny. Just get a licence even if you have no intention of getting a car as soon after 17 as you can afford it all.

sloppycowpat

yeh i suppose so insurance defiantly goes down if you passed when 17 and then don't drive for a few years, but i spent all of my money on beer and bikes for last few years :roll:

im 21 and just graduated and i couldn't afford to do it before when i was a student and i want a motorbike but need the driving licence for jobs etc, so will not be getting a car unless someone gives me one or have a company car, might get a 125cc but i want a 600cc so will end up doing DAS I reckon

jndb72

Passed first time in February 1989, which suprised even me because I drove half the route without a seat belt on.

YeehaaMcgee

nicklouse wrote:

I would say you really did the latter but in todays world they did not want to say so.

You're probably right - there's a ton of people on the roads who really should have no right to be.

jndb72

YeehaaMcgee wrote:

nicklouse wrote:

I would say you really did the latter but in todays world they did not want to say so.

You're probably right - there's a ton of people on the roads who really should have no right to be.

That's the problem these days, they don't have the right to be there, but they're there none the less :?

YeehaaMcgee

I might just be overly cynical, but it seems to me that there's a lot of institutions in modern Britain that aren't allowed to say "sorry, you're just not good enough" anymore.

bompington

My parents had a Minor but I was too young to drive it at the time

EH_Rob

Obviously everyone was much better at driving and all other tasks in the good old days.

YeehaaMcgee

EH_Rob wrote:

Obviously everyone was much better at driving and all other tasks in the good old days.

Oh, is ickle Robbie wobbie angwy upset because someone may be told they're not good at something?
Aaaaaw. Go see your mummy I'm sure she'll say everything's just fine.

bobpzero

nevermind the drivers its what they do to their car(s). pity we dont have the australian legislation law on modified cars.

oodboo

Failed my first attempt with 18 minors, 2 majors and 1 dangerous fault. I done well to get back to the test centre in the drivers seat as the examiner nearly took over.
Passed my second attempt with a clean sheet.

NDriver

Congrats :thumbsup:

I passed 1st time and only hit 3 minors, 1 old person and 1 road biker (so its forgiven )

On a more serious note. 1st time with 7 minors after 7 lessons and 3 week after turning 17 Was well happy with myself at the time.

spongtastic

Passed first time in 1991, 4 lessons and much 'unofficial' driving.

snotty badger

You know you've failed when the examiner makes a whippering noise on a round-about :oops:

sloppycowpat

:shock:

YeehaaMcgee

snotty badger wrote:

You know you've failed when the examiner makes a whippering noise on a round-about :oops:

Or when you wake up in intensive care, with police waiting to speak to you about a murder charge.

ddraver

Passed first time with 15 minors...so I'm dangerous, but in a safe way....

James0911

passed first time with two minors, one was for taking my left hand off the wheels to scratch my bollocks!

mintedox

I failed my theory first time round cos I thought I knew it all. Didn't do the hazard perception in them days and I can't drive a 7.5tonne on my licence which is annoying. My mum can and in reality she can't drive anything bigger than a fiat 500, the old one.

Congratulations

bails87

YeehaaMcgee wrote:

I might just be overly cynical, but it seems to me that there's a lot of institutions in modern Britain that aren't allowed to say "sorry, you're just not good enough" anymore.

Thing is, I doubt the DSA is one of them.

It's the courts who fail to ban proper awful drivers because "I need my car to drive to the shops" that worry me. Anyone can behave themselves for half an hour with the examiner watching, it's being a d1ck for the next 60 years and getting away with it that's the problem.

OP: Congrats on the test pass, Roadcraft might be worth a read at some point, to improve your planing and anticipation.

BigJimmyB

My 18 YO daughter passed yesterday at attempt #2.

She probably won't have / drive a car until after Uni (if at all she says), but I convinced her to take her test and get it out of the way.

I'm chuffed for her.

dhobiwallah

Had a mate fail his test many years ago by going through a post office window during a 3-point turn!
He failed a later test by overtaking an ambulance with its blues and twos on.

At his 7th attempt I think they just felt sorry for him and let him through......