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  • Passed driving test
  • captaintomo
    Free Member

    Today I passed my practical test first time with no minors. I can’t believe it and so overjoyed.

    How many minors did you get and how old were you?

    Woooooooo

    Cougar
    Full Member

    Operation Yewtree precludes me from answering that.

    Congratulations.

    scaredypants
    Full Member

    no minors

    Now I just bet there’s a joke in there somewhere 😉

    Anyhow, congratulations but GET OFF stw until you own an audi !

    (Bah, I was beaten by the modz)

    Whathaveisaidnow
    Free Member

    i was 21, i didn’t hit any minors, although i nearly had an old dear on a zebra crossing… 😮

    first time pass here too, in the days when it was just one test…

    congratulations,..now go ride a bike

    transporter13
    Free Member

    17 car 4 minors
    19 auto bus 4 minors
    21 manual bus 2minors
    25 class 2 4 minors
    25 class 1 2 minors
    All first time
    :mrgreen:

    In all seriousness. Well done mate 🙂

    allthepies
    Free Member

    I knocked down an 18 yr old and nearly hit a pensioner so passed with zero minors 🙂

    marcus7
    Free Member

    No idea, I passed first time so didn’t ask… This was before theory tests which I probably would have failed mainly due to poor understanding of how to overtake… 🙂 , any advice out there?

    seavers
    Free Member

    Congrats!

    When I passed it was all fields round here, life was in black and white and what the hell is the practical test?! That’s like when you drive a car yeah?

    mrmo
    Free Member

    passed when i 32,

    first thing congratulations,

    second now you learn to drive. I would suggest some motorway lessons at the very least. Passplus or similar, it does help with the insurance costs.

    third, remember you only have 6 points, ie get caught speeding twice and you go back to L plates.

    fourth, however good you think you are, you’re not. Treat driving like a privilege. And hopefully you won’t be one of the huge number of new drivers who crash.

    Smudger666
    Full Member

    Passed first time at 18 back before there were minors. Mind you, I did buy my examiner a bottle of vodka the night before 😉

    And congrats!

    allthepies
    Free Member

    I passed about 4 months after my 17th birthday. This was back in 1983 however and it was mandatory to drink a couple of pints of ale before the test.

    jonba
    Free Member

    22, 1 minor for ‘steering’ or some such.

    I assume that you have ridden a fair bit on the road as a cyclist?
    My instructor mentioned that it was often clear as people understand how the roads work so all they need to do is work out the car. I guess some people never figure out how roads work.

    ac282
    Full Member

    First time pass at 18 but iirc 13 minors. Luckily I was equally shoddy at everything so I didn’t get 3 in any category.

    jay91
    Free Member

    1st time at 17 5 minors 🙂

    chewkw
    Free Member

    Recently passed my UK driving license with 4 minors but I already have a 3rd world driving license for many years with no minor (cost me only £40 in those days). 🙂

    stratobiker
    Free Member

    Well done captaintomo!!! Good job!!!

    It’s harder now so ‘chapeau’!!!

    I passed in 1973! No prob’s

    SB

    oldmanonabike
    Free Member

    Passed mine 40 years ago this week 😯

    I was so hungover I’ll never know how I passed!

    Northwind
    Full Member

    Well done!

    I got 2 minors on the bike test which tbh I didn’t think I deserved. Went back to my instructor, said “I passed, had a great ride”, he said, “And he gave you 2 minors, one for hesitation and one for control, right?” Apparently they’d never seen anyone get less than 2 from that tester.

    On the car test, years later, I picked up 4 and yep entirely deserved, 2 separate mistakes and entirely deserved

    captaintomo
    Free Member

    Thanks a lot chaps. Just been out for a spin and it feels amazing!

    “I assume that you have ridden a fair bit on the road as a cyclist?”
    Yes this is correct and I think it put me at a slight advantage as like you said I understood the road system.

    Thanks again for kind words

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