Did you pass your driving test...

[Doggy Styles]

I don't believe you. You more likely knocked over the bollards and bribed the examiner 100 rupees

The examiner stayed in the cafe while I do drivings. Any bollard knockings and similar are not being known to him.

You are precise about 100 rupee offerings though. Did you test in India too?

[Platypus]

A policeman is much more likely to let you go at 99mph on the M5 ...

A few years back maybe. Not these days, not from what people I know have said. They all basically c*nts. HTH.

[Scrag Meister]

I was speaking to my Granfather back in the day and he told me that he NEVER took a test, just went in the post office and filled in an application and got his full licence.

[Old Hack]

A few years back maybe. Not these days, not from what people I know have said. They all basically c*nts. HTH.

I was late for a ferry a few years back, driving to Rome. I come across a V70 paddy wagon going about 70mph. Everytime I wento overtake it, it swerved in front of me and a light in the back lit up saying Police Slow. He did it everytime I tried for about 30 miles, then pulled off.

All he succeeded in doing was ensure I drove the last 30 odd miles at around 130mph.

But all in all, they're ok, if you're not mardy with them. I was pulled at 90mph in the Motorhome and when stopped he was all smiles and asked how it went that fast. All in all, like most professions, there are good and bad, but in the main, they're not that bad ime

[Platypus]

I was speaking to my Granfather back in the day and he told me that he NEVER took a test, just went in the post office and filled in an application and got his full licence.

LOL amazing:

A voluntary driving test was introduced in England in 1935. The test cost 37½ pence and the pass rate was 63%. The first person to pass was called Mr Been. There weren’t any test centres and examiners would meet candidates at a pre-arranged spot, like a park or railway station. The compulsory driving test was introduced on 1st June 1935, for all drivers who started driving on or after 1st of April 1934.

[Old Hack]

I was speaking to my Granfather back in the day and he told me that he NEVER took a test, just went in the post office and filled in an application and got his full licence.

For my Dad, I think he got it in the army, they just said, can you drive? He said no, they just said you can now.

[d000hg]

I think I have the record so far, won't tell you how many times but its more than the next highest on this thread, and more than a few people combined

Seems weird there is no limit (that I know of).

[NotAllThere]

In Switzerland you get three goes. After that you have to see a psychiatrist. I don't know how many goes you get after that.

[Robinho]

And some ex-pilots too, IIRC

That would apply to me as my license has expired.

Intend to renew after this gig though.

[Paddy]

In Switzerland you get three goes. After that you have to see a psychiatrist. I don't know how many goes you get after that.

Switzerland is easy. At the end of the test the pupil asks the examiner "What is the name given to a gap in the mountains where roads are built?" When the examiner answers; the pupil says thanks.