Did you pass your driving test...

[Paddy]

I passed my M/C test first time at 16. Mum bought five driving lessons for my 17th birthday. The instructor was a local independent who also taught the police. The car was a Triumph Herald. The Triumph Herald had a real chassis and a very small turning circle. I passed first time. At 18 I got my competition licence. 18 was the minimum age to drive in Europe so on my 18th my friend an I took my car to drive to Italy... in a Mk 1 Mini.

[Normie]

Passed first time at 17 but thought I had failed as I had made a bit of a pig ears of going over the Magic Roundabout in Swindon.

[Robinho]

Does there come a point where you fail it so many times you're deemed unfit to ever be able to drive?

[Paddy]

Passed first time at 17 but thought I had failed as I had made a bit of a pig ears of going over the Magic Roundabout in Swindon.

I think it is possible to go around the Swindon ones the wrong way quite legally if you use each of the outer roundabouts in turn

[Paddy]

I pass my testings in Bangalore. Drive away in rapid form, come back and brake the car fruitfully, and Bob is being your uncle! Pass!

Bob

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

[Doggy Styles]

I passed my M/C test first time at 16. Mum bought five driving lessons for my 17th birthday. The instructor was a local independent who also taught the police. The car was a Triumph Herald. The Triumph Herald had a real chassis and a very small turning circle. I passed first time. At 18 I got my competition licence. 18 was the minimum age to drive in Europe so on my 18th my friend an I took my car to drive to Italy... in a Mk 1 Mini.

Are you Paddy Hopkirk?

[TheFaQQer]

When I sat my driving test for the first and only time I thought I'd failed right at the start. Parallel parking I hit the pavement which I knew was an automatic fail so just to prove I could do it I told the examiner I was going to do it again which I did perfectly.

Now that I was convinced I'd failed I relaxed and carried on with the test without being anxious or nervous, pissed off of course.

At the end of the test I was surprised to learn I'd passed, the examiner explained that had I asked her if I could perform the parallel parking maneover again she would have said yes but I would have failed because I had asked, the fact that I told her I was doing it again she described as a recovery maneover and that was allowed. I'd never heard of this before but glad I it worked out as it did.

What are your experiences with your driving test.

Similar - I hit the curb reversing round a corner (twice). Convinced I'd failed, I relaxed and did everything fine after that.

At the end, absolutely deadpan, he said "I'm pleased to tell you you've passed." He then went on to tell me that I was trying to be a perfectionist and reversing round the corner three inches from it was more than expected - "next time, give yourself a lot more room to do it".

[TheFaQQer]

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

Someone I was at school with had a full, valid Indian motorcycle licence.

He'd never been on a motorcycle.

[Platypus]

Good to see a lot of pilots on here.

And some ex-pilots too, IIRC

[TheFaQQer]

Puma helicopter first time, and with a record low number of logged hours.

I also warned them about a couple of design flaws.

threaded

But Threaded never managed to fly a Tornado with a bowl of spaghetti in his lap like I did.

Craig