Driving - passed or failed (be honest - no one's gonna judge)

im currently learning to drive and im just wondering how many lessons people had, how many times it took them to pass and was wondering how hard the theory actually is. the hazard perception test is pretty simple its just the other part im worried about ive done alot of mock tests and pissed em all but im hoping i dont fail on the day. ive already missed one (forgot about it) and it took me a month to get a new slot, ive got it on wednesday, ive had 27 lessons so far and my instructor said i wont need no more than 10 more. i only have one problem when it comes to driving and thats when im braking i never look in my rear-view mirror to see how my braking will effect drivers behind.

Hey bud it took me two attempts to pass my Theory i found it very hard tbh and this was 3yrs ago i believe they having gotten much harder now as well so good luck, Make sure you really study the theory books as its a must don't think you will be able to pass on first attempt and not bother learning the answers as you will just fail and waste your money.

I had no more than 30 lessons the driving was the easy part for me it was learning the theory books that was the hardest part and handling the pressure on passing the theory test as i wasn't the best at doing test lol

One other thing that people seem to think they cant do while on your actual driving test and that is when the examiner tells you to take the next left Ect. Your allowed to repeat it back to make sure you heard him right,

Firstly GOOD LUCK with your test.
I have never taken a lesson but I want to learn,I'm a bit weary though,it took me 7 attempts to pass the push bike test (do they even have that now?) and the amount of times I came off my bike is just stupid,even in videogames I hit more lamp posts,walls and people than I do proper driving lines so I might just stick taxis and the bus.
Hope you enjoy my extreamly unhelpful comment but it is the plain truth,anyway good luck and let us know how you get on.

(31-08-2010 01:32 )Trickster Wrote:  Hey bud it took me two attempts to pass my Theory i found it very hard tbh and this was 3yrs ago i believe they having gotten much harder now as well so good luck, Make sure you really study the theory books as its a must don't think you will be able to pass on first attempt and not bother learning the answers as you will just fail and waste your money.

I had no more than 30 lessons the driving was the easy part for me it was learning the theory books that was the hardest part and handling the pressure on passing the theory test as i wasn't the best at doing test lol

One other thing that people seem to think they cant do while on your actual driving test and that is when the examiner tells you to take the next left Ect. Your allowed to repeat it back to make sure you heard him right,

that's what im worried about most, (the theory) ive done quite alot of revision. ive bought the books but i got bored with reading em, i cant take it all in so i bought the cd rom which as lots of mock tests. i must of done of a 100 mocks and passed most em, so im pretty confident of doing well, hopefully i dont get screwed over tomorrow

Failed first time, passed 2nd time.
Looking back, I wasn't ready on my 1st attempt.

In France you pay for a session... this means about 30 lessons and at the end of the lessons you take a test.
Each lesson builds up to the test.

ps. What's a theory test?

Friend gave me one lesson, i crashed the car into a concrete post at like 10mph in a Somerfields carpark, havent tried again since i was given legs,so im sticking to using those to get about

(31-08-2010 01:33 )little gimp Wrote:  Firstly GOOD LUCK with your test.
I have never taken a lesson but I want to learn,I'm a bit weary though,it took me 7 attempts to pass the push bike test (do they even have that now?) and the amount of times I came off my bike is just stupid,even in videogames I hit more lamp posts,walls and people than I do proper driving lines so I might just stick taxis and the bus.
Hope you enjoy my extreamly unhelpful comment but it is the plain truth,anyway good luck and let us know how you get on.

k first off, there's a test for a push bike ? surely you mean "motor" bike ?
secondly you should learn to drive its alot of fun. when i first started it took me a couple lessons to get out of 2nd gear lol it feels like your going alot faster than you actually are but i grew out of that pretty quickly, everyone is nervous at first but it doesnt take long to feel comfortable with it. do it. if i cant persuade to you to then maybe this guy can lol

(31-08-2010 13:21 )Chimpy Wrote:  Friend gave me one lesson, i crashed the car into a concrete post at like 10mph in a Somerfields carpark, havent tried again since i was given legs,so im sticking to using those to get about

lol but dont you get tired of scraping your knuckles along the ground ?

(31-08-2010 13:15 )Charlemagne Wrote:  Failed first time, passed 2nd time.
Looking back, I wasn't ready on my 1st attempt.

In France you pay for a session... this means about 30 lessons and at the end of the lessons you take a test.
Each lesson builds up to the test.

ps. What's a theory test?

no wonder you failed, "looking back" cant of been safe even in france

im on fire today haha

(31-08-2010 14:25 )hitmeuptop Wrote:  im on fire today haha

Its way too easy to make a joke from this