I passed me car test at last

Originally Posted by gaelic cowboy

You have never driven till you have had to drive on roads where the hedge is scratching both sides of the car.

It was never the hedges that bothered me on boreens.

It was meeting a dump truck in a curve doing 100kmh and knowing there were camouflaged tank traps on both sides of the road, that you people call ditches.

Oh, meant to say, passed with 1 minor, stay out of Wales for a while.

Only took 19 years and getting on for £500, bargain. No driving tonight though, busy drinking.

STAY OFF THE ROADS !

Congrats dude!

Congrats!

Driving tests over there must be much more difficult than they are here in the States. It's very hard to fail one over here, which is too bad. Mine consisted of putting the (automatic) car in drive and reverse and making it around a block without crashing. No interstate, no passing maneuvers, no emergency scenarios, and no parallel parking. Passed!

The British tests are renowned as being some of the hardest in the world - this contrasts with, say, the Turkish driving test which consists of a hill start.

Congrats gc. Avoid any road trips near "Women Only" car-parks.

Originally Posted by Subotan

The British tests are renowned as being some of the hardest in the world - this contrasts with, say, the Turkish driving test which consists of a hill start.

I used work with this guy in INTEL and he reckon that Saudi Arabia had a test which consisted of reversing into a parking space at the test centre, apparently he lived there for a while fixing helicopters or summit.

It seems they assumed you were capable of driving forwards cos you obviously drove to the test centre he also claimed it was not accepted anywhere in the world, even if it was a lie it's still a great story in the pub