The Official Learner Drivers Thread

[Chloe O'brien]

Just be careful when you are driving. I know you can't wait to get behind the wheel for real, but I work in the motor vehicle department at college and the amount of young lads who have passed their test only to crash the car less than a month after passing their test is unbelieveable.

[Abbie]

Had my final pass plus lesson today! Went on the motorway, was really nervous before the lesson, but I really enjoyed it! Now I just have to wait for my certifciate and i'll have a very nice discount on my car insurance

Oooo Well done

[Abigail]

Just be careful when you are driving. I know you can't wait to get behind the wheel for real, but I work in the motor vehicle department at college and the amount of young lads who have passed their test only to crash the car less than a month after passing their test is unbelieveable.

I don't know if I've told you guys this before. My parents are friends with a couple who own a garage. The father bought their son a brand new sports car. Two days later he took it for a spin with his best friend. He lost control of the car at high speed, went straight into an electricity substation and killed them both instantly. One was 20, the other 21. The family of the passenger blame the father for buying him the car, they refused to go to the funeral and banned them from going to their son's funeral. There is still so much anger between the two families now, almost two years on.

The father of the driver had a breakdown a few months after the funeral and split up with his wife.

Its a terrible waste of two lives, it could have been prevented if they had chosen a safer road (it was icy and had lots of bends) and not driven so fast.

[CrazyLea]

I've been practising/revising for my theory test (haven't booked it yet though).. but was just wondering.. the program that I have, the information that you learn from has stuff for motorcyclists mixed in with it... in my theory test will I have to know the motorcycle stuff???

[Abigail]

Nope, you only need to know the Category B motor vehicle stuff.

[CrazyLea]

Thanks. That's alright then. Cause earlier I was on one of the sections and was reading through the motorcycle stuff, and I got SO confused (it was about maintaining your bike, and bike safety, etc). So I just skipped it. Now I know that I actually CAN skip it!

[Abbie]

Whooooo my friend passed her test today Now she can drive us both to work

[StarsOfCCTV]

Woo! Congrats to her

My test is in two weeks....eep.

[Abigail]

I still haven't got round to booking my third test. I can't really be bothered at the moment. I'm not in the right frame of mind for passing tests. I just keep failing at things so I'm going to leave it a while until I feel more confident about myself.

[CrazyLea]

I'm trying to book my theory at the moment... what's my lisence number? Is it the one on the back at the bottom?

Actually just found it.. number 5? Do I include the PANTO bit (which is the part of my surname..)