Well i passed my in April 2002, i think iv travelled about 30k since! The furthest place iv driven to is Dublin & then to Northern Ireland to see relatives, i covered over 1k in a space of 5 days in a Pug 205 1.1 style which my Great-great aunt from from Armagh City gave to me the previous year.
I passed my test third time round in Vauxhall Corsa 1.0......
I could go on about the tales i have with my so far short driving courier but i dont want to bore you lot so that will be it!
I've not broken down anywhere yet so.... lol
But if anyone does want to ask me for some more, just ask!
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First time, August 1985 in a Opel Kadett, truth be told i can't really remember much about it. driven IRO 450 to 500000 miles since.
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I take it nobody is interested in this post then? or is it my driving career thats puttin you lot off?
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i passed 26 years ago had a few crashes some bad ones, a few breakdowns as well but probably done a million miles or more over the years have done 1000 miles a day on several occassions over the years and have never been done for speeding...cheers...keo.
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Well at least someone has taken some interest!
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Nothing personal I'm sure, frazerjp, but there was a thread on here not so long ago on when you passed the test and it drew a lot of posts. Probably exhausted everyones driving test tales.
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I know it's got nothing to do with driving tests, but the Rootes Group(?) car shown in Renault Family's first link has an illegally situated number plate. Number plates have to be on a flat surface. I can only assume that early Jaguar E-types had a special dispensation to have the number plate stuck on the bonnet.
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In actual fact the decision to introduce the driving test came in the Road Traffic Act of 1934, along with a test for heavy goods vehicle drivers plus a speed limit of 30mph in built-up areas, but these measures didn't come into effect until 1935.
Initially, from midway through March 1935, the driving test was voluntary but became compulsory on June 1 (the fee was 10 shillings, which would represent quite a large sum at that time).
On September 2, 1939 driving tests were suspended because of World War II and only reintroduced on November 1, 1946.
Another safety measure first revealed in 1934 brought into being the flashing orange beacons at pedestrian crossings.
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Thanks for that Stuart - I was wondering why neither of my parents had taken a test, they would have been 13 in 1934, a little young to have held a licence pre test.
They must have been give licences during the war and are still making good use of them.
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talking of dipensation on number plates certain TVR cars have no rear number plate light they are backlit have a look next time you see one...cheers...keo.
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The very first person to pass the driving test was a Mr J Beene.
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It wasn't until 1970 that manual and automatic licences had seperate catagories. Till then, a pass in an auto meant you were entitled to drive a manual.
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I still have a driving license of mine from 1958 that is same as the one on the BBC site in the first post. At that time it was only valid for a year . Shortly after this it was valid for three years. The 55 years I have held a driving license makes a big hole in the 70 years since the driving license was introduced.
Alan
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