Driving test

Farrowlesparrow · Dec 15, 2004

I passed

I literally can't stop smiling...I feel so relieved, and its not just because I was so nervous I urinated about my person.

I've finaly done it...

Pretty soon I shall be placed on the insurance of my mother's new car, and I will be ready to drive away

(First time don't ch' know.)

simmo · Dec 15, 2004

Congrats!!! \o/

I'm still taking lessons

Chris D · Dec 15, 2004

Well done!! Teh sparrow!! \o/

The Dark Elf · Dec 15, 2004

congrats sparrow!

Link · Dec 15, 2004

Congratulations mate.

Heres a tip - enjoy the driving whilst it lasts. By that I mean, shortly after your test, you enjoy driving for the sake of driving, but after a while you do get bored of driving, so enjoy it whilst its fun.

Not sure if the 'feeling of independence' factor fades, but I have been driving over a year and a half and it still hasn't for me.

Now that you've learned to pass your test, you just need to go and learn how to drive

Congrats again :thumbs:

Munro · Dec 15, 2004

Bastard! I failed my first time for not looking left long enough turning left out of a T junction

I've got my second test tomorrow, hopefully I'll do as well as you and don't get another Nazi.

h00dlum · Dec 15, 2004

Congratulations...!!

MurderScene · Dec 15, 2004

congrats dude.
carefull in the streets. i remember when i first drived, i felt like a whole new person XD

Alientank · Dec 15, 2004

STAY AWAY FROM DOWNTOWN STREETS ON WEEKEND NIGHTS FOR THE FIRST TWO MONTHS. My friend Shannon didn't listen and she got in an accident. You aren't a good enough driver yet, stay away from downtown trust me.

I drive an average of 400 km/day in the summer, I have become a very good driver thanks to that, but even still I have to dodge cars left and right downtown especially the cab drivers who can't even speak english and don't know how to drive. Not like they care, if they crash it's not their car, it's the cab companies.

kingthebadger · Dec 15, 2004

im still takin lessons, i think i shud pass nicely first go...

i know how to drive, i find it easier to drive when the instructor doesnt hassle you... like when i take a damn lesson, they tell me to do this, look there, ****ing confuses me. rofl

Feath · Dec 15, 2004

Munro said:
Bastard! I failed my first time for not looking left long enough turning left out of a T junction I've got my second test tomorrow, hopefully I'll do as well as you and don't get another Nazi.

I failed my first one because I drove through a red light. Ahem.

Anyway, Congratualations Farrowlesparrow.

And good luck, Munro.

EDIT: I also had a friend who failed because he didn't overtake a milk float. He was so pissed off

AND, my mam's friend failed once because she knocked someone over. On a Zebra crossing.

marksmanHL2 :) · Dec 15, 2004

Congrats :cheers:

And good luck Munro

I am still doin lessons. Gona go test soonish....

CptStern · Dec 15, 2004

congrats! ...try not to hit anything ...oh and when at a stop sign you dont have to make a full stop (extremely annoying if I'm behind you) ..it's just a suggestion :E ..oh and they dont tell you this at driving school but if you run over senior citizens you get points!! ..if they're in a wheelchair or walker you get double bonus points!

kingthebadger · Dec 15, 2004

id like to pass

outside my house we have like ... many cars... 2 rovers / few micras, civic, renault laguna (03) plate...

i have 2 x 12" subs
500£ stereo (sony xplod)

which i would lov to use

gotta wait a month atleast so i can take my test, hope i fukin pass

Recoil · Dec 15, 2004

Run for cover! Hide your smilies! He'll drive over everything! OMFG!!11 :O

...

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Nah... congrats

Crushenator 500 · Dec 15, 2004

Well done farrow!

Farrowlesparrow · Dec 15, 2004

CptStern said:
congrats! ...try not to hit anything ...oh and when at a stop sign you dont have to make a full stop (extremely annoying if I'm behind you) ..it's just a suggestion :E ..oh and they dont tell you this at driving school but if you run over senior citizens you get points!! ..if they're in a wheelchair or walker you get double bonus points!

Tell me more about this points system...so far all I've heard is that we start off with 6 points (It goes up to 12 after 2 years), which we must guard.

I'm so happy

My mother bought her new car today, and soon I shall be driving it \

/

kingthebadger · Dec 15, 2004

Farrowlesparrow said:
Tell me more about this points system...so far all I've heard is that we start off with 6 points (It goes up to 12 after 2 years), which we must guard.

I'm so happy My mother bought her new car today, and soon I shall be driving it \/

you start with 0 u clown, everytime u piss about ur point goes up, after 12 points u get ban from driving

Farrowlesparrow · Dec 15, 2004

kingthebadger said:
you start with 0 u clown, everytime u piss about ur point goes up, after 12 points u get ban from driving

:| Actually, since I passed first time I have 6 points for the first 2 years and then it goes up to 12, if I have 12 points taken off my license within 3 years, then I have to take the tests again.

As for my previous post...I was trying to carry on the joke stern started

kingthebadger · Dec 15, 2004

Drivers convicted of certain driving-related offences have demerit points recorded on their records. It is a common misconception that drivers "lose" points due to convictions for certain traffic offences. In fact, a driver begins with zero demerit points and accumulates demerit points for convictions. Demerit points stay on your record for two years from the offence date. If you collect enough points, you can lose your driver's licence.

Edit: A table outlining the demerit point penalties for driving offences: Click Here.

Farrowlesparrow · Dec 15, 2004

Uh...that site is Canadian.

Kommie · Dec 15, 2004

kingthebadger said:
id like to pass outside my house we have like ... many cars... 2 rovers / few micras, civic, renault laguna (03) plate...

i have 2 x 12" subs
500£ stereo (sony xplod)

which i would lov to use gotta wait a month atleast so i can take my test, hope i fukin pass

What kind of subs? I had 3 tens (MTX) and I wanted to actually switch over to two twelves. (they sound better)
I had some sony xplods and they sucked, (the 6X9's)
Actually I think sony fixed them and rereleased them, good luck!

kingthebadger · Dec 15, 2004

sony xplod, ive tried them in friends car, sounds fine, 12 " / 30cm

1400w peak power
400w rated power

Feath · Dec 15, 2004

King's right. You get points for offences, you don't lose points.

edit: From http://www.highwaycode.gov.uk/

"Many of the rules in the Code are legal requirements, and if you disobey these rules you are committing a criminal offence. You may be fined, given penalty points on your licence or be disqualified from driving. In the most serious cases you may be sent to prison. Such rules are identified by the use of the words MUST / MUST NOT."

edit 2:

http://www.rac.co.uk/legalservices/common_questions

Also see the table at the bottom.

Ennui · Dec 15, 2004

Good luck, Munro!

I completed Driver's Education for my permit a few months ago, never been so scared in my life as the first time I got behind the wheel... so frightened I forgot to put on my seatbelt :X

Farrowlesparrow · Dec 15, 2004

Anyway, regardless...its the same thing. Its just another way of saying it. You're adding penalty points to a license which holds 12 slots. When someone gets a ticket, around here we just say "Thats 3 points on your license". Sometimes, we say "Thats 3 points off your license" Its the same thing!

So please...let us move on from this trivial matter as its really quite pointless.

Feath · Dec 15, 2004

Farrowlesparrow said:
Anyway, regardless...its the same thing. Its just another way of saying it. You're adding penalty points to a license which holds 12 slots. When someone gets a ticket, around here we just say "Thats 3 points on your license". Sometimes, we say "Thats 3 points off your license" Its the same thing!

So please...let us move on from this trivial matter as its really quite pointless.

Yeah, but I'm right and you're wrong.

And that's the most important thing of all.

FLS-Edit: I believe this is the most important thing of all.

kingthebadger · Dec 15, 2004

Feath said:
Yeah, but I'm right and you're wrong.

And that's the most important thing of all.

and so am i... so am i

Dasparov · Dec 15, 2004

Link said:
Congratulations mate.

Heres a tip - enjoy the driving whilst it lasts. By that I mean, shortly after your test, you enjoy driving for the sake of driving, but after a while you do get bored of driving, so enjoy it whilst its fun.

Not sure if the 'feeling of independence' factor fades, but I have been driving over a year and a half and it still hasn't for me.

Now that you've learned to pass your test, you just need to go and learn how to drive

Congrats again :thumbs:

perfect!

Parrot of doom · Dec 15, 2004

Farrowlesparrow said:
I passed

I literally can't stop smiling...I feel so relieved, and its not just because I was so nervous I urinated about my person.

I've finaly done it...

Pretty soon I shall be placed on the insurance of my mother's new car, and I will be ready to drive away

(First time don't ch' know.)

Congratulations. Now visit www.barryboys.co.uk, and be thoroughly dissuaded from following the route critisised by that website.

kingthebadger · Dec 15, 2004

Parrot of doom said:
Congratulations. Now visit www.barryboys.co.uk, and be thoroughly dissuaded from following the route critisised by that website.

those are the cars white people drive, rofl

tell u the truth, i see asians with better cars than white people rofl =)

Parrot of doom · Dec 15, 2004

kingthebadger said:
those are the cars white people drive, rofl

tell u the truth, i see asians with better cars than white people rofl =)

Excuse me, but I think you'll find you're talking from your arse? In fact, perhaps your arse is somehow less intelligent than your brain?

kingthebadger · Dec 15, 2004

Parrot of doom said:
Excuse me, but I think you'll find you're talking from your arse? In fact, perhaps your arse is somehow less intelligent than your brain?

not really, i live in an area populated with both white/asian ..

all the white youngsters drive ford bangers and the asians drive

subarus
supras
m3's
porsche
ferrari
lambo
bentley

ive seen them all

Vigilante · Dec 15, 2004

Thats's sweet. I've had mine for about 1.52349874 years now. I'm 17, got it as soon as I turned 16. Sucks you all have to be 18. =(

satch919 · Dec 16, 2004

I failed my first time. ;( I have my license now though. Its been about 2 years. Where has the time gone?

Parrot of doom · Dec 16, 2004

http://popularmechanics.com/automotive/sub_coll_vintage/2003/2/mustang_gt_500e/index.phtml

Get yourself one of these Sparrow. Just right for driving around Eastlands....

Delicious Bass · Dec 16, 2004

congratz! damn ive had my permit for so long and hardly any practice under my belt. actually my permit expirese in less than a month heh. kinda sucks not having my drivers lisence, but hard to practice when you never need a ride from your parents

oldagerocker · Dec 16, 2004

Congratulations.

I cant wait to start driving... i cant afford to learn yet though, damn studentdom.

johnnypoopoopant · Dec 16, 2004

congrats on your test

ive had my licnese for like almost 2 years now

Feath · Dec 16, 2004

johnnypoopoopant said:
congrats on your test

ive had my licnese for like almost 2 years now

Coming up to three years for me. As soon as I hit 21, I'm allowed to go in a car with a learner.

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