Madbrad200@sh.itjust.works to Casual UK@feddit.ukEnglish · edit-22 months agoIt might not be uh, peak performance, but I passed my driving test (roughly 1.5 years of lessons, 1 per week, ~£5000 on lessons)sh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down12
arrow-up181arrow-down1external-linkIt might not be uh, peak performance, but I passed my driving test (roughly 1.5 years of lessons, 1 per week, ~£5000 on lessons)sh.itjust.worksMadbrad200@sh.itjust.works to Casual UK@feddit.ukEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 months agoI showed up for mine as soon as I was 16, drove around for 30 minutes and paid $30. A few years later I drove a tractor trailer for about the same amount of time, showed I could back it around a corner, got my CDL. Things were different 30 years ago.
minus-squareCheeryLBottom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoI’m older, but I took a paper test and got my learner’s. Then later, I took the driver’s test
minus-squaretetris11@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 months agoMy dad got his mate to do the test for him. Handed him his ID, the guy pretended to be him, and boom free pass. You could probably still do that now, if you have a cousin that looks like you
minus-squareFlax@feddit.ukMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoMy grandfather straight up lied about his age and got it at 16
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoYah, learners was a paper test, but I think it still is. My 14yo nephew took his recently and that’s all it was. I have that kid float shifting an 18 speed Western Star already. Picked it up faster than most adults I’ve taught.
I showed up for mine as soon as I was 16, drove around for 30 minutes and paid $30.
A few years later I drove a tractor trailer for about the same amount of time, showed I could back it around a corner, got my CDL.
Things were different 30 years ago.
I’m older, but I took a paper test and got my learner’s. Then later, I took the driver’s test
My dad got his mate to do the test for him. Handed him his ID, the guy pretended to be him, and boom free pass.
You could probably still do that now, if you have a cousin that looks like you
My grandfather straight up lied about his age and got it at 16
Yah, learners was a paper test, but I think it still is. My 14yo nephew took his recently and that’s all it was. I have that kid float shifting an 18 speed Western Star already. Picked it up faster than most adults I’ve taught.