Yeah so I applied for my provisional this week! Can't wait to get on the road, how long did it take you to get your licence from starting lessons?
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Yeah so I applied for my provisional this week! Can't wait to get on the road, how long did it take you to get your licence from starting lessons?
Took me 3 months and I was having about 3hours a week learning
Cool, I'm planning on having like 2 lessons a week :)Quote:
Originally Posted by J25T
How does licensing work in the Uk?
Here in Canada, at least in the province of British Columbia, we have a graduated licensing program. At 16 we can apply for our Learners permit (Red L magnet) by passing a multiple choice test on road safety/rules. With our Learners we must have a 25 year old + supervising us in car. After having our Learners for a year we can then take a road test with a grader who marks our performance on the road. If we pass that we then receive our Novice permit (little green N magnet for the bumper). There are some restrictions like only one passenger, no alcohol, etc. After 2 years we can then take a final test to get our full license. Quite a process, eh? :D
I was having 2 lessons but each lesson was an hour and a half eachQuote:
Originally Posted by Lee
Ah ok, I think I will be in a similar situation hopefully, 3 months sounds ideal I'll need to put my head down tho :PQuote:
Originally Posted by J25T
im applying for mine soooooooon woo! mainly cos i need ID, cant afford a car/lessons :(
I would suggest an hour and a half lesson really. I tried single hour lessons and it felt like by the time you actually got going half your lesson was already gone. 2 hours seemed a bit long and near the end it got a bit too long.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lee
I took a total of around 45 lessons before I sat my test, my first thirty turned out I was being conned and then went with another company which I then started two hour lessons. Got it in no time :)
took me 3 months but 7 lessons. Didn't really want to drive at first, then parents got me a car
Haha same. I tried to buy the complete Harry Potter box set the other day. it was rated 12 and I got asked for ID. I'm 16 fml.Quote:
Originally Posted by lawrawrrr
Took me 4-6 months to get my driving license, passed second time with no minors/faults.
LOLLLLLLLLLL awkwardQuote:
Originally Posted by Samanfa
omg LOL!! I have a passport + citizencard but i dont wanna take my passport out to clubs and places dont like accepting citizencards :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Smurfed-
I did about 30 hours which was spread out over the course of 7 months!
Provisional means you can drive the car when insured and supervised by someone over 21 years with a full licence held for minimum 3 yearsQuote:
Originally Posted by Fifty-Six
Full licence is whenever you pass your test which you can do whenever, but you have to pass a theory test then the practical
I was fine with using my passport but my parents weren't so they told me to apply for a provisional.Quote:
Originally Posted by lawrawrrr
i started to get worried around holiday time, cos it takes up to 6 months to get a replacement!! I'm usually quite responsible but sometimes when I get realyl drunk I tend to black out so i'd prefer not to have that responsibility ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Smurfed-
I got my first replacement free, i lost it when clubbing and that came in like 2 weeks. lost it again and they made me pay £20 (which im fine with) which took like 4 weeks to comeQuote:
Originally Posted by lawrawrrr
i said up to ;) when my sister got her replacement she had to pay 60 quid and waited 4 months! I swear you have to pay for replacement passports :SQuote:
Originally Posted by GoldenMerc
Yeh you do mine got stolen, you pretty much have to buy a new one