Madbrad200@sh.itjust.works to Casual UK@feddit.ukEnglish · edit-218 days 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.worksimagemessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1imageIt 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-218 days agomessage-square29linkfedilink
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days 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-up0·edit-218 days 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-up0·edit-218 days 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-down1·14 days agoMy grandfather straight up lied about his age and got it at 16
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