At what age did you pass your driving test? Or why didn't you?

Just wondering what age people passed or for those who dont have a licence what is the reason for that? Just didn't want to? Cant afford to? Tried but was never able to pass? No shame or judgement regardless of age or reasons for not, I'm just a nosey bugger

 

19, second attempt. I still reckon I was better first time then second.

 

18, my dad taught me, didn't cost a penny apart from the test fee.

 

15/11/2965 2nd attempt

 

22. Second attempt. Failed the first time due to a silly mistake on an almost faultless test. Second test was a bit of a mess but nothing that was enough to fail.

 

Err 15/12/1965 lol

 

Out of interest what is the score of tomorrow night's game?

 

Will we still have cars at that point?

 

14 months ago. When I was 29

Passed both my theory & driving test the first time

 

The tester told me to "slow down, it's only a 30" as I was doing 40 twice and still passed me. Oh and I hit the kerb too on my 3 point turn. So I too would say I was better on my first attempt that I failed than I was when I passed.

 

10 October, 3 days after my seventeenth birthday

 

Sep 1971 aged 18. A few outings with my Dad and some with my girlfriend in my battered old Mini van (9142 WF). Then half a dozen lessons with BSM in York before passing the test.

 

I passed first time in Sep '92, and my parents paid for it all as I was 21 that year. That's why I was extra determined not to fail.

 

December last year at the ripe old age of 31.

Only started learning because my other half was nagging me to, started giving me hypothetical scenarios about her getting seriously hurt and that I wouldn't be able to drive her to the hospital.

Very dramatic but it worked.

 

Oct 1985, aged 17. 1st attempt.

 

Aged 17 at my first attempt. Was a few months before my 18th birthday back in 2012

 

24 1st attempt. Had a motorbike on L plates before that. Me and the now wife started learning in the run up to our wedding as we planned on having kids after. 39 now and feeling old thinking back on how long I've been driving.

 

22 I think, 2nd attempt. Went through a red (one of the red bulbs was out) and still passed, probably because I thought I'd failed, relaxed, and drove perfectly for the rest of the test

 

21 as I was on my 3rd teaching practice and was sick of lugging books around and catching buses. I did an intensive course as my mates were going on a holiday and wanted me to take £500 spending money (in 2008!) and I thought ‘I could learn to drive for that’. I planned on doing a one week intensive course whilst they were away but the quickest the instructor would do was 3 weeks.

 

22 for me 3rd time …did my HGV a month after passing and passed first time