Good thoughts please!! :)

Well, I have the first part of my driving test tomorrow afternoon!! ITs only the theory part, so HOPEFULLY I should be ok, I've been studying like a !!! But there is also a new part that has just been added a timed hazard awareness test, you watch video clips and are timed on how quickly you spot potential hazards.. if you take too long, you fail, and if you fail that bit, you fail the whole thing..... eeee, oh well, I hope I'm ready!!

Holy Crow, is that what the new tests are going to be like? Over here in Canada they instilled a new way of getting your licence. You take three tests. The first is your learners, with that you're allowed to drive around with an adult while you learn, then after so many hours of that, you can take your "new" drivers test, with that you can drive around without someone else in the car for 18 months, THEN after that, you get to take a final test and then your licence is yours. Spotting potential hazards seems kinda easy, but who knows what they're going to fire at you!. I hope we don't get that test here. We all know that you guys are way ahead of us, so it just might happen...eep!

I don't know Tamme, you're sounds like more work!!! Ours is just an expensive pain in the butt!! First of all, we have to pay to get a "Provisional lisence" (£22, about $29 US)which you need to be able to take lessons, then you have to pay for you lessons (and they AIN'T CHEAP!, I'm paying £16.50 an hour! which is about $21-$22 in US I think). Then you have to pay to take a Theory test (which is the one I'm doing tomorrow) which has now gone UP in price due to the new "Hazard Awareness" part, so that cost me £18.50 (about $23 US) then you have to pay to take your practical test which is about £32 I think ($39 US) and THEN you have to pay to change your lisence from a Provisional to a full lisence!! UGH!! I'm soooo BROKE!!! :laughing:

Bod - You'll be fine, just remember we drive on the LEFT in this country

Good luck

Oh and by the way, over here you can't drive on your own at all untill you've passed the final test, and you can't drive on motorways (highways?) until then either.

OH YEAH!!! THanks BuNN!!! :laughing:

Oh yeah and DON'T do what I did.

The instructor asked me to slowly raise the clutch, I reached for the handbrake, all this while moving at 30 mph on a busy duel carriage way, the instructor turned a lovely shade of white :tounge2:

I passed on my 6th attempt, and I hate driving.

:laughing: :laughing2 Oh BuNN!!! I feel better now!! So far on my lessons all I've done REALLY wrong was start the engine while it was in first gear, the car lurched forward and nearly hit someone crossing the street!! :laughing: OOOPS!
I hate driving too, I'm only doing it cos I NEED to... ah well, I'm sure once I've done it I'll be gratfull I can go out an about without relying on other people...
Oh and the other night hubby took me out driving, I had my first Road Rage incident!! :laughing: I was waiting to pull out at a junction, there was a car coming, but it was a little way off, I watched it and he flashed me, so I pulled out, then realised he wasn't slowing down to let me out at all - he had his stupid FOG LIGHTS on!!! When he'd gone over a bump in the road it'd looked like he flashed me, I slammed on the brakes and he stopped behind me flashing me like crazy!! ARGH!!!! THATS why its ILLEGAL to drive with your FOG LIGHTS on in CLEAR WEATHER!!!! ARRRRGH!!! :laughing:

ha ha BOD, that's funny, I always get mad at Darrell when he gets road rage, but I know it's going to happen to me one day when I get my licence.

Also, all those tests I told you about aren't free, they each cost about $50 canadian (which I assume is about the same that you pay). But here, you can take this course that's about $800 canadian and it teaches you everything you need to know about driving, and you're guaranteed to pass,as long as you go everyday. But at the end, you're still only left with your Learners. You still have to go and take your 'new' licence and then your 'real' licence. It's a real pain in the A$$. Probably why I haven't gone and done it yet. But you do get a certain percentage off your insurance if you take the course.:tounge2:

First of all, I'm sure you will do just fine when you take your test tomorrow!

And now I want to say that I wish they would have a Spotting A Potential IDIOT Test for the license examiners over here.

I have been involved in accidents twice because IDIOTS were allowed to have a drivers license. The first time my car was the last one in a line of cars waiting for a traffic light to change. My car was suddenly hit from the back and was pushed into the car in front of it. The frame on my car was damaged and the car was considered totaled The complete IDIOT who caused the accident was a 17 year old boy who started crying and told the cop that he wasn't looking at the road when the accident happened. He was looking at the sidewalk instead because he thought he saw someone he knew.

The second time I was waiting for oncoming traffic to pass so I could turn left. A guy in a very nice brand new car was waiting behind me. This new car was suddenly hit from behind with a lot of force and was pushed into my car, which was turned completely around by the force of the accident. The brand new car was very heavily damaged and was a total loss, and I had to be taken to the hospital in an ambulance. We had 4 or 5 police cars at this accident. The IDIOT who caused all of this was another 17 year old boy, and this one was also uninsured. He started crying and told the cops that he wasn't looking at the road when the accident happened. He was looking at the sidewalk instead because he thought he saw someone he knew.

Mentioning potiental hazards reminded me of all the IDIOTS who are out on the roads.

We know you will do great. It all seams over whelming at first but I am sure you will get the hang of it.

BuNN I hate driving as well. So I can see thr frustration.

Our prayers and best wishes will be with you when you take the test.

Patty

You'll do fine on your test Rhea. We have faith in you!

Gosh it sounds a lot harder to get your license anywhere but here. You can get a learner's permit at age 15 1/2 where you have to have someone over 21 with you. Then at age 16 you can test for your real license, a written test and driving test. It was cake when I did it! Almost every 16 year old gets their license here, accounting for about 75% of the IDIOTS that Lorie was talking about (16-18 year olds). BTW Lorie, it sounds like they should outlaw sidewalks in Minnesota. That seems to be a real problem for those teens. LOL

I'm keeping well away from Leicester.....hehe only joking, you'll be fine.

Just read this post - hope I'm not too late to wish you tons and tons of luck for your theory. My stepson (he who took 8 goes to pass his driving test) passed his theory first time.

If he can do it - you definitely can!!

Wow! Your guys tests are something else. I only had to get a learner's permit and have so many hours of driving. Then just a written test and road test and cone parallel park!I failed the cone test and had to retake it! I wish you luck! Just be calm and you'll do fine!

I waited until I was 21 to get my license. No permit, just written and driving test!

I know you will do fine! (((hugs)))

Fingers crossed for you

I'm sure you'll do just fine! Sending hugs, support and lots of calming thoughts your way....

:tounge2:

The powers that be not only make it difficult. They make it so expensive that half of us would still be pedestrians. The whole process, as Rhea explained it, is as complicated and expensive as it could possibly be. Good luck, Rhea! We have faith in you!

Good luck tomorrow, Rhea!!! I know you will do just fine!!!