I am certifiable apparently

[sammywol]

I passed my Driving Test! Woohoo! I did all the right things and only made a couple of Grade 2 errors and so passed on a not perfect but will do ticket. Phew! such a relief! The wanker did not tell me I had passed, although I was hopeful by the way he was quietly conversational on the way back to the office; however having me sign my 'certificate

Comments

[gillo]

Well done! It means you don't have to worry when they do enforce that law!

Did you catch the repeat of
Being Human? If not, I have it on our HD recorder and could put it on a DVD for you if you like. Prmise I'm not an axe-muderer planning on crossing the Irish Sea to get you...

Edited cuz I carnt spel aparrently.

[sammywol]

Exactly! Good all round and great to be in compliance with the law and to have those squares of windscreen back from the sticky Ls - I don't know how people can bear to have stickers and banners on their car windows. I need that visibility.

[sammywol]

Would love the dvd, although will catch next week's I hope anyway - there is a next week's one right ... right? Email me at samantha dot mullaney at gmail dot com and I'll give you my address. Thankee!

[a_d_medievalist]

Yay! You really have to take the test twice? Wow! Over here, most people take the test in an automatic, even if they plan on driving a standard. OTOH, in Germany, I think one has to take the test in a standard. I just hpe never to have to take a driving test again.

[sammywol]

I must admit I don't see the point of a stick shift but then I am not a petrol head and understand nothing. And yes I did have to take it twice - although if I had the guy who tested Mr Wol as my examiner I would have probably passed first time GRRRRR! It is a different sort of set up than the US one. However Finland is the most draconian I know where you have to take your test at various times of the year and do a night driving element. In Ireland they should do a wet driving element but that is harder top predict than a) Finnish snow conditions and b) nightfall.

[a_d_medievalist]

Oh - I didn't mean *did* you have to take the test twice, but rather does one have to take the test for both types of vehicle?

[sammywol]

Oh. right. Well no. The assumption is if you can drive a shift you drive an automatic but the reverse does not hold true. So my license is limited to automatic only but works like a learner permit for a shift. that is if they remember to putt he limitation on my full license. My husband and brother in law passed in automatics but their license was issued by someone with a careless eye and they have full permits. Bet mine doesn't. grrrr! Stupid improved automated system!

[speakr2customrs]

Congratulations!

[sammywol]

Thankyou!

[tx_cronopio]

Hooray! Congrats!
When we took drivers ed in high school, they made us watch all kinds of gory "death on the highway" movies :)

What are L-plates?

And no kidding, your license isn't equally good for standard and automatic? Over here, that's between us and our gods :)

[sammywol]

Here the gory death on the highway movies are aired as adverts between TV shows. Yick!

L plates used to be metal plates, enamelled white with a big fat capital L on them that learners fixed to the front and back of their cars - not quite a man waving a red flag but similar. Then they were cardboard and pasted onto windscreens and now they are usually that auto-collant sticky plastic that fixes to the glass, which means I can't do the traditional rip them up and scatter the bits in the air celebration. Will burn though - although not technically legal to do so these days. L plates serve as a warning to other drivers that yoru reactions may not be those anticipated which in Ireland means that you may stop at an amber light and will almost certainly stop at a red one and may make use of indicator lights, all of which is unusual. Also they serve as 'ohmygodtheymayobeythespeedlimitmustovertakenowNOWNOW!' plates - an aspect I will ... not ... miss!

[blue_dormouse]

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[sammywol]

Thankyou!!!!!!!!