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#736 Brenda Driving Test

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I took my driving test three times before I passed at 40.

Brenda

I took my driving test three times before I passed at 40. I got out of the car on one occasion. I lost me nerve. I had to do a three point turn, there was traffic waiting and it was a strange car and he sat there - he wan’t going to tell me what I had to do he was just going to wait for me to do it. I was getting upset and upset and upset and there was all this traffic piling up. I did it in the end but I’d got out of car first saying “I’m not doing it” and he said “well I’m not moving this car on my own”. So I got back in and moved it. He said “look you did it!” And I said “yes, but look at the mess I made”. I didn’t pass that one.

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The author failed their driving test three times, with one attempt resulting in them getting out of the car due to nerves