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My rookie era: In my 30s, I went for my driver’s licence test – and failed four times

Learning to drive as an adult is humiliating because everyone knows how to drive, and frustrating because no one knows how to drive properly

Last year, at the age of 35, I decided it was time to grow up and get my driver’s licence.

I had considered it before, but it had never stuck. As a teenager, I thought driving was scary and significantly less cool than sitting on the bus, listening to the same eight songs on my MP3 player. As a news reporter in my 20s, not driving was inconvenient to both me and my editors, but so was spending days off learning how to parallel park.

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My rookie era: In my 30s, I went for my driver’s licence test – and failed four times Transport May 18, 2026 My rookie era: In my 30s, I went for my driver’s licence test – and failed four times Learning to drive as an adult is humiliating because everyone knows how to drive, and frustrating because no one knows how to drive properlyLast year, at the age of 35, I decided it was time to grow up and get my driv...
My rookie era: In my 30s, I went for my driver’s licence test – and failed four times

Learning to drive as an adult is humiliating because everyone knows how to drive, and frustrating because no one knows how to drive properlyLast year, at the age of 35, I decided it was time to grow up and get my driv...

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