11-12-2023, 10:41 AM
I failed the test first time, in the instructor’s car but, impatient lad that I was then, applied for another test anywhere in London. Got one the following week in Croydon so took the L plates off my Cambridge special and drove it across London from Isleworth, parked the car and put the plates back on. Young examiner with big smile on his face asked me how to signal turning left to a policeman with big white gloves, standing in the middle of the road. I just thought he might so had my answer ready — that was enough to pass!