As soon as I turned seventeen, I started driving lessons. I have to admit that it did take me a couple of tests before I passed. Theory wise I passed with 100%, but the actual tests I was a bit rubbish at. I was actually failed on one test for driving too slowly down a country lane, which I did feel was a little unfair.
I eventually passed, which was great news as I could now drive my friends around whilst listening to some of my cool music.
A little while before passing I'd bought a D reg Fiesta which was only a few hundred pounds. It only had a tape deck in it, but that was ok as I made up some mix tapes for it, including one with driving songs such as 'Driving in my car', 'Road to nowhere' and many other driving themed songs.
The day after I passed I decided to drive around collecting my mates, which consisted of Big Dave, Chimpy and Steve, and we decided to drive down the town.
As it was a Saturday the town was very busy so I decided to park in a tiny carpark near the library. As I was driving around looking for a space I came to a corner, and as I turned there was a car on the wrong side of the road coming towards me. I am fairly sure the lyrics being played at that time were "Last week it went round the clock, I also had a little knock. I dented somebodies fender, he learnt not to park on a bender. Ha ha ha". I was only going at 10mph, but I slammed on the breaks, although not quick enough. I ended up going into him and making one hell of a dent in his car and mine.
I sat there not knowing what to do, and I saw the guy getting out of the car not looking happy. Thank god I had Big Dave with me, as he got out and the guy soon backed down. We swapped details and then I drove my car straight home.
Obviously my parents were somewhat annoyed, but they helped sort everything out. The car itself was written off, although I did drive it a couple of times afterwards. After the crash though I could never quite get back into the swing of driving and have not really driven since. Maybe I will do again some day but I'll definitely need refresher lessons.
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