10 Years of Illegal Driving… Is He Actually Good?
Driving School TV
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Watch a self-taught driver take a full mock driving test after spending 10 years driving without a licence. Can years of real-world driving experience match the standard needed to pass a UK practical driving test?
Jake has been driving cars without a driving licence for around 10 years and riding motorcycles for even longer. Despite never having a professional driving lesson, he decided it was finally time to do things properly and earn his full UK driving licence. After failing his first practical driving test with just one serious fault, he’s back with another test booked in just a few weeks and wants an honest assessment of his driving before the big day.
Throughout this mock driving test, we assess whether years of self-taught driving have created good habits or bad ones. We look at junctions, observations, lane discipline, positioning, speed awareness and the overall driving standard expected by a DVSA driving examiner. If you’re preparing for your own practical driving test, this video highlights the difference between simply being able to drive and driving to test standard.
This video isn’t about encouraging illegal driving—it’s about showing why proper training, professional instruction and obtaining a full driving licence are so important. If you’ve ever wondered how a self-taught driver compares to someone who’s learned through driving lessons, this mock test gives a fascinating insight.
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Glad you pressed on him why he thought the way he did, good to hear his ‘logic’ 🙂 but best of luck to him on his test, glad he’s gone legit!
Quite likely a cowboy builder but we’re happy to be wrong.
The British value conversation is a bit mute point when you drive around for 10 years without a license. No one is perfect, but that is a long time not to rectify it. I find it super interesting as it's clearly a sign of a disrespect to the people living here as 1) if he's using stolen plates and the risks that could cause an innocent person and 2) it's adding to the collapse of a lawless society.
I think the conversation about tax is interesting considering he comes from a poorer family where most people from similar backgrounds are asking to tax the rich. He must have the standpoint that everything he earns he should keep, probably as he's never felt he's been given anything.
Interesting guy with some unique opinions, hopefully he passes and he proves to himself that being a legal member of society is also a "traditional British value" and continues down a good path.
Think they'll be voting differently.
I also met a guy who told me he drove himself to and from his driving test. Why not just get an uber, or a lift or public transport and use an instructors car? What happens if the examiner asks who drove you? Or you fail the test and they notice no one’s coming to take you home?
10 Years of Illegal Driving… Is He Actually Good?
Driving School TV
94,062 views
Watch a self-taught driver take a full mock driving test after spending 10 years driving without a licence. Can years of real-world driving experience match the standard needed to pass a UK practical driving test?
Jake has been driving cars without a driving licence for around 10 years and riding motorcycles for even longer. Despite never having a professional driving lesson, he decided it was finally time to do things properly and earn his full UK driving licence. After failing his first practical driving test with just one serious fault, he’s back with another test booked in just a few weeks and wants an honest assessment of his driving before the big day.
Throughout this mock driving test, we assess whether years of self-taught driving have created good habits or bad ones. We look at junctions, observations, lane discipline, positioning, speed awareness and the overall driving standard expected by a DVSA driving examiner. If you’re preparing for your own practical driving test, this video highlights the difference between simply being able to drive and driving to test standard.
This video isn’t about encouraging illegal driving—it’s about showing why proper training, professional instruction and obtaining a full driving licence are so important. If you’ve ever wondered how a self-taught driver compares to someone who’s learned through driving lessons, this mock test gives a fascinating insight.
**Download the test routes app here: https://www.route-led.com/Go.aspx?Ad=...
Use code: DSTV