{"id":324,"date":"2015-07-30T09:10:18","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T09:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.bookyourtheorytestonline.co.uk\/?p=324"},"modified":"2015-06-12T13:24:27","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T13:24:27","slug":"craziest-driving-lesson-tales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bookyourtheorytestonline.co.uk\/blog\/craziest-driving-lesson-tales\/","title":{"rendered":"Craziest Driving Lesson Tales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6o3B601Ndsg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Most of us have tales to tell from our driving lesson days, whether it\u2019s scheduling a test on the rainiest day of the year, or getting caught in hour-long traffic jams. Here are some of the craziest tales from the driving world that have made the news in the past few years.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>See You Later!<\/h2>\n<p>Early in 2015, a young driver was arrested for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/uknews\/crime\/11396040\/Driving-instructors-car-stolen-in-middle-of-lesson.html\">attempting to steal a car<\/a> in the middle of a driving lesson! The instructor &#8211; a friend of the learner who owned the car &#8211; had got out of the vehicle to demonstrate how to perform a turn in the road when the learner sped off in the car, leaving the shocked instructor stranded. The car and the learner were spotted later that same day in a nearby town, where the man was arrested. To make matters worse, he\u2019d also stolen the instructor\u2019s wallet!<\/p>\n<h2>First Driving Lesson\u2026 On TV?<\/h2>\n<p>Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran made history by having his very first lesson televised on Top Gear, with none other than The Stig for his instructor. As the show\u2019s Star in a Reasonably Priced Car, Sheeran admitted that he\u2019d <a href=\"http:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2015\/01\/25\/ed-sheeran-has-his-first-ever-driving-lesson-as-top-gears-star-in-a-reasonably-priced-car-5035935\/\">never been behind the wheel<\/a> before, but simply couldn\u2019t say \u2018no\u2019 to appearing on such an iconic programme. Fortunately, Sheeran didn\u2019t do too badly, although he did manage to stay on track much better once he discovered that he could, in fact, take his foot off the accelerator!<\/p>\n<h2>A Spot of Road Rage<\/h2>\n<p>Lenique Louis shocked an examiner during her practical driving test by<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/tv\/tv-news\/meet-undriveable-who-10-tests-4256969\"> ignoring the examiner\u2019s directions<\/a> and instead going off-route to follow and confront a driver she claims pulled in too close in front of her! When the examiner tried to take control of the vehicle, Lenique admits that she yelled at him in what must be one of the worst cases of road rage ever seen on a UK driving test! Lenique has failed her driving test 10 times, with the most notable reason being aggressive driving.<\/p>\n<h2>Watch Out for Cyclists!<\/h2>\n<p>When you\u2019re out on your very first driving lesson, you may be worried about steering, pressing the right pedals, using the indicators, and so on, but what about unobservant cyclists? A young man in Liverpool had been parked on the road when a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-3105559\/Caught-dashcam-Learner-driver-parks-lesson-cyclist-crashes-straight-car.html\">cyclist hit the vehicle<\/a> from behind while not paying attention. All involved in the incident were unhurt, and the tale has gone down in history as one of the most unfortunate things to ever happen on a first driving lesson.<\/p>\n<h2>Driving Test Fraud\u2026 By Examiners?<\/h2>\n<p>Driving test fraud in the UK has risen in recent years, and the DVSA have taken a number of measures to try to prevent statistics from rising. One of the most common types of fraud involves learner drivers paying lookalikes to take the practical driving test for them, but in 2013 driving test fraud took a whole new turn when the examiners themselves got involved! Two <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-23419083\">examiners were jailed<\/a> for guaranteeing passes to drivers who paid thousands of pounds. Surely it\u2019s just cheaper to practice!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of us have tales to tell from our driving lesson days, whether it\u2019s scheduling a test on the rainiest day of the year, or getting caught in hour-long traffic jams. 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