It might not be uh, peak performance, but I passed my driving test (roughly 1.5 years of lessons, 1 per week, ~£5000 on lessons)

£5000? Jesus Christ, hope that's atypical since I'm planning on trying to get a license this year.

I did it in 25 hours at £30 per hour.

Everybody is different and learns thing at different paces. I also did automatic only so that makes it easier.

The theory was the one for me. Couldn’t bring myself to study, damn ADHD, but I do have general common sense and I pick up things from the environment so I figured I could just hope I got questions I knew. Failed once then passed next one.
- My mate gave me his theory CD that was endorsed by the AA or BSM or something, I just repeatedly did the exam….passed the theory exam second time, cause I failed hazard perception the first time.
I did...I want to say about 35 hours?

And I also supplemented with a g25 wheel/pedal set and ETS2.
Which helped more than you might expect (gear positions, clutch control, dealing with other traffic, blind spots)

G25 has been lent out to multiple friends to do the same thing too, so definitely paid for itself.

Theory, once you're paying attention to the road in general, isn't too bad at all. I paid about a fiver for month's access to a revision website, which had the material, and almost identical hazard perception clips.

Mate, congratulations!
But after that many lessons, and still passing with those errors, are you sure you should be driving?

I had a friend that failed 2 times before making it. He's a safe driver, but the pressure got to him, especially after failing once.
- Yes I failed my first time as well. I just mean with that amount of time and lessons to pass.. Not everyone is fit to drive. 😀
You're allowed (iirc) 15 minors and still get a pass.

Minor issues are generally things that are mistakes, but mild enough that so long as you work to improve, the examiner is happy to pass you.

The same categories also have Major versions (1 fault fails the test) and Dangerous (1 fault halts the test entirely).

Control steering might be that OP had slightly sub optimal wheel technique, which meant they had a moment the examiner would have like to have seen both hands on.

Move off control might mean that they dumped the clutch a bit pulling away one time, and it wasn't smooth.

Awareness/Planning/Junction right could all have happened in the same manoeuvre (candidate hesitating at a junction, and pulling out after a car they could have comfortably gone before if they were more aware)

Progress: Appropriate speed can be missing that a speed limit has changed from 20 to 30, then accelerating when you realise.

I've still got the rap sheet from when I passed, and you can be damned sure after passing I was ironing them out.

What the fuck am I looking at??

It appears to be a list of things they did incorrectly.
when people say Americans can’t drive, this is why
- But this is a UK sub, with a U.K. driving school, presumably posted by a Brit.
- What's the connection to someone struggling to learn to drive?
  
  Because that's what I see, and frankly don't understand it. Today's cars are tremendously easier to drive than what I learned on, and you should see what my parents had to do to pass their tests, driving manual transmissions without synchronizers, having to start on a hill - smoothly, etc.
  
  All I see here is someone who finds driving particularly difficult, like I find math particularly difficult, or some people find spelling or grammar particularly difficult.
  
  If anything, I give OP credit for sticking with it and not giving up, despite the cost. It's really hard to keep trying when it feels like you're just always struggling.
- You make it sound free lol. I definitely would love to make it harder to get a license In the USA, but you have to learn, get a permit, drive with an adult for six months, pass at least one written and one driven test. Spending 5200£ is fucking ludicrous. No test should be that hard

Congrats for sticking with it.

holy shite. when i got mine it was 4 week course (2 days/week) at a 500$ flat fee

I showed up for mine as soon as I was 16, drove around for 30 minutes and paid $30.

A few years later I drove a tractor trailer for about the same amount of time, showed I could back it around a corner, got my CDL.

Things were different 30 years ago.
- I'm older, but I took a paper test and got my learner's. Then later, I took the driver's test
If I knew it was gonna cost me 5 grand I might've felt a little different about it lol
- That's about what you pay in Germany. You have to X hours driving at night, Y hours daytime, Z hours on the motorway.
  
  Something like 60+ hours in total, for 45€ a lesson. 3000€ minimum.
  
  Plus you have to attend something like 20 mandatory theory lessons, and they're usually scattered all around the place due to availability, and there's a fine if you miss a single one.
  
  Learning from parents is not really allowed, you have to prove you went to a driving school before you do the test.
  
  Only the English and Swiss have the luxury of turning up on the day sans proof of training. Explains why we're such excellent drivers haha

Congratulations mate, you persevered

Congratulations!

12 minors out of a maximum of 15, apparently the average is about 7 (for all tests, pass or fail). The examiner can fail you for 3 of the same minor but doesn't have to. So it might feel like you got slightly lucky, but the good news is you passed. I'd say most new drivers continue to improve for a while after passing so you have a chance to take on feedback from the test.

Enjoy your newfound freedom and happy driving!

If you are learning to drive in 2025 you are ngmi, bet on ai /s