8th January 2011, 09:40 PM
Whatever happened to doting parents paying for it (the test), sending their child off into the big bad world of Uni with at least their own means of transport? Anyway, holding a driving licence doesn't mean having a car - I noticed most of the questions when buying insurance online last week consisted of 'have you had an insurance claim/endorsement' etc in the last 5 years, no mention of 'have I actually owned a car/been driving' (only thing that came close was 'how many years no claims bonus'), so it''s worth having the licence without the car just to have a long clean record for when you do become old enough to be able to afford the insurance - and of course that applies to getting on company insurance to drive unit vehicles (just don't tell them you haven't touched a steering wheel in the 10 years since your test day!), no actual proof of real driving experience required, just how long you've held a licence....