WEBVTT - MINI: Driving Lessons

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<v Speaker 1>Fist the Christian O'Connell show podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>To my six year old daughter, very excited due to

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<v Speaker 2>COVID all the stuff about getting her learners and going

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<v Speaker 2>out and doing miles in the car as I was

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<v Speaker 2>moved back for months last year. She hit sixteen in

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<v Speaker 2>July and now she can finally do it. So I've

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<v Speaker 2>got her three driving lessons booked in February. She's really excited.

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<v Speaker 2>But we all can remember when we first started to

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<v Speaker 2>have our driving lessons and driving tests.

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<v Speaker 3>In the UK.

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<v Speaker 2>The driving test is very different to here. So in

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<v Speaker 2>our driving test, right, you've got to do a thing

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<v Speaker 2>which was terrifying called the emergency stop. So the instructor

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<v Speaker 2>would say, whenever I bang my clipboard on the dashboard,

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<v Speaker 2>join this next twenty minutes test. You have to slam

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<v Speaker 2>on the brakes immediately. It was like a child. It

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<v Speaker 2>was just stepped in front of the car. So the

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<v Speaker 2>whole test, right, you can't You're nervous anyway, aren't you.

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<v Speaker 2>Because you're in the car with this strange guy with

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<v Speaker 2>his clipboard. You know he's analyzing you, mirror signal maneuver,

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<v Speaker 2>all of that. You're checking everything. One false move you're

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<v Speaker 2>going to fail to go at lessons. Any moment he's

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<v Speaker 2>going to smash the dashboard.

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<v Speaker 3>You go go like this, do they still do that

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<v Speaker 3>or yeah? And the other thing was we had to

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<v Speaker 3>do a three point turn? Do you have to do

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<v Speaker 3>the three point turn?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>I always think of that. What's the one in Austin

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<v Speaker 3>powers you know? Nine hundred moves?

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<v Speaker 2>It's like an uber driver, you know some when they're

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<v Speaker 2>doing that thing? What's he doing a nine hundred point turns?

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<v Speaker 3>Bring me my dando.

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<v Speaker 2>And the other thing was I failed my first test.

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<v Speaker 2>There a thing called reversing round a corner where you

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<v Speaker 2>punk up someone quiet and you'd have to reverse the

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<v Speaker 2>car round a corner every day. No, I've never done

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<v Speaker 2>it since, but I failed it first time, which is

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<v Speaker 2>why I failed my test.

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<v Speaker 3>So what happened with your test? It's different.

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<v Speaker 4>I failed my first test as well. I had a

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<v Speaker 4>driving instructor who gave you five lessons and then on

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<v Speaker 4>the day he came with you in the car.

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<v Speaker 3>So you can't have a mate. Where was he a mate?

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<v Speaker 3>He was just sit in there right and do the

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<v Speaker 3>thing for you.

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<v Speaker 4>So the guy running the test is seeing in the

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<v Speaker 4>passenger seat. But my instructor who'd done the five lessons with.

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<v Speaker 4>He was in the back seat.

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<v Speaker 3>We kind of like a cheat's moral support.

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<v Speaker 5>I did as well.

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<v Speaker 4>Jane, No, but I actually blame it on him as

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<v Speaker 4>why I failed my.

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<v Speaker 2>First She's doing it wasn't like in the rear view

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<v Speaker 2>mirror sort of you know, holding up signs, going on

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<v Speaker 2>your tanking.

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<v Speaker 4>This he was worse. He knew the driving, he knew

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<v Speaker 4>the test taker, I guess because they've taken a lot

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<v Speaker 4>of tests together, so they were like blabbing on about

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<v Speaker 4>their holidays. They hadn't seen each other for a while,

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<v Speaker 4>definitely quiet, so they were doing a catch up and

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<v Speaker 4>I was driving. I actually got the feeling that they

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<v Speaker 4>weren't paying attention to me, so I went through a

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<v Speaker 4>yellow light, which is technically legal, but they is frowned

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<v Speaker 4>upon on the test and he told me to frown upon.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's the emoji they use, crowned upon. I think

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<v Speaker 2>it's a golden no no.

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<v Speaker 4>It was a golden no because I didn't even get

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<v Speaker 4>to finish the test, forget it. They asked me to

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<v Speaker 4>pull over and then the test taker jumps in the

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<v Speaker 4>driver come back.

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<v Speaker 2>It went so bad, he went, we don't even trust

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<v Speaker 2>you to get back to the I have a friend

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<v Speaker 2>of mine right who was so nervous about his tests.

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<v Speaker 2>He got this thing is called beta blockers. You can

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<v Speaker 2>have these things to calm your nerves, right, They called

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<v Speaker 2>beta blockers right right, and they really leve him out.

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<v Speaker 2>You only meant to take one or two, all right,

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<v Speaker 2>because they're very very strong. He took the whole blister

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<v Speaker 2>packet of eight. He was so leveled out right.

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<v Speaker 3>They some traffic bights.

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<v Speaker 2>He was just out of it. I didn't know where

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<v Speaker 2>he was, right. They strit to get going. Are you okay?

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<v Speaker 3>So it's just like you know anyway, he was so relaxed.

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<v Speaker 3>The car pulled up.

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<v Speaker 2>At these nights, my mate just turn the engine off,

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<v Speaker 2>got out of the car, just walking off.

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<v Speaker 3>He felt the test.

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<v Speaker 4>Because it's never happened before. It's probably unprecedented. So I

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<v Speaker 4>was like, I guess you failed. We haven't written down

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<v Speaker 4>that done anything wrong.

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<v Speaker 3>He just went home. He's got a it's bored. Perhaps

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<v Speaker 3>he did you pass first time?

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<v Speaker 2>No?

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<v Speaker 5>I failed the first time and had it a bit

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<v Speaker 5>of a big night before and got into a bit

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<v Speaker 5>of trouble from my mum because I was running late

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<v Speaker 5>and I failed anyway, so I had to reset it

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<v Speaker 5>a second time.

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<v Speaker 3>What the actual test, because there's two parts to it.

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<v Speaker 5>Here, so the l plates it was for the theory test.

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<v Speaker 3>Technically impossible.

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<v Speaker 4>That's the one where you're not in the carb a laptop.

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<v Speaker 5>You got to like the no, not in those days

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<v Speaker 5>it was pen and paper. Just went into the vic

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<v Speaker 5>Rhodes office. Failed, miserably, left in tears, and my mother

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<v Speaker 5>was very angry with me.

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<v Speaker 4>I thought that was the one where they tried to

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<v Speaker 4>encourage you, like you can't fail. It's like, all right, no,

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<v Speaker 4>you chose that, but for next time, John.

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<v Speaker 2>And pats could fail. And you've never seen her drive

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<v Speaker 2>and she should have stayed felt all right? What happened

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<v Speaker 2>during your driving lessons or when you took your test?

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<v Speaker 1>Christian O'Connell show podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>What happened during your driving lessons or on your driving test?

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<v Speaker 3>Know this every time you tuned in to the show.

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<v Speaker 2>Me, Jack and Patsy are all people that failed our

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<v Speaker 2>tests the first time. I remember my instrict because I

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<v Speaker 2>was so upset when I failed it because all my

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<v Speaker 2>mates had parted.

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<v Speaker 3>You just want to you just want to be on.

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<v Speaker 2>The roads, don't It represents freedom? In the car, and

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<v Speaker 2>I remember the instructor trying to make it better for me,

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<v Speaker 2>going all all the best drivers fell first time and

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<v Speaker 2>started naming some Formula one drivers, right.

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<v Speaker 3>That failed first time. It's only actually, as I was

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<v Speaker 3>thinking about some of that, how did he know what

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<v Speaker 3>form Little one drivers? And also they dive dangerously for

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<v Speaker 3>a living. Yeah, drivers, the most dangerous drivers in the world.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't take solace that Lewis Hamilton might have failed

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<v Speaker 2>it first time.

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<v Speaker 3>All right, then let's go to lines.

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<v Speaker 6>Joel, Good morning, Good morning, Hey going, guys, I'm good.

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<v Speaker 3>So what happened in the car on the driving test

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<v Speaker 3>or lesson?

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<v Speaker 6>So I actually failed my els three times?

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<v Speaker 3>You mean that the theory one?

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, just to sit down at the computer and yeah,

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<v Speaker 6>failed at three times. It was the sixteenth birthday present

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<v Speaker 6>from my parents that kept going.

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<v Speaker 1>Seventeen and eighteen.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's right, Joel, Joel.

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<v Speaker 4>After the first one or even the second one, didn't

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<v Speaker 4>you think maybe i'll study this time?

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<v Speaker 1>Well?

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<v Speaker 6>I thought I was, but I'm not that smart obviously,

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<v Speaker 6>but I passed.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if you've seen most of the people

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<v Speaker 2>on the roads, I wouldn't say most of them.

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<v Speaker 3>My joby of people, aren't that smart?

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<v Speaker 6>Very true. I'm one of those people.

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<v Speaker 4>I remember it being so easy though. It was like

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<v Speaker 4>a simulation of like sand on the road up ahead.

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<v Speaker 4>It's like, should you drive through the dangerous set.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a red light after you stop, or.

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<v Speaker 6>Go right through it through?

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<v Speaker 3>No Joel? So, Joel, did you finally pass it on

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<v Speaker 3>the fourth attempt?

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<v Speaker 6>I finally passed on the fourth attempt I got you

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<v Speaker 6>could only get four questions wrong, and I got four

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<v Speaker 6>questions wrong and I passed.

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<v Speaker 2>With vic roses fed up seeing it, I was, Joel,

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<v Speaker 2>just bloody give it to him.

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<v Speaker 6>Joe.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Joel, that's a great one. We'll give you

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<v Speaker 2>a prize. Okay, thanks for colling you with that.

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<v Speaker 6>Thanks guy, Thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>Have a good day, Eliza. Good morning, Oh, good morning,

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<v Speaker 2>good morning, Eliza.

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<v Speaker 3>Off you go. What happened?

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<v Speaker 7>I had my instructor in the car who gave me

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<v Speaker 7>a secret code to pass my test.

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<v Speaker 3>So what was the pre arranged code?

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<v Speaker 7>He had a dot in the door and that was

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<v Speaker 7>a turn to the left, and then when he touched

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<v Speaker 7>his forehead as a turn to the right, and that

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<v Speaker 7>was my reverse park or sort of tore me.

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<v Speaker 4>He actually sounds more difficult.

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<v Speaker 2>Reverse parking is hard without some guy doing seophore or

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<v Speaker 2>sign language on the back seat going what was it?

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<v Speaker 3>Is it your left or my left door? It's harder.

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<v Speaker 2>On the door.

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<v Speaker 7>We had practiced it before the test, so we knew

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<v Speaker 7>what we were doing.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you think, Eliza, this out in any way?

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<v Speaker 4>Why didn't youse path?

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<v Speaker 7>Yes, it really stucked me out for years after that.

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<v Speaker 7>But after the test, I did it for the past

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<v Speaker 7>first time, just did my reverse parts.

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<v Speaker 2>They need to drive round in the car for years

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<v Speaker 2>afterwards because you had learned it.

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<v Speaker 7>Sometimes to give it over to friends to reverse pass

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<v Speaker 7>for me.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, Eliza, that's a great call.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you very much. Have a good day you too.

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<v Speaker 3>By Tracy, good morning.

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<v Speaker 8>Good morning. I failed my test the first time because

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<v Speaker 8>I had someone running to me while I was doing

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<v Speaker 8>my test.

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<v Speaker 3>Crashed that their currents yours yep, yep.

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<v Speaker 2>Ye.

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<v Speaker 8>I was totally innocent because the law says that you

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<v Speaker 8>are actually partly guilty because she's there at the.

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<v Speaker 2>Times, almost like a metaphysical sort of conundrum.

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah, I was in the left hand lane. A guy

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<v Speaker 8>went past me. It was a two lane road. He's

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<v Speaker 8>gone past me on the right hand side and gone

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<v Speaker 8>a left hand and at the next street, and it

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<v Speaker 8>was almost the end of my test, and the instructors,

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<v Speaker 8>every examiner just said to me, turn around and go

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<v Speaker 8>back if aished, Oh.

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<v Speaker 2>That's right, there was, Yeah, I bet, And so did

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<v Speaker 2>I give.

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<v Speaker 3>You the next one free?

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<v Speaker 8>No, my driving instructor did he because he argued the point,

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<v Speaker 8>said it wasn't her fault and everything like that, and

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<v Speaker 8>gave me the next lesson because you have a lesson

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<v Speaker 8>with it. And he gave that to me free that

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<v Speaker 8>and he paid the booking and everything out of his

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<v Speaker 8>own pocket.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's awesome. We give you pat tickets go to

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<v Speaker 2>Village Gold class. We'll give you a double passer.

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<v Speaker 8>K oh, thank you very much.

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<v Speaker 3>That's right. Chase and enjoying a thanks you.

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