When Did I Pass My Driving Test

[ivor4781]

its deff NOT on the back of my new pink card, it was in 1963 sometime .the insurance needs to know, and being insurance i need to get everything spot on.

[ivor4781]

ok .sorted then, bet that got you all digging your licences out. lol

[retrocop]

All categories shown on Cat 9 of my photo licence show valid from 13-12-73 on Cat 10 box.I passed my test in 68 which was soon after my 17th birthday in late November 67.I would guess,then,that I passed my test on or around 13-12-68 which would be about correct.Apparently when the agency concerned with driving licences and tests(Ministry of Transport I believe) passed the responsibility to DVLA back in the 70's they did not pass on the driving test date records to the DVLA.It would appear that a good guess,,providing it is within a year,could not be disputed.

[ToraToraTora]

the new photo licence seems to lack the from dates for older passers, mine is correct (Col 10) . Do you have anything in col 11? ie the expiry date. If you know your age when passing the test you can work it out the year from that:
E-70+A where A= age passed test and E is the year of expiry. The Insurers don't need an exact date normally, then just want to know how long you've had a fulll licence.

[ToraToraTora]

sorry just noticed you know the year!, they won't need an exact date.

[jno]

I never sat a test here so anything on my licence will be wrong.

[bhg481]

Interesting that the same 1975 date crops up for both me and Baldric .As it's of no significance to me (no extra category, no house move etc) I assumed it corresponded with some government/administration change. It doesn't explain why Tonyav's date doesn't agree if he passed his test before then. My test was 1965, incidentally, with motorbike added on 30th March 1976.

[boxtops]

It would make more sense for me if they asked when we started driving regularly, to assess your record. I passedmy test in 1974 but I didn't have access to a car until 1990 - I then opted to take some further lessons, I needed 8 before I was deemed up to test standard, having not driven for some 16 years after taking the test.

[Baldric]

I've given up trying to get my M/C Pass transferred onto my Licence, unlikely I'll ride again so no point really, still got the 'Little Red Book' with it in though!

[ToraToraTora]

jno you got your licence pre test(01/04/34)? you must be at least 99! or did you do the army "test" during WW2? Confused!

[Baldric]

I've got 6 groups in column 10 all valid from 11/02/75.

[whiskeryron]

I'm a bit bothered, do you think I am still allowed to drive Steam Rollers ?

[EDDIE51]

I have never seen insurance ask for the date you passed the test only the number of years you have held a full licence and then it only goes up to '9 years or over'
Mine was sometime in 1970 or 1971 no idea of the actual date.

[jno]

TTT, I am an economic migrant. The UK government has no idea where or when, if at all, I did a test. I turned up here and swapped my old licence for a UK one.

[chrissa1]

Any insurance quote I have filled in over the years since the internet reared it's ugly head, just asked, 1,2,3,4,5 or more than 10 years.

I passed my test in March 1968.

[bhg481]

I've had a couple of insurance websites ask for date-passed-test, Eddie. They ask for year and month in case it's recent. If you don't supply a month it won't let you move on to the next page.

[ToraToraTora]

when was that jno? Now days you have to do a test, i think within 2 years of settling here.

[derekpara]

Get some time in, you lot.

I passed my test in 1955 on a wooden framed 1933 Morris Minor 1 !