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00:13If I pass my CD test this way I go straight into my driving test.
00:19But I think I've lost my nerve!
00:24I'm getting the hang of this, I think I'm a natural driver.
00:41Last week Maureen failed her theory exam but retook it straight away and now faces the moment of truth.
00:52If she passes she'll only have a few days to sharpen her driving skills before the last and most important
00:57hurdle, the driving test itself.
01:14The pressure's building but she's talked Dave into giving her some badly needed final lessons.
01:20Start turning now, as hard as you can.
01:28That's right, lovely. Now start straight taking the lock off and watch the kerb look.
01:33In your mirror watch the kerb.
01:37Straighten out with the kerb look.
01:39You're not watching the mirror are you?
01:40Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah, woah, woah, woah, woah, woah!
01:44Alright, alright.
01:45You're back into that person's front door.
01:49Right.
01:51That's wrong.
01:51I just told you watch them.
01:53Back over and we'll do it again.
01:55Right?
01:56It's easy enough, I mean.
01:59I've never done it this side before.
02:01This is the easiest side to do it.
02:03All we've got to do is follow the tire.
02:04Alright, alright.
02:05I'm not arguing.
02:06I'm not arguing.
02:07I'm keeping my cool as much as I can.
02:10Right.
02:11Joan Rodwell's passed her driving test and spent her savings on a second hand maestro.
02:16But her problems aren't over yet.
02:18No, that's the indicators.
02:22Um, that's the lights.
02:24Give your head back to sleep.
02:25Yeah.
02:26The horn.
02:28Yes!
02:30I'm sitting in the car with my grandchildren and my dog.
02:34They're waiting for me to take them out.
02:37But all I've done is sit here looking at my manual.
02:41Ha, ha, ha, ha.
02:43Right, now watch the curb in your mirror.
02:45You can't see it unless you can see the curb in your mirror.
02:48Yeah.
02:49Well, watch the curb in your mirror.
02:51Harder then.
02:52Harder.
02:55Harder.
02:58Now start straightening the car out now.
03:01Start straightening the car out.
03:02It's straight now there.
03:03I can't go anymore.
03:04The wheel's straight.
03:05Well, just have a look at that person's front door again.
03:08Peel!
03:09Just sit here and you do what you want to do.
03:11And then if you do it wrong, you have an accident or you hit anything.
03:14Look.
03:15Then...
03:15I'm not arguing.
03:16I'm keeping my cool as much as I can.
03:19I am telling you.
03:20Read my lips.
03:21Read my lips.
03:22Well, if you're going to say any more.
03:23I have never done it on the right.
03:24If you're going to say any more, I can get a note.
03:26Look, I haven't done it on the right, right?
03:28I mean, I haven't done it on the right before.
03:31And I am not having the blame.
03:32All right, Charles.
03:32I've never done it on the right before.
03:34And you're getting me heads up.
03:36And you're all sat there like Jim Jim.
03:39You're all sat there like Jim.
03:40Are you going to listen then?
03:42I'm listening!
03:44Lights.
03:48Hazard warning lights.
03:51Yeah.
03:56Right, now start taking your lock off.
03:59That's it.
04:00Now round a bit more.
04:03Round a bit more.
04:04The other way, the other way.
04:05You've gone the opposite way now.
04:06Look, you're not watching the curb, are you?
04:12What have you done now?
04:13You just broke a back axle.
04:15I haven't.
04:16I think so.
04:17I haven't.
04:20I don't know what it is.
04:21I don't know what you've done.
04:21With your flap.
04:23I'm scared to look.
04:25I think we've done some damage.
04:26I think we've done some damage and all.
04:32Was it the exhaust, Dave?
04:34You hit something.
04:35It something went, I know.
04:38You've got back.
04:39I'm sorry, love.
04:41Maureen and Dave have owned their Lada Riva for six years.
04:45It's become a family friend, but cost them everything they had.
04:49So they can't afford any big repair bills.
04:53Yeah.
04:53Yeah, I know.
04:55I'm not crying.
04:57I'm not crying.
04:58I'm not crying.
04:59I'm not crying.
05:03I'm not crying.
05:07I'm not crying.
05:15I'm not crying.
05:18I'm not crying.
05:31I'm not crying.
05:38I'm crying.
05:40I have all day gone.
05:40It didn't work gone out again.
05:41Turn off.
05:43Well, you didn't have to start.
05:44Turn off because you had stopped it for you.
05:46Right.
05:47Um, that was a lousy lesson.
05:50Mours or worse one you ever had.
05:51Good.
05:52Well, it's not good because you're never driving like that, you won't pass the test.
05:55I'll tell you that, no for nothing.
05:57You will not pass your test.
05:59This is the new car that I brought.
06:03Took all my savings, £1,100,
06:08and now I'm too frightened to drive it.
06:11Joan's passed her driving test now,
06:13but I think she's lost her nerve a bit.
06:14Yeah, I know I've passed my driving test, Brian,
06:17and I know I've lost my nerve,
06:19but I just don't know what to do about it.
06:21I suppose I'm sat in the back again now.
06:23No way, you'll have to come out with us, won't you?
06:32No, and you don't listen.
06:38I'm not doing anything right now.
06:40Oh, it's over.
06:41But you don't let me.
06:42Listen, and give me five minutes to explain to you.
06:46Learners spend most of their time
06:47driving with relatives and friends,
06:49but spouses don't always make ideal instructors.
06:52Dave may be an accomplished driver,
06:54but is he an accomplished teacher?
06:59I'm packing up a bus in an awkward place in the garage now.
07:02It requires absolute concentration, yeah,
07:04because if I miss hit,
07:07then I've done some damage.
07:10And it requires a great deal of concentration now.
07:15It's a very, very, very narrow gap that I'm going into now.
07:23If you had a bump with it, something.
07:30We've not parked the vehicle successfully.
07:35Handbrake on, engine off.
07:38We've arrived.
07:40Parked up safely with concentration.
07:49Maureen's working flat out,
07:51scrambling together the money
07:52for what she hopes will be her last lesson.
07:55Dave doesn't know,
07:56but she's planned a little surprise for him
07:57if she gets a licence.
08:02Basically, what I'd like to do
08:03is to go over our old honey moonroop
08:05when I pass the test,
08:06because I want to get on our own.
08:08I feel we've got...
08:09We've had a lot of problems and patchiness,
08:12and I want to get us on our feet again.
08:20Instructor Pamela Carr
08:21is busy persuading Paul Farrell
08:23to join her company streetwise.
08:26It's nice here, Paul.
08:28Do you ever pray for your pupils?
08:31I do sometimes.
08:32If it's really important
08:34that they pass the driving test, I will.
08:37She's cornered him at his favourite haunt
08:39to present him with a business proposition.
08:41Now, OK, this is what I've got at the moment.
08:43You know the phone call I said about a couple of twins?
08:45Oh, yes, yeah.
08:46Yeah?
08:47How do you feel about intensives, Paul?
08:50Not that keen, as we said, generally.
08:52But if it's over...
08:54..two weeks, three weeks, I'm happy.
08:56Yeah.
08:58Erm...
08:59I want them to get through.
09:01Mm.
09:01Can you get a 17-year-old through in a fortnight?
09:05With a bright 17-year-old, yeah.
09:13School's out for twins Vicky and James Sibsey.
09:17James is flushed with confidence
09:18and has challenged Vicky to take an intensive driving course
09:21over the Christmas holidays.
09:23Vicky's not so sure.
09:28Hiya.
09:30But academically, Vicky's always been the high-flyer.
09:33She's taking four A-levels
09:34and has never flunked an exam in her life.
09:38Right, so we're going to have a go.
09:40Intensive over Christmas.
09:42It's important to get them through.
09:45So first go together.
09:47We can't let either one of them down.
09:51The twins.
09:52They've both got to pass Paul.
09:54Right, that sounds good to me.
09:55Have a good Christmas, James.
09:57Bye.
09:59Bye.
10:0025 hours of lessons and a driving test in two weeks flat.
10:04It's a tall order.
10:05Can they both pass in such a short time?
10:10After Pam's offer,
10:11Paul needs a few minutes to ponder his future with Streetwise.
10:17I think it's God's plan for me that I should be a driving instructor,
10:21or at least at the moment, anyway.
10:25The question is,
10:26is it God's plan that I join Streetwise?
10:31It's important I do trust Pam
10:32because phone calls will be coming into her home
10:36and she'll be dividing out the pupils.
10:43Streetwise.
10:47Streetwise.
10:57Danny Waring is one of Pam's Streetwise pupils.
11:00He lives in Bristol and is busting to pass
11:03so he can drive the 200 miles to Preston
11:05to see his girlfriend, Gillian.
11:09I was in jail.
11:10She's coming down for a week
11:12and she's staying in this bit here.
11:15But I'm not allowed to be in it at the same time.
11:17I get kicked out in the upper room, so...
11:19There you go.
11:21Just next to my bed for a week.
11:23What about the two-foot camera?
11:24That I get changed to my black and white stripey one.
11:27Give her a hug unless she's her anyway, innit?
11:29I just didn't watch TV all night or something.
11:33I don't know.
11:34Be good, whatever.
11:35Probably go out somewhere.
11:38I've got a full car load today.
11:40I've got Dan's girlfriend, Jill, in the back.
11:43She's looking after the little red devil.
11:45I've got to keep them apart,
11:46one in the back and one in the front.
11:48Yeah?
11:49I have explained to Jilly
11:51that she's going to have to be quiet
11:52and let Dan concentrate.
11:54Yeah?
11:55There's one or two things can happen.
11:57Either he's going to be very, very good
11:59to show his girlfriend how super he really is
12:02or he's going to show off.
12:05When you two get married, where are you going to live?
12:11Keep it slow.
12:13When you're round, when you're straight.
12:14Then you can accelerate.
12:18Turn into here.
12:20Break.
12:20Break a little bit.
12:22Break a little bit more.
12:23You're going too fast.
12:24You're doing nearly 20 miles an hour.
12:25Whiz!
12:27Danny's developing a taste for speed.
12:29He's a man in a hurry
12:30and getting a driving licence means
12:32that he can be with Jillian
12:33in a few short hours.
12:39To Maureen, her licence means
12:41the chance to set up her own cleaning business.
12:44We have your initial going through bigger.
12:47See?
12:51Small, eh?
12:53Nice.
12:57I'm not very good at this,
12:59but, you know,
13:00it'd be double-fronted, right?
13:03Moe, Dave, cleaning.
13:04Why not give us a call?
13:06No job too small.
13:07Call us.
13:09There.
13:10Dip your clutch.
13:11Keep it slow.
13:14Where's the corner?
13:16Still at my back window.
13:19Check your blind spot again.
13:21Concentrate on your back window now.
13:24Focus on something way up the road.
13:32This is too good.
13:51Taxi!
13:53Do you think I'll pass?
13:56I hope so.
13:58We're better anyway.
13:59I don't know.
14:00I got this feeling.
14:02This time I got a good feeling about it.
14:06Good.
14:07How tall are you, Jenny?
14:09Five foot six and a half.
14:10You're not, because I'm five foot eight.
14:13Gentle.
14:15Don't start.
14:17No.
14:19The car doesn't do anything, Dan.
14:21It's you.
14:22You don't believe I'm five foot six.
14:24She's not five foot...
14:25Do you want to actually measure it at your own properly?
14:28I'm five foot one.
14:29I'm five foot six.
14:30You are not.
14:32Stop arguing, children.
14:33Let's pay attention to the traffic.
14:37We probably will still be together when he passes.
14:41If his head doesn't get too big.
14:44I'm going to come up and see who's out of my car.
14:47You haven't got a car.
14:48I'm going to get one.
14:49When are you getting one?
14:51See you going to play it.
14:52What kind of car are you getting?
14:54Fester.
14:56Loads of room in the backseat.
14:58You won't get me in the backseat.
15:01It's romantic.
15:13When Danny's not learning, he's with Gillian.
15:16But for the twins, there's no time for any distractions at all.
15:21I won't like this.
15:22Even though there's nothing behind us, sir.
15:24Oh.
15:28Oh, my God.
15:32So, quick blind spot check.
15:35You're off when you're ready.
15:38Excellent.
15:42Oh, what a real road.
15:44Yes.
15:45You're doing great.
15:47Have a few of the back.
15:48Oh, that's good.
15:49Really, she hasn't break that.
15:51I'll quickly look above your shoulder, make sure it's all right.
15:53And we'll steer you out to the right a wee bit.
15:56A wee bit long.
15:57That's it, good.
15:58And back again.
15:59Lovely.
16:02Off we, jolly well go.
16:09Oh, that's the first gear before we get there.
16:14Oh, that's the first gear?
16:16Yeah.
16:17Right forward, uh, clutch.
16:19I'm going to see if you can go with the clutch.
16:20Oh, no.
16:21Never mind.
16:22It's not even behind me.
16:23Handbrake in neutral.
16:26Okay, slouch up.
16:29First time on the road.
16:31Ah, shall we have second gear then, before the pistons come through the bonnet?
16:35That's it, good.
16:37Huh?
16:38Not bad.
16:40Eh?
16:41Okay, what I'd like to do now is reversing a straight line along the curb.
16:46Right, what I'm going to do now is a little exercise I call still on the hill.
16:52Okay, we're going to stop there.
16:55Okay, we're just touching the curb, that's not a problem.
16:57Find your biting point and release the handbrake and still be still.
17:02I think I could just about kill.
17:04Oh, can you?
17:04Right, okay.
17:07Spot on.
17:08You're breaking the speed limit, Victoria.
17:10Can I?
17:10Look at that speed out there.
17:11So, slipped into first gear.
17:13That's it.
17:14And still.
17:15And don't bring your clutch straight up in first.
17:17Remember a little bit of clutch control?
17:19Yeah, good.
17:21Steer back.
17:22Steer back.
17:23Steer back.
17:23And braking and stopping you there, okay?
17:25Now, don't worry.
17:26Handbrake on, let's in neutral.
17:29You should be proud of yourself.
17:31That was really, very good.
17:31For the first drive on public roads, it was very good indeed.
17:35So, the heat is on.
17:37How's your brother going to do?
17:38Ha ha ha!
17:40Passing your test isn't just about driving.
17:42It means long nights of swatting, too.
17:45Before Danny can even think about his test and getting nearer to Gillian, he's got to concentrate
17:50hard on that theory exam.
17:58His dad's promised to fork out for a car, even though everybody knows they'll see a lot less of him
18:04if he passes.
18:12You must never reverse your vehicle, A, near a lamppost, B, for longer than is necessary, C, from a major
18:19to a minor road, D, into your driveway.
18:23B.
18:24B.
18:24B.
18:26You're on a good drive road service and in a vehicle with good brakes and tyres.
18:30What is the shortest overall stopping distance at 40 miles an hour?
18:3240.
18:33Yeah.
18:34Feet or metres?
18:35Yeah.
19:02Feet or metres?
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19:33head the white one is the one we're going to use i'd like you to park alongside it and reverse
19:39back into a gap i've put a bit of gas on most because when the gas stopped on it and
19:43reverse
19:43into a gap of not more than two car lengths it's maureen's last attempt at reverse parking before
19:50her test her maneuvering's fine it's gear selection and observation that have always let her down
20:11Joan Rodwell's dreams haven't come true she still can't summon up the courage to drive her
20:17grandchildren around on her own she's decided to ring up her old instructor paul farrell for help
20:27seven six four seven six four oh she's coming in lovely now hello is that paul where are you
20:48where are you booking your letter this is joe joe rodwell what's he saying wait a minute so the
20:54reason i've rung you up is because i've got a car make it as quick as possible hang on a
21:00minute um
21:02i've got a car yeah um a maestro 1600 but the trouble is you know i was chuffed to bits
21:10when i passed me
21:11test and um now i've lost my nerve i'm all right with somebody else driving
21:20what do you think don't go back further than two car lengths but stop by there now
21:30beautiful beautiful and they're just about driving me mad
21:35pardon yeah
21:37joe where are you seeing it okay oh hang on a minute paul
21:50it's crunch time today is maureen's test
21:54dave's worried and prefers to wait at home with maureen's mum well i'm going in for my test now
22:00it'll be my eighth time and all i can't i'm not going to say i'm going to pass but i'm
22:05just going
22:06to say to myself i'm going to try i've taken it out the folder because they'd only want to check
22:12it
22:12all yeah in case there's a tanner in it or something they should be so lucky
22:21mr jenkins i expect i'm michael jenkins maureen knows that passing with mr jenkins won't be easy
22:30linda's got a nail-biting 35 minutes to wait and so has dave
22:35all right thank you now very shortly i'll ask you to stop as in an emergency
22:54and the signal would be like this stop
23:11stop thank you i shan't ask you to do it again you can drive on when you're ready
23:32she's going to be absolutely unbearable when she comes home if she's failed
23:38i'd like you to turn your car around to face the opposite way and try and avoid the curbs when
23:42you
23:42turn
23:43all right
23:43yes
24:06maureen's found reverse and even spotted the wobbly postman so far so good
24:39yes
24:40A little bit more relaxed now?
24:41Yes.
24:42Ten minutes in and Maureen's getting it together.
24:45But will her two big problems, gears and observation, let her down?
25:15She'll be back soon, I suppose.
25:20Pull up just behind the red car on the left here, please.
25:34Switch off the engine.
25:36Take off your seatbelt if you want to.
25:41That's the end of the test, but I'm sorry you've been unsuccessful.
25:44Oh no.
25:46Don't tell me, I'm not going to bother again.
25:49That's another application.
25:50I will need it.
25:52I'll leave it there for you, alright?
25:54There we are.
25:55If you wait, you know your instructions will be along in a minute.
25:58Bye-bye.
25:59Bye.
26:15Basically, she's had four crosses and it's all on observation and her gears.
26:22It's what she failed on last time and reversing round the corner she was wide.
26:27My failure to pass my test, I think I've built myself up so much and then it goes down and
26:32I think everyone is laughing at me.
26:34Well, no one's laughing at me at all.
26:36But you don't understand how I feel.
26:39Right.
26:39I've never been good at anything else.
26:42I've been pushed around sometimes.
26:43I've had to put on a cheerful face.
26:46You think sometimes, because I'm boisterous.
26:48It does.
26:48You think, because I'm boisterous, I've got no cares or feelings, but deep down I've got to bury them.
26:54I've got to put on a fast aid for people.
26:56They think, oh, Maureen's all right, but deep down I'm hurt.
26:59Right.
26:59And I've got to get over it.
27:01Move away safely under control.
27:03Again, that's gears because she was moving away in third gear.
27:08So although it's move away under control, she wasn't under control because she was still in in third gear.
27:15Make effective use of mirror as well before signaling.
27:19Again, that's observation.
27:21There comes a point where you've got to say, can you carry on spending this money when you're failing on
27:26the same things?
27:28Anyone in my mind who's got the guts to get up and do something is good in my eyes because
27:34she's determined to have a go and I'm proud of her doing it.
27:39You know, I mean, I wish I had her courage sometimes.
27:44Sometimes I lack a bit of courage and I won't get up and do something sometimes.
27:51I mean, sometimes I have to be pushed a little bit in a certain direction to do something.
27:57Maybe they could trade the ladder in, get something in part exchange that is automatic.
28:05That's all she would be able to drive, but at least she could go and set up on her own
28:09and do the business and drive.
28:11As Linda said, if I can't get the gears, I've gone over and over them, she'll have to go.
28:16Well, I like her a lot. She's been, she was going to be my pilot of my business, but if
28:22she's got to go, it must be fate.
28:26I think it might be a bit too heavy for you, actually, because it is a big car.
28:29Sometimes it takes me a bit, you know, you've seen me trying to park between cars, haven't you?
28:35It's a bit of a struggle for me to get it in.
28:40Next week on Driving School, Maureen's back at the wheel with a new instructor.
28:47Danny's so confident he's bought himself a motor.
28:50That's a suspension. Top.
28:52If I pass, then you fail.
28:54The pressure's building for the twins.
28:57And Joan finally takes to the road on her own.
29:01Well, almost.
29:03Oh, my gosh.
29:05It's a tight joke, isn't it?
29:07Like I said, I'll be right back.
29:09I'm just telling you why?
29:10And I'll be right back.
29:10I'm not having fun.