Hi guys welcome back to my channel today I want to share my journey to getting a
British driving license and I know this video is not gonna be for everyone but
I'm sure that there are people out there who might be in the same situation as me
so that's what I'm gonna be talking about today if you're new around here my
name is Ysis I make videos about lifestyle and parenting so if you like
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on with the video so as a little recap I am originally from Brazil and in Brazil
I had a driving licence which I got when I was in my early twenties I can't
remember exactly the year but I passed my driving test in Brazil and I want to
say it wasn't a good experience I passed at first time but at the time I didn't
believe that I passed it because I didn't feel you know when you don't feel
really good about something you just feel like you you did the absolutely
minimum to pass but I've been an OK driver since I've always hated parking
always always always went for like the easiest paces never did any parallel
parking because I just hated it so I've been okay driving on the roads no
problems with that but then I moved to the UK nine years ago and when you move
from abroad to the UK your driving licence from your country of origin for
most countries is still valid in the UK for a year so you can still drive as
long as you've got insurance you've gotta take insurance separately to drive
a car you can still drive using your foreign driving licence but when you go
over a year you then have to retake your driving
test here in the UK and do the theory test and the practical test all over
again now to me the thought of that was a nightmare because as I said I think I
just about passed my test in Brazil and I thought of doing the whole thing over
and over all over again felt really daunting
I put off for nine years basically and I've been living here this whole time
without being able to drive because I've just been really scared of doing the
test lots of reasons as well first in Brazil we drive on the right-hand side
of the road and then the thought of doing my gears with the the other hand
was just really strange and yeah I wanted to do my test on a manual car I
didn't want to be restricted to an automatic I know automatic cars
everywhere nowadays and our main car is an automatic car but I really wanted to
have that option of having the manual and the automatics so anyway this is a
long story but two years ago I decided to go for it
and I booked my theory test took my favorite test pass my theory test and I
was doing driving lessons at the time I did about three lessons and they went
well but then I just felt like unless I had a date for my test booked the
lessons would be in vain because then I wouldn't know you know like I wanted to
see a deadline before I booked all of the lessons because they're not cheap
they're quite expensive to do the practical driving lessons and even
though I'm already a driver I felt like I needed them just so that I could know
how to position myself on the roads here the roads are completely different the
UK is full of roundabouts in Brazil like where I'm from they were hardly any
roundabouts so ever so that's a completely like new thing to get used to
and all the signs and everything is different so I felt like I needed the
lessons so two years went by and I decided to restart my driving lesson it
was one of my goals for 2018 was to finally get my driving license and I
booked my test because like the test centre nearest to me only had a few
dates left in December I booked my test I went to check on my theory test
certificate and the theory test certificate actually expires on the day
that I'm taking my test so no pressure there it means that if I fail it
I can't redo it I have to redo the theory test and the practical driving
test as well I'm feeling a bit nervous my test is in about a week and a half a
weekend a little bit when you're watching this video there won't be much
time left for me to do my test we decided to invest on a small little
runaround car for me to practice not just to practice because obviously I'm
gonna need a car when I pass my test because I'm being really positive about
it so we decided to buy a cheap used car which is helping me loads to get my
practice in in without having to pay loads of money for them practical
lessons I have my lessons twice a week but then I feel like I need to be
getting in the car and practicing in the week as well and that's where I am with
my driving test so yeah I feel really nervous about it I feel like parking is
my worst thing it still is I can do BAE / Bay parking okay but parallel parking
I'm still a bit I'm sure and there's a couple of maneuvers like Park on the
right and yeah reverse Bay parking so it's kind of like dominating dominating
my thoughts at the moment this whole driving test thing I'd love for you to
share on the comments below your experiences with doing your driving test
here in the UK if you've done it did you pass it first time was it harder than
you thought was it easier than you thought I'd love to just hear some
stories and experiences about this because I've not heard anyone that's
like my age taking a driving test I'm in my like mid-30s or early thirties I'm 32
and everyone who's passing their test is like 16 18 20 so I just feel like I've
got a different like life moment and experience to younger people and then
all the people that I know are already qualified drivers and have been driving
for the last like 20 odd years so I'd love to hear like recent stories of
people like in my age bracket that have passed their tests and everything was
okay or if it wasn't okay tell me what helped you and what you think was the
best tip that you could ever get for passing your
test so yeah I just wanted to share this journey with you guys and to ask for
your prayers and your support and for you to root for me that I pass my test
hope you enjoy this video if you did give it a thumbs up and I will see you
all in my next video and hopefully I'll update you soon saying that I've passed
my test if not I'll also update you but that is
the hope I'll see you guys very soon bye