at least he has no job to drive to...? lol

Seeing as they're in Britain, I'm sure they could get a coach to the east coast and then kayak across the Atlantic without needing a driver's licence.

Thanks Buzz Killington, for killing the little joke.

34 Seeing as the Atlantic ocean is West of GB Op would have to go West...

When I was 16 I worked at Cinnabon. If I had to take my drivers test, I would have had someone cover my shift if I couldn't book it off

16- "Colleague" is just a fancy word for co-worker, and as far as I know, you can be suspended from pretty much any job at any age.

Some people don't get their drivers license until later in life. I'm 25 and don't have one because I really don't need one. OP may not be in high school, they might have just not needed to learn to drive until now.

Why do so many people think that everyone should know how to drive by the time they're 17/18? Bugs me to no end. First world problems, much? Some people don't want to learn to drive, then it becomes necessary later on for whatever reason. Some people's parents won't pay for them to learn, so they have to wait until they have a stable job. Some people (me, for example) know there's no way in hell they'll afford a car any time soon and therefore see no point in learning until they find a job (it never fails to amaze me that so many peoples parents just buy them a brand new car as a gift and they hardly ever seem to realise just how lucky they are). I'm 20 and I haven't taken any driving lessons; hoping to in the next year but that's purely because it's borderline essential since a lot of graduate jobs ask that you travel quite a lot, and I'm sick to death of train rides and fares. It scares me that anyone finds it shocking when someone doesn't learn to drive and have daddy buy them a nice shiny car as soon as they're old enough. Wtf, seriously...

50 - I learned how to drive completely on my own when I was 15. My school had drivers ed, and a program where you get behind the wheel experience and it counts as your driving test. All completely free. My parents didn't pay for or hand me anything, not everyone who gets things at a young age are handed them by their parents.

The OP is in England though. Schools in England (and the rest of the UK) generally do not offer driver's ed classes. Some schools do run certain schemes to promote driving, but in general this will mean taking them out of other classes (meaning that they miss school work). If you're learning to drive in the UK, you have to pay for it yourself. When you add the cost of lessons and paying for the test to insurance, high fuel prices and the cost of a car, plus the fact that some areas are affected by congestion charges (e.g. London) or zones designed to discourage people from driving (e.g. Edinburgh), it's not worth the headache and empty wallet to many people, until it's required for a job. There's simply not the same "car culture" that the USA has. Teenagers who DO drive get a tough time too - they're often labelled "boy racers", portrayed as young idiots in cheap cars doing stupid things on the road. Some of them are, true, but most are perfectly sensible drivers...who get hit with the massive cost of insurance because they're young. Many people choose to wait until they have an age and an income that make driving lessons less of a financial strain. I'm not clear on this point though - did the OP fail his test because of the phone calls, or was the FML just because of his bad luck - he was suspended and he wouldn't even have passed his test anyway? I assume it's the latter since the boss called several times.

56: I know. I wasn't saying everyone who can drive is rich; I was saying it's stupid that anyone can seriously be shocked when they hear someone hasn't learned.

56: Also, I don't think 'drivers ed' is even a thing in the UK. I've never heard of it, at least.

One less driver to cause traffic jams?

#33, are you kidding? Think of how much the OP will save on gas (petrol), insurance, car maintenance and Pine Tree air freshener expenses. Plus, he can get girls to drive him around on dates! Given that, I regret not taking a dive on my own driving test.

Oh! For Op.. Yea she's screwed..

perdix- I know you're being extremely sarcastic, but c'mon man! Lol really? I like the way you think though, very provocative! :D