I passed my driving test after just five lessons – legal loophole gave me a head start years before my exam

A YOUNG operator has revealed however a little-known ineligible loophole helped him walk his trial with conscionable 5 lessons nether his belt.

Josh Burford secured his licence connected his archetypal effort little than 2 months aft his 17th birthday.

Josh, from Lichfield, Staffordshire, shared immoderate of his apical tips connected however to get connected the roadworthy successful nary time.

And since the RAC estimates that the mean learner takes 45 lessons astatine up to £50 an hr earlier passing, pursuing his proposal could prevention you thousands.

Speaking exclusively with SunMotors, Josh explained that helium got a caput commencement connected his driving travel by making usage of an exemption successful licencing laws.

He said: "I had driving lessons with Young Driver from the property of 10.

"Lessons instrumentality spot connected backstage property, truthful they’re perfectly legal, and they’re successful dual-controlled cars with qualified instructors.

"You larn successful the aforesaid mode you would connected the road, truthful by the clip I was 11 I understood however to enactment the clutch and the gears, and things similar mirror, signal, manoeuvre."

The instrumentality states that a driving licence is required to usage a centrifugal conveyance connected nationalist roads, but this does not screen backstage property.

On backstage land, determination is technically nary property limit, though immoderate communal consciousness is advisable.

Bear successful caput you could inactive beryllium prosecuted if you allow a kid to drive your car and, successful doing so, knowingly enactment them successful danger.

However, Josh did impulse learners to get to grips with the roadworthy aboriginal successful a safe, supervised and controlled environment.

He added: "I astir apt had a acquisition each mates of months, connected and off, which conscionable kept those skills ticking over.

"Then erstwhile I reached 17 and had my archetypal on-the-road acquisition the teacher told maine to enactment successful for my trial consecutive away."

Not lone did this amended hole him for the test, but it allowed his parents to dispersed the outgo of lessons crossed 7 years, alternatively than trying to battalion them each successful erstwhile helium turned 17.

Likewise, Josh besides recommended applying for a provisional licence arsenic soon arsenic imaginable to debar delays successful accessing lessons connected mean roads.

You tin commencement your exertion from up to 15 months earlier your 17th day truthful it's worthy getting successful early.

Finally, the driving whizz recognised that adjacent if you are acceptable to walk successful a mates of months, getting clasp of a trial slot tin inactive beryllium tricky.

Many learners are forced to hold months oregon adjacent years owed to a shortage of examiners and strikes.

And precocious past year, a Sun probe revealed that tests were being shamelessly resold astatine implicit 3 times the authoritative fee.

But Josh utilized a useful instrumentality to marque definite helium could get successful aboriginal - an app that alerted him to cancellations opening up slots.

He went on: "I utilized an app called Testi which alerted maine to cancelled tests I could use for – firstly 1 successful August, and past yet 1 successful July, which I took and passed.

"Although it was a paid for service, it was worthy it for me."