My rookie era: In my 30s, I went for my driver’s licence test – and failed four times

Learning to drive as an adult is humiliating because everyone knows how to drive, and frustrating because no one knows how to drive properly Last year, at the age of 35, I decided it was time to grow up and get my driver’s licence. I had considered it before, but it had never stuck. As a teenager, I thought driving was scary and significantly less cool than sitting on the bus, listening to the same eight songs on my MP3 player. As a news reporter in my 20s, not driving was inconvenient to bot...

By Julia Hollingsworth