A Testing Job (1968 film about the UK driving test) 

Who doesn’t love old footage.

I had to do a real emergency stop on my test when a kid ran out in front of me on Greenford Broadway in West London. The Hillman Hunter stalled and it took 3 attempts to get it to restart lol. I remember the examiner saying " Well done. I shant ask you to perform that ". :)

Amazing footage . Another world

That is Mill Hill. I lived in Edgware for thirty years. I passed my driving test in 1974 fifth attempt. I used to go to pieces with nerves every time I took a test although I was fine in lessons. On the first test I got my father to park in front of me so I could read his number plate. I found the cure finally was to drive around for two hours beforehand rather than one, by which time my nerves had gone. I took my fifth test in Ilford and was told that there was one examiner who was a lot fairer than all the others and I would recognise him by his handlebar moustache. When the door opened and the examiners came out the examiner with the moustache came over to me. He was indeed very fair and was so glad to pass. I am sure what swung it was when I had to stop on a hill at a zebra crossing to let an old lady across just before I got back to the test centre. I also had lessons in a dark green Austin 1100 although I passed my test in a Hillman Avenger.

5:30 "Whatever you do, some people would always complain the examiner is against them" haha this is so true even in these days

Brought back memories of my motorcycle test in 1971 and my car test in 1972, both passed first time.

At 15:30 she turns left into Wyre Grove in Edgware. You can see my parents house...23 years before we moved in. Amazing footage 👀

I have had 9 driving tests, 4 passes Car 2nd attempt Lgv c 4th attempt - rigid trucks Lgv c+e 2nd attempt - articulated trucks Pcv 1st attempt And still felt nervous before each test With my LGV tests, I kept having the previous test results keep giving me flashbacks But with my 2nd car and 4th lgv c+e tests, I THOUGHT I hadn't passed them, but the faults were marked as minors and was passed

The driving instructor is played by John Stone, and I believe Mrs Bell is played by Ann Bell.

The dear old 1100 - such an unbelievably easy, forgiving car to drive, especially when fairly new - just like the Austin A40 . Totally unlike the Ford Anglia 105E a lovely car, but with with its sharp clutch and easy stall possibility

Interesting film with a message still relevant today.

There's actually quite a lot here that doesn't seem to have changed all that much over the years. The way modern examiners present and phrase things is more or less the same, except perhaps a bit more articulate in those days.

No indicator in the beginning when pulling up. Tut tut tut

Interesting video! Thank you for sharing it here. :)

Back in the early 1960's my 30 year old Aunt (gorgeous woman) had already failed her test over 20 times, I kid you not. She was an extremely nervous person at the best of times, but she always went to pieces on her driving test. She went again for her next attempt, got in the car with the examiner and she was visibly shaking. When they got in the car, she asked the examiner if she could have a cigarette before they set off to "calm her nerves" , the examiner said that would be ok. (it was the 60's). As she got her cigarettes out, she offered him one, and he said "I'm sorry, I have to consider that a bribe, I'm afraid the test is over and I'm sorry to tell you that you've failed" True story, my poor Auntie Muriel (Moo).

Fascinating, thanks for posting!

Oh blimey I had a bellyful of butterflies for that poor woman! I’m pretty sure I was given a few points to watch out for when I failed a test. I hadn’t looked properly when I pulled away from the test centre, and the examiner told me at the end, as well lecturing me on the percentage of accidents caused by people pulling out without looking! I passed my test in 1995, and it was more or less exactly the same as this, except I don’t remember having to do a hill start.

Took my test on a Wednesday afternoon in August 1984. - school holidays and half day closing for shops and banks ( who remembers that?). Had 4 lessons before the test and passed first time but I was 21 and had already spent 4 yrs on motorbikes so my hazard perception and reading of the road was already in place.

What a superb video - really enjoyed this. Fascinating.

11:56 'Stop!... Thank you. I shan't ask you to carry out that exercise again.' - ie. If you I ask you to perform that manoeuvre again during the test, it will be for a real emergency.

Gislene Maxwell ?!

That Austin 1100 needed a new rear subframe before the end of the test.

I took, and passed, my motor bike test in this same year. During the test the examiner was out of sight behind buildings, walls etc! He stayed safely on the pavement the whole time trusty clipboard in hand!

11:58 "Get out of the road ya little bastard

Excellent video!

New driver here. Driven in China for 4 years and passed in the UK this June 3rd time with 9 minors (I think. I admit I am a reckless driver and driving in another country doesn't help much.). It's interesting to see the perspective of the driving examiners, how they are trained and what has passed on from the olden days. Although now they do debrief the candidate and instructor about exactly how they failed the exam, and sometimes even how they made minor faults. The questions have been turned into "show me" / "tell me" style with standard-ish answers. And on modern cars you can use driving assist, which seems to help, although on the hill start I tend to ride the clutch really hard rather than using handbrake or hill-hold assist.

Remember taking my test in the original mini GT Happy days long long gone

I just CAN'T remember the name of the man delivering the talk to the class , at the beginning , and near the end ; I've seen him so many times. Please , could someone tell me. Thank you.

A Mk4 Ford Zephyr is a big car for the driving test, long bonnet and short boot.

Brings back memories of my test, at the age of 18 in Hounslow, West London in 1972 - in my tatty Triumph Herald.

What time does Benny Hill show up as a Traffic Officer ?

Passed my test there in 1991.

watching this thinking it one big heist training video for the big job of getaway

Examiners don't need to put on their safety belts?

Is that Mill Hill?

And hardly any use of indicators to be seen. #fail :😆🤣😆🤣

the E reg cars are 1967 cortina is F reg 1968