Seeing double – the twins who lost L-plates on the same day
AS IDENTICAL twins Rosie and Lucy Carleton are used to being inseparable. But the 17-year-olds outdid themselves when they passed their driving tests after the same number of lessons, on the same day and at exactly the same time.
The two girls, who are in Year 12 at St Katherine's School in Pill, had their first two-hour lesson on their birthday, November 18, through Keith's School of Motoring in Broomhill. After nine weeks and 29 hours of lessons from instructors Terry Sutton and Andy Sears, the twins were ready to sit their tests – and both got behind the wheel at exactly 3.02pm on January 20. An hour later the two girls had both passed first time, though Rosie made four minor errors while Lucy picked up nine.
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Twins Rosie and Lucy Carleton, aged 17 and of Bristol, who passed their driving test at the same time on the same day.
Rosie was the first to arrive back at the test centre on Concorde Drive in Southmead, and was so excited at being told she has passed that she went straight back to her home in Stoke Bishop without her sister, who was a few minutes behind her.
Lucy said: "Roundabouts were the hardest thing for me, and I just don't like them. I am pleased that we passed first time. I would have been upset if Rosie had passed and I hadn't."
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Rosie said: "The hardest thing was parking. I can't park, and that was the move I had to do in my test. I am glad I passed first time. Lucy would have made fun of me if I had failed."
Now the pair can be seen driving around the streets of Bristol in identical blue Ford Kas, bought for them for their 17th birthdays.
Mum Jane Ashby, 45, said: "They both felt that they were under a lot of pressure, and they were worried that one might pass and one fail."
Mike Futcher, director of Keith's School Of Motoring, said: "In 25 years I have never known anything like it.
"There were so many coincidences and they have done very well to have passed so quickly and together."
Comments
by John_Name
Monday, January 30 2012, 11:48PM
“But you're being so cynical. It's only a fancy-that story about a couple of nice girls who are twins and passed their driving tests at the same time.”
by Walkthetalk
Monday, January 30 2012, 10:59PM
“@John-Name
The glass is always half full never half empty mate!
Make a valid original comment ...if you can have one.”
by John_Name
Monday, January 30 2012, 10:46PM
“@walkthetalk
Cheer up”
by Walkthetalk
Monday, January 30 2012, 10:32PM
“These two girls must surely know someone in the BEP offices or have very pushy parents because they were featured in an article in the BEP when they received their GCSE exam results.
You have to admit it though they do look like an editors 'wet dream'… blonde, young & pretty.
I await with anticipation to read future stories in the BEP when they both get married in the year, on same day & at the same time & ditto giving birth to their first babies.
They passed their driving test first time…big deal.”
by swrural
Monday, January 30 2012, 8:54PM
“@brissleblue
'And for sure'.
I thought it was only foreign racing drivers who used this expression. :-)
The difference in scores would be due to the subjective behaviour of the examiner and environmental differences between the two tests. Without those features, they would have scored the same (of course - due to the fact they are the same being).”
by Seamon
Monday, January 30 2012, 1:55PM
“Andy Sears taught me to drive. I passed first time. He also instructed my girlfriend. She passed first time. As did two of her friends and a colleague of mine who used him. Thats five first time passes I know of directly. An exemplary record. Congratulations Andy.”
by brissleblue
Monday, January 30 2012, 1:33PM
“Nowt wrong with a feel-good story, though it is one that in 'news' terms would only really be applicable in one of those adver booklets that are spreading through Bishopston, Redland and Westbury.
I now know
(1) the name of a driving school and the names of 2 instructors
(2) the name of an out of district school to which these two bright girls travel daily
(3) the age and birthday of the girls [Pogo - I know what you are/were thinking ... (:! ]
(4) the name and age of their mum and
(5) the brand of car they own.
It does read like a very neat piece of PR placement. I'd be interested to know the time spent by BEP journalists on finding and fact checking this story.
What did make my eyes widen was the info that these 2 lucky young ladies were bought identical cars a whole year before they started driving lessons. Wow. A year!
Our youngest lad, 20 now, also passed his test first time. Paid for his own lessons out of his part time job earnings. While he possibly could afford to buy a car in a few months, he cannot yet afford to maintain it or put fuel in it. And for sure he cannot afford to insure it.
Now, that is a theme that a journalist could follow up, the fact that some young people have money spent on them while others are not quite so fortunate. I'm not holding my breath.
I do wish that young pair good luck and hope they do appreciate their good fortune to have parents willing to indulge them.”
by John_Name
Monday, January 30 2012, 1:13PM
“@dingslady
Seems to be ok so far! This strikes a chord for me, because my girl is a few months older than these two, and has been learning to drive.”
by Dingslady
Monday, January 30 2012, 10:49AM
“John_Name, it occurred to me that there might be rules about writing in a foreign language, so don't be surprised if your posts disappear!
Pogo_T_Clown.... Ooh, you ARE awful! Would you have had such thoughts if these young ladies were short, fat and covered in tattoos?? ;-) Chuckling over my cornflakes.”
by Pogo_T_Clown
Monday, January 30 2012, 10:13AM
“Where I come from, that headline would mean something else entirely. Good thing I'm all grown up and mature, eh?”