DIY Heavan

Daniel was 17. He had just achieved a pass for his driving theory test, and his teacher had just contacted dsa to arrange his practical.Daniel went online and found every single online test possible to help prepare him forit. They included questions like 'what would you do if during your test an emergency vehicle came up behind you?'. His older brother Tommy laughed. "An online test wont help you pass! You need practical experience, not this! Online tests are only good for your theory! Go and drive around a bit." Daniel frowned. His brother knew full well that he wasn't allowed to drive his parents cars, and only had access to the driving school one for 1 hour a week. Slowly Daniel got up and went downstairs. Sitting at the kitchen table with some milkshake he formed a plan. It wasn't a very good plan. It was sure to get him into trouble, and even if he pulled it off it would be hard to hide it from everyone. He smiled, got up, put on his coat, checked that his mum was in the bath, dad at work,and hisbrother watching TV. Hetookhis mothers car keys.As hestarted his mums car,he noticed thateverythingfelt alot different to the dsa one that he normally drove. The reverse gear was in a different place, the headlight switch was different, and the bite was in a completely different place. "Oh well" he thought, "how hard can it be?! I'm obviously a good driver or I wouldn't be entered for my test." He put the car into reverse and tried to back up and out of the steepdrive way. Suddenly the car lurched forwards, throwing Daniel forwards where he hit his head on the steering wheel. Dazed and confused, he looked up and noticed the driveway moving backwards. No, he was moving forwards!He sat up and tried to stop the car, but only succeeded in pressing down the clutch instead of the break, causing the car to go shooting down the driveway towards the house. SMASH. Then silence.Tommy came racing out of the house and the noise, and stopped and looked in amazement at his brother lying on the airbag from the steering wheel in his mothers car, crashed into the side of his house. He quickly opened Daniels door calling his name. Daniel groaned and sat up, a thin trickle of blood running down his head. "I put it in 1st instead of reverse by mistake Tom! It was in a different place!". Later that day Daniels father came to see him in his room. "Well," he said sternly "Ive contacted the insurance people, and they will pay for the car and the house, but you will have to pay for skip hire costsfor the house bricks." Daniel sighed. "But I need my money to paydsa for my test!" His father looked at him "You've failed Dan. You wont pass now. Not for a long time. Look what you've done! What were you thinking! You know you aren't allowed in our cars! That's why you have those online test things!". Without a word, Daniel turned round, lay on his bed, and stayed there face down until his father left the room. Then he picked up his provisional license, glared at it,threw it across the room, and sat on his bed to make another plan.