duration of getting a driving liscence
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hi people
i'm getting elisted in army next march-april. i was thinking if its possible for me to obtain a driving liscence in from late nov to the above-mentioned period?
I have eactly no idea how this thing works, websites either don;t update their websites, or don;t give relevant info at all.
If that;s not the case, where is the furthest i can possibly go? the basic theory or what? please advise. Thanks!
Any bookings i should make now?
*please assume i pass all tests at first attempt -
3 months theorectical fastest.
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3 years if you are that bad
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ya agree. i gt mine @ 3.5 mths.Originally posted by Ponders:3 months theorectical fastest. -
i mth can chiong finish.?every day pia fulltime private inst n get cancellation to book TP
if complete basic n final theory le 
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i had my 1st lesson on 3rd jan 2006. had a lesson almost every weekday.
got my license on 17 march 2006.
first-time pass on BTT, FTT and TP test.
24 lessons.
school student.
$1.9k byebye.
if u wanna take it fast, you must prepare the $ and time 1st. -
Mine should be free.. X.x
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true. if u no money and time, then can forget getting it in the shortest time possible.Originally posted by sinicker:i had my 1st lesson on 3rd jan 2006. had a lesson almost every weekday.
got my license on 17 march 2006.
first-time pass on BTT, FTT and TP test.
24 lessons.
school student.
$1.9k byebye.
if u wanna take it fast, you must prepare the $ and time 1st. -
That's artificially accelerated. hahaha..Originally posted by Chelzea:i mth can chiong finish.?every day pia fulltime private inst n get cancellation to book TP if complete basic n final theory le -
this year is the dragon year
more 18 year olds will be signing up for license and the wait for tp has increased to 4 mths i think
so if you calculate..1mth wait for btt 1 mth wait for advance tt
4 mths wait for tp and 2weeks for u to complete your lessons(provided you take 2or3 lessons a day)
altogether 6mths and 2 weeks if you pass on first attempt -
passOriginally posted by fckes:this year is the dragon year
more 18 year olds will be signing up for license and the wait for tp has increased to 4 mths i think
so if you calculate..1mth wait for btt 1 mth wait for advance tt
4 mths wait for tp and 2weeks for u to complete your lessons(provided you take 2or3 lessons a day)
altogether 6mths and 2 weeks if you pass on first attempt
no my qn is i finish BTT le n final theory is booked on e 18 nov so wad r my chance of finishing in a month if i pia driving full time n manage to get a cancellation
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wad is i month?Originally posted by Chelzea:i mth can chiong finish.?every day pia fulltime private inst n get cancellation to book TP if complete basic n final theory le 
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must be hardworking lah. go online each night to check for buy sell lessons.Originally posted by Chelzea:pass
no my qn is i finish BTT le n final theory is booked on e 18 nov so wad r my chance of finishing in a month if i pia driving full time n manage to get a cancellation
i took it in a rush coz' i just finished my exams and april was enlistment! -
u mean sch ah ?Originally posted by sinicker:must be hardworking lah. go online each night to check for buy sell lessons.
i took it in a rush coz' i just finished my exams and april was enlistment! cos i shld pass final theory on nov 18 
n i hope to chiong get lisc be4 dec 15
private better rite, since can get instructor teach u every day?not so troublesome? -
For me, I got a military class 4 licence in the army first.... Then later I went to learn driving in Comfort driving centre (CDC, in Ubi). Because of my military driving experience, my driving course was accelerated and I only spent half the time (and money) for my course, compared with other students who have no driving experience. (In the driving school, after each driving lesson you'll get one stamp. For my very first lesson, after I told my instructor that I learned driving in the army, he automatically gave me 5 stamps in one lesson. LOL.)
If you're lucky enough to become a full-time military driver, you can accumulate mileage by driving military vehicles. After you accumulate 5000km, you can apply for a civilian driving test. If you pass, you'll get a civiliian driving licence. (This is the only way to get a driving license in Singapore without paying a single cent. But of course you'll need a lot of time and patience to acheive 5000km of military driving. Haha.) I didn't manage to get 5000km because my vocation is a signaller. I only manage to drive once or twice every month, and I only got 1000km when I ORD. That's why in the end I learned driving in CDC. (I had a platoon mate who always volunteered for driving duty, and he even followed another platoon to Australia so that he could have plenty of opportunities to drive. I guessed he got 5000km and a free driving license in the end. LOL.) Anyway that was several years ago. You should check whether this 5000km system is still valid now.
If you can afford to wait, then you better pray that you'll get a vocation which requires you to drive. (Not every one is so lucky.) Then you'll learn driving in the SAF driving school (free of charge). If you get 5000km before you ORD, very good. If you don't get 5000km, at least you already have some driving experience, and you can save a lot of time and money when you learn driving somewhere else.
If you don't have the patience to wait, by all means, go and learn driving first. Spending a large sum of money is inevitable, but you can always save up money again when you get allowance for your NS. Haha.