me - was 18 and didnt have a car of my own - had to borrow parents and was not allowed near it without one of them. made me sit my test very very quickly - didnt pass it first time and my mam drove me home from the centre - applied the same day for a retest and passed the second time round.
no, but I pretty much never drove at all on my first provisional, by the time I started I had just gotten my second (and a new car), so could drive unaccompanied legally...