Keith nearly everyone my wife knows even if they have a few lessons pays a little extra to get the licence via the back door.
In fact i think you would be look at a bit funny if you did do it the normal way it appears
I think yves sums up my views.
Ensure you have a fat bank balance to pay any white man fines or fees etc you find coming your way
I remeber reading of a yank (on a us forum a few years back) who thought it would be a good idea to bike around his area untill he had some form of accident where a phill was injured and then all hell broke loose and his bank balance was far thiner.