Just failed my first road test

[mickydaniels]

It happened just two days ago. I thought I was ready, the proctor said pull out, and I checked my mirrors, looked behind, and saw a space between a couple of cars, and figured I could beat the blue van coming from behind. As soon as I am ready to go, I push the gas a little, and proctor says, "Whoa,whoa" and pulls me back to the curb.

"Did you see that van coming 40 miles an hour?"
"Yes."

He then pulls out a palm pilot from something that looked like a looseleaf notebook and I noticed he's writing something.

"Are we going to start over?"
No response. He prints out a paper from his palm pilot which says I've failed and lists seven different ways in which I failed to yield to traffic. SEVEN!!! Only one 'serious violation' for failing to yield to right of way. Perhaps the most surreal two minutes of my life and it was all over like that.


Does anyone here have a license?
Better yet, does anyone pass on the first try?

[Seth]

I was so nervous when I took my road test that I messed up my hand signals. Ya, embarrassing.

but i still passed.

[Neo]

lol

I remember my "road test." It consisted of driving around the block with no traffic. You had to work to fail that test.

Though I did fail the written test the first time I took it. Who knows how to calculate breaking distance? Sheesh.

[DimHalo]

Did great on the written test. Failed my road test the first time. Because I went off the road on a three way turn (how was I supposed to know that the gravel part of the road was not to be used for the turn). Anyway, because of school I didn't get my license until I was almost 17 years old.

[ZebraRampage]

It happened just two days ago. I thought I was ready, the proctor said pull out, and I checked my mirrors, looked behind, and saw a space between a couple of cars, and figured I could beat the blue van coming from behind. As soon as I am ready to go, I push the gas a little, and proctor says, "Whoa,whoa" and pulls me back to the curb.

"Did you see that van coming 40 miles an hour?"
"Yes."

He then pulls out a palm pilot from something that looked like a looseleaf notebook and I noticed he's writing something.

"Are we going to start over?"
No response. He prints out a paper from his palm pilot which says I've failed and lists seven different ways in which I failed to yield to traffic. SEVEN!!! Only one 'serious violation' for failing to yield to right of way. Perhaps the most surreal two minutes of my life and it was all over like that.


Does anyone here have a license?
Better yet, does anyone pass on the first try?

I passed the written, and road test on my first try. Basically, when you pull up to a street to make a turn, make sure that you make a COMPLETE STOP. Wait for the car to jerk back which indicates that you've stoped, and stop and the white line, or wherever the stop sign is. Then pull up to the road and wait for it to get clear and go. I know that this seems stupid, but those damn road test people what everything that you do. Make sure that you don't go over the speed limit. Don't try to do anything crazy, just take it easy. You said that you thought you could make it out infront of that car? Try to avoid doing that. Just wait till it's clear. Always use your turn signals. Oh, and when you parallel park, make sure to use your turn signals as well. My test was easy, it was like 2 minutes long, and my drivers ed teacher took me over the course before hand. Just take it easy and focus on just getting what you need to get done. Once you have your license, you'll be free to jump out into traffic if you think you can make it into the space between cars. But for the drivers test, just take it easy, and get the test done.

[Dyne]

Failed first written, aced it the next time.

I took my road test and just barely failed. Next time I'm going to ace it.

American road tests are SO much easier than Canadian ones!

[Ginkasa]

I failed the first time. The woman who tested me was just Satan. I could understand one reason why I failed (I mean, I would have failed me, too), but there a bunch of other reasons she gave as to why I would have failed as well. A bunch of crap reasons.

The legitimate reason was mostly just because I was nervous. It was on residential roads and there were two cars parked on either side of the road narrowing the street quite a bit. I was all set and ready to go through when another car turned onto the street from a nearby intersection, going the opposite way I was.

I wasn't sure if there was enough room for two cars to get through or if I should wait for the guy to pass or go ahead or what. I kind of just barely got in the gap in case the other guy came in. I didn't hit anything, but it was close.

Ish.

But that was okay. I knew I failed.

But then there are the crap reasons.

1) A stopped too suddenly. I didn't know there was a set "stopping"...thing. I didn't hit anything in front of me at insersections and it wasn't a screeching halt (nor were we thrown forward in the seats). But she said I stopped too suddenly or too quickly or something

2) She said I didn't look both ways at a stop sign, although I did. My dad said later I have to turn my head completely since apparently nobody but me can actually move their eyes to see in other directions. Or something.

3) She said I accelerated too quickly on the city roads. Not speeding; I didn't speed. She said I accelerated too quickly. As opposed to, you know, slowly climbing up to 10, 20, 30, 35, 40 while cars are honking and passing me by.

Number three ticked me off a lot since my driver's ed guy made a point to get up to the speed limit quickly on roads so you're not blocking anyone behind you (that was his only complaint in fact). But then this woman says I sped up to quickly. Grr.

Anyway, I took it the second time at a different place. I had a fat Hitler for my instructor that time (he had the mustache and everything ^_^). I passed. He said that I went a little slowly on the city roads (ARGH!) but that otherwise anything else was just a lack of real experience.

I liked him. Too bad the real Hitler wasn't like him...

Anyway....


*shrugs and walks away*

[GT News]

I failed the first time. The woman who tested me was just Satan. I could understand one reason why I failed (I mean, I would have failed me, too), but there a bunch of other reasons she gave as to why I would have failed as well. A bunch of crap reasons.

The legitimate reason was mostly just because I was nervous. It was on residential roads and there were two cars parked on either side of the road narrowing the street quite a bit. I was all set and ready to go through when another car turned onto the street from a nearby intersection, going the opposite way I was.

I wasn't sure if there was enough room for two cars to get through or if I should wait for the guy to pass or go ahead or what. I kind of just barely got in the gap in case the other guy came in. I didn't hit anything, but it was close.

Ish.

But that was okay. I knew I failed.

But then there are the crap reasons.

1) A stopped too suddenly. I didn't know there was a set "stopping"...thing. I didn't hit anything in front of me at insersections and it wasn't a screeching halt (nor were we thrown forward in the seats). But she said I stopped too suddenly or too quickly or something

2) She said I didn't look both ways at a stop sign, although I did. My dad said later I have to turn my head completely since apparently nobody but me can actually move their eyes to see in other directions. Or something.

3) She said I accelerated too quickly on the city roads. Not speeding; I didn't speed. She said I accelerated too quickly. As opposed to, you know, slowly climbing up to 10, 20, 30, 35, 40 while cars are honking and passing me by.

Number three ticked me off a lot since my driver's ed guy made a point to get up to the speed limit quickly on roads so you're not blocking anyone behind you (that was his only complaint in fact). But then this woman says I sped up to quickly. Grr.

Anyway, I took it the second time at a different place. I had a fat Hitler for my instructor that time (he had the mustache and everything ^_^). I passed. He said that I went a little slowly on the city roads (ARGH!) but that otherwise anything else was just a lack of real experience.

I liked him. Too bad the real Hitler wasn't like him...

Anyway....


*shrugs and walks away*

Oops. I wasn't paying attention. Tell me again what is going on.

[Ginkasa]

Well that seems be your own problem, eh?


*shrugs and walks away*

[ZebraRampage]

I failed the first time. The woman who tested me was just Satan. I could understand one reason why I failed (I mean, I would have failed me, too), but there a bunch of other reasons she gave as to why I would have failed as well. A bunch of crap reasons.

The legitimate reason was mostly just because I was nervous. It was on residential roads and there were two cars parked on either side of the road narrowing the street quite a bit. I was all set and ready to go through when another car turned onto the street from a nearby intersection, going the opposite way I was.

I wasn't sure if there was enough room for two cars to get through or if I should wait for the guy to pass or go ahead or what. I kind of just barely got in the gap in case the other guy came in. I didn't hit anything, but it was close.

Ish.

But that was okay. I knew I failed.

But then there are the crap reasons.

1) A stopped too suddenly. I didn't know there was a set "stopping"...thing. I didn't hit anything in front of me at insersections and it wasn't a screeching halt (nor were we thrown forward in the seats). But she said I stopped too suddenly or too quickly or something

2) She said I didn't look both ways at a stop sign, although I did. My dad said later I have to turn my head completely since apparently nobody but me can actually move their eyes to see in other directions. Or something.

3) She said I accelerated too quickly on the city roads. Not speeding; I didn't speed. She said I accelerated too quickly. As opposed to, you know, slowly climbing up to 10, 20, 30, 35, 40 while cars are honking and passing me by.

Number three ticked me off a lot since my driver's ed guy made a point to get up to the speed limit quickly on roads so you're not blocking anyone behind you (that was his only complaint in fact). But then this woman says I sped up to quickly. Grr.

Anyway, I took it the second time at a different place. I had a fat Hitler for my instructor that time (he had the mustache and everything ^_^). I passed. He said that I went a little slowly on the city roads (ARGH!) but that otherwise anything else was just a lack of real experience.

I liked him. Too bad the real Hitler wasn't like him...

Anyway....


*shrugs and walks away*

I love how you make your posts into short stories.

[thatmariolover]

I failed the first time. I had the "old guy" (that's seriously what everybody calls him) and he has a "no pass first time" thing.

Don't worry about it. Chances are you'll do fine next time.

[GameMaster]

I've failed two times :( This summer I'm determined to pass!

[Hero2]

My sister failed the written 7 times I aced it the first time and never had to do a road test instead I had to go thru drivers ED. Although when I was getting my licence there were some people that were pulled for the driving test. Most of the girls came back in tears because they failed. I dont think the lady who was the ride along was very nice.

[Su-Yin]

back in malaysia everyone*willin to pay a lil more* passes....they just bri*ahemm* be a lil more generous passes...lol tats y they have stupid drivers on the road

[Jason1]

Not sure how they do it in other States and other Countries, but here in IL, if you do good enough in your drivers training class at school you actually dont have to take the actual written or BTW test. This is of course assuming you actually take the class that the school offers, some kids dont because if they did they would have to wait some time before they actually could get their liscense, many times well after they turn 16. This was the case for me, I had to wait over 6 months after I turned 16 before I finally got my liscense, but my parents werent about to pay the several hundred bucks it would have costed to get it earlier, not through the school. But anyways, assuming you take the class in school and get a B- or better average in both the classroom and BTW portions of the class, you dont have to take either the BTW or Written tests that they would normally make you take in the place where you get your liscense. For me it was basically walk in, show them my papers, get my picture taken, walk out with my liscense.

[Typhoid]

I hate the system we have here.

Step one: you turn 16 your able to take your "L" (learners) test.(Written) Which means you have to have someone with a valid drivers license.

Step two: Wait 1 ( or 2) years before you can take your "N" ( 1st road test) this allows you to have one passanger in your car.

Step three: wait 1 ( or 2 ) years after that and you can finally go for your real license.

Its a long and strenuous system. So i havent even gone for my 'L" yet.

[DimHalo]

I wish mine was like Illinois. Because I took driver's ed (for insurance purposes) and got an A+. But I still had to take the test.

[Seth]

I hate the system we have here.

Step one: you turn 16 your able to take your "L" (learners) test.(Written) Which means you have to have someone with a valid drivers license.

Step two: Wait 1 ( or 2) years before you can take your "N" ( 1st road test) this allows you to have one passanger in your car.

Step three: wait 1 ( or 2 ) years after that and you can finally go for your real license.

Its a long and strenuous system. So i havent even gone for my 'L" yet.

I hear ya.

You also forgot to mention that us new 'N' drivers can only have one other passenger in the car who isn't a family member.

[The Germanator]

Not sure how they do it in other States and other Countries, but here in IL, if you do good enough in your drivers training class at school you actually dont have to take the actual written or BTW test. This is of course assuming you actually take the class that the school offers, some kids dont because if they did they would have to wait some time before they actually could get their liscense, many times well after they turn 16. This was the case for me, I had to wait over 6 months after I turned 16 before I finally got my liscense, but my parents werent about to pay the several hundred bucks it would have costed to get it earlier, not through the school. But anyways, assuming you take the class in school and get a B- or better average in both the classroom and BTW portions of the class, you dont have to take either the BTW or Written tests that they would normally make you take in the place where you get your liscense. For me it was basically walk in, show them my papers, get my picture taken, walk out with my liscense.

Heh, this was exactly the same for me. It was so easy...The teacher in my school was pretty dumb, so even if you didn't study, cheating was simple (not that ya needed to...)

We had to do six different actual drives besides the written stuff, and it wasn't too bad. I probably screwed up enough to get me actually failed in a real test, but since it was done through school, it was easy to pass. I fancy myself an alright driver too despite not the same testing that most people get..

[quiet mike]

Not sure how they do it in other States and other Countries, but here in IL, if you do good enough in your drivers training class at school you actually dont have to take the actual written or BTW test. This is of course assuming you actually take the class that the school offers, some kids dont because if they did they would have to wait some time before they actually could get their liscense, many times well after they turn 16. This was the case for me, I had to wait over 6 months after I turned 16 before I finally got my liscense, but my parents werent about to pay the several hundred bucks it would have costed to get it earlier, not through the school. But anyways, assuming you take the class in school and get a B- or better average in both the classroom and BTW portions of the class, you dont have to take either the BTW or Written tests that they would normally make you take in the place where you get your liscense. For me it was basically walk in, show them my papers, get my picture taken, walk out with my liscense.
I also got my license in Chicago and I want to clear up something. You get Drivers Ed for free trough school, but that doesen't mean you don't take the tests. You take the real written test at the end of the class courses. That test you took with only 9 misses alowed was not for a note but for the police. If you pass that you don't have to take it when you go to pick up your driver license. Then, if you do well with the instructors in the city (less than 28 points lost) you get the "Blue slip" which basically sais to the officers there that you are not worth testing since there are other, worse drivers, that need to be tested :P. So if you'r lucky and there is not a lot of people there at the time you go, you can walk in and walk out in 30 min with your drivers license in your wallet.
That was my case. Ofcourse I only lost 11 points because I went screeching on a entrance ramp that had a 25Mph limit and I was at 40Mph :D

[Crono]

I failed Ontario's written test the first time, but passed the G2 driver's test the first time I did. It was pretty easy, actually.

[mickydaniels]

'Specific Items' marked on my receipt:

1. fails to observe
2. Uses mirror only/fails to check blind spot
3. Fails to yield to right-of-way to: Other
4. Poor judgment in traffic
5. Fails to anticipate actions of : Other
6. Fails to anticipate potential hazrds
7. Delayed braking/abrupt braking

All this from a short sequence that took no more than one minute. If only the road test as easy as the written one...
and if only New York City didn't have retarded procedures for people under 18, I'd be driving already... (http://www.nysdmv.com/broch/c41.htm#jl)

[Jason1]

I also got my license in Chicago and I want to clear up something. You get Drivers Ed for free trough school, but that doesen't mean you don't take the tests. You take the real written test at the end of the class courses. That test you took with only 9 misses alowed was not for a note but for the police. If you pass that you don't have to take it when you go to pick up your driver license. Then, if you do well with the instructors in the city (less than 28 points lost) you get the "Blue slip" which basically sais to the officers there that you are not worth testing since there are other, worse drivers, that need to be tested :P. So if you'r lucky and there is not a lot of people there at the time you go, you can walk in and walk out in 30 min with your drivers license in your wallet.
That was my case. Ofcourse I only lost 11 points because I went screeching on a entrance ramp that had a 25Mph limit and I was at 40Mph :D

Yea that makes sense. I remember takint tests like that, but I thought they were just to get me my permit.

[Perfect Stu]

I passed my written test the first time, and the road test with ease. Driving came naturally to me...I thank Polyphony Digital ;)

[thatmariolover]

Yea that makes sense. I remember takint tests like that, but I thought they were just to get me my permit.

That's how it is in Minnesota. You take the Driver's Ed. class when you're 15, take a written test at the end of it and get your permit. Then you have to wait at least six months and have gotten at least so many hours of driving in with adults over 21 by the time that six months is over with and you can take your behind the wheel.

Pass that and you've got a Minnesota DL.

[Classic Rocker]

I'm going to get my permit soon when I turn 16 in a week :). A friend of mine ot 130 points during his roadtest. You aren't suppose to go over 30 here in NY. :( poor kid