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Originally Posted by 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?
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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.