Just failed my first road test

[Jason1]

Originally Posted by quiet mike

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

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

[thatmariolover]

Originally Posted by Jason1

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.