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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

..... of taking a driver's test.

Tomorrow at a very early bloody 9:30 in the morning, I shall endeavor to get my driver's license. If I do, i'll be a very happy camper. If I don't, i'll have waisted 36 dollars, and once again dissapointed myself and my parents.

Wish me luck!

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Posted by Coddman (Member # 10) on :

GOOD LUCK! - from a fellow Leaner's-Licence-Lamer!

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Posted by HMS White Star (Member # 174) on :

36 dollars what the hell, Where I live it's like 18 dollars, wow you live in an expensive state.

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Posted by LOA (Member # 49) on :

7 dollars for the test here, then 14 for the license if you pass....

Good luck, Jubes... you'll do fine :-)

~Liz

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Posted by Jedi Weyoun (Member # 110) on :

here its $5 for either both of them!! thats' outrageous!

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Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

Ahh yes the test. I recall the heart attack I got when the guy told me 'That'll be $170'.

Just imagine how much failing would cost you. *Shudders*.

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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

I would say "knock em dead" but I'll leave it at "Good Luck".

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

Everything is expensive in Connecticut.

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

Welp, thanks for all the good wishings...... but it turns out that I failed.

Driving instructors should NOT be allowed to take people out for thier tests when they're PMSing. She got me on a whole bunch of REALLY picky things that wouldn't have mattered anyway. I HATE THIS.
Now I have to reschedule for two weeks ahead and take it again, and pay the 36 dollar exam fee again....

And things are VERY expensive in CT... the license itself costs 44 dollars.

Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

Some of these testers can be utter ****s. My first time, the guy tore up my form when we discovered that my mother had forgotten to bring my birth certificate.

Second time around, I did everything myself, and had a different tester, and things went fine.

If you can, get another tester.

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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

My tester was a woman about 60 years old, very nice, and I had driving school. Scored a 95. lost 5% for inexperince.

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

Go get 'em next time, Jubes!

*hisses at that tester for Jubes*

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Posted by HMS White Star (Member # 174) on :

What did you have to do, all I had to do is signal correctly, honk my horn, drive in circle, and park. Of Course next year there going add parallel parking. BTW my older brother still failed the test. Finally I sure that no one in my family is ever going have drivers test in my new Car, it's a 95 Sebring, this car has 42,625 miles, is in near perfect interior and exterior, it is just too sweet. And it has V-6 and will do at least a 120. I going to call it, yes the White Star (certainly not the Titanic

, wonders how many people will actually get that). Best of all I only paid 12,000 to get it.

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Posted by LOA (Member # 49) on :

*grins* My tester was BEYOND cool! A) he didn't have me do half of the test because he didn't feel like it, so I didn't have to back around a corner, change lanes, or do anything except drive around the block and parallel park... Yay! B) I took the entire test going over the speed limit by about 7 miles.. when the tester noticed this, he very almly said to me "What is the speed limit in a residential area like this one" to which I replied "25" and he said "Okay... so haw fast are you going?" And I said "32, sir!" At that point he just started laughing and said "Okay... keep going..."

When we got back to the testing center, he told me I passed with a 96% (Whoo, hoo!) and then went to take my driver's license picture... this is the coolest thing about him: He ekpt retaking my picture until he got one that I looked REALLY good in! Awesome! *L*

I lucked out BIG time... hehehe... all of my other firneds had BAD testers ;-)

~Liz

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

Is it just me or is it very odd not to test for parallel-parking abilities?

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

I had a mean driving tester. He would exclusively mumble or yell. I also made a rather sharp turn at one point and he went on about it for 10 minutes.

I've never even tried parallel-parking.

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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

When I tested, I failed the first time and passed the second (Parallel parking in a full-sized Detroit Chrome Mountain is quite challenging). The second time I was veeerrrryyy caaaarrrreeeefffffuuuulll (and slow) and passed. The instructor's comment?

"You only have to signal a turn within 100 feet, not 100 yards."

When my dad got his first driver's license (state of Arkansas, 1940, no picture), his dad gave it to him as a 16th birthday present. No test, no exam, no nothing. My grandfather went to town, bought a license for his son, and handed it to him.

Wierd, huh?

--Baloo

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Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :

My tester was the guy who plays Santa in the Morgan Hill Christmas Parade... No, I'm not kidding either. *ROTFL*

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Posted by Mikey T (Member # 144) on :

Ah, parallel parking...thank goodness that I never had to do that on my driving test. There's a funny story that comes with my driving test. In California, more specific in the Southern Cali area, parallel parking is an option. Also, I didn't pay for my driving test. Anyway to the story,I didn't have to do the damn thing, since my DMV guy was in a good mood. I passed 98% and was glad that it was over with. When I was taking my driver's picture, I finally found out the last name of the guy. It turns out that he's the father of someone I dated two days before my driving test. He said to me after I found out who he was, "So, I hear that your taking my sport to the movies on Saturday and to a Backstreet Boys concert at October...now at least you can drive your BMW without an adult in the car." Then that became a very akward moment.

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Posted by monkeyboy on :

I have to admit that I had to take my test three times.
I kinda hada real bad temper and I kinda blew a red light with impatience when someone I was trying to catch up to and yell at went by me
that was the first time, second time it was for speed and parking.
third time I passed

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Posted by Orion Syndicate (Member # 25) on :

I passed my test fourth time round.

The first time, the guy failed me for something trivial like slowing down a little early on left and right turns. At the end of the test, he told me to go to this other test centre at South Yardley the next time. It turned out that he was usually testing at South Yardley, but was only at my test centre that day because someone else was ill. The sonofabitch was trying to create more business for himself at the other test centre. I complained, nothing was done.

The second time round, I failed on the emergency stop, yes, I know "How could you fail on the emergency stop"?
I was waiting for him to say the word, when he did, I hit the brakes, the car skidded but I didn't release and reapply the brakes - that as they say was that.

The third time round, I failed in the first few seconds because when I was about to pull away, I stalled the car. This created quite a big row of cars behind me and I was failed on that and two other serious errors later on.

AND NOW! Yes, the fourth time. The first three were at home, but this test was when I was at university. The test centre was easy and the examiner was really good. I passed, despite trying to pull away at the start with the car in neutral. He said I made five minor errors and no major or dangerous, so I finally had my licence.

It took me over 50 lessons and four tests, but I got there.

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Posted by Coddman (Member # 10) on :

*Shudders at all of your horror stories* Oy! *still has his Learner's Licence, has had it since March '99* *The earliest he can take his road test is September '99, and his licence expires in March '00* I think I'm goona stick with the learner's forever.....I'll keep renewing it every year.

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Posted by Saiyanman Benjita (Member # 122) on :

Well I'm sorry to hear that. However, I failed on my first test as you well know. You should go to Michigan, I made the same mistakes as on my CT test, but they let me pass there.

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

Well, I CAN parrallel park..... But I couldn't back into a space PERFECTLY, so she had a coniption about that. Then she had a problem because i opened the door to check the line. I put the car in park, it wasn't going anywhere! ....