US Driving Test
May 21st 2015 | 9:43 am
#32
Grumpy Know-it-all
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 8,928
From: Calgary, Alberta
Re: US Driving Test
...they make you drive on a public road!
No driving around the parking lot in first gear for you.
I think I've mentioned this before but the main problem I had with my Florida test was that the examiner weighed about 300 pounds and given my car had standard transmission, that caused me difficulty in reaching the gear stick because her thighs were so fat (gasp, I took it in a car with standard transmission!!!)
However seeing as I got into second gear for about 10 seconds, not that big of an issue.
The most worrying parts were (a) being in a line with hot sweaty people and (b) leaving the test centre and realizing all those people were now allowed to drive on public roads after driving around the parking lot.
May 21st 2015 | 9:48 am
#34
Grumpy Know-it-all
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 8,928
From: Calgary, Alberta
Re: US Driving Test
You have to parallel park between two poles. This is the hardest thing to do, and worth practising. Also reverse in a straight line, showing that you look where you're going. Then you drive around a couple of blocks, making sure you observe stop signs and school zones, use indicators and a few other very basic things.
As I recall in Georgia they did make me drive zig zag around some cones but I can't even remember the rest of it, it was so easy. I remember filling in the form to take the test more clearly and the multiple choice questions.
