Failed driving test
Apr 17th 2009 | 2:38 am
#16
Concierge
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Re: Failed driving test
Happens to the best of us. Grin and bear it and try, try again. You don't have to use the office in Manhattan you know. Go to Westchester or Queens or wherever if it is easier for ya.
I do K turns nearly everyday. Takes less than 20 seconds to complete usually. I applaud your cautionary behavior. BTW 3 mins is about the average length of the test.
I do K turns nearly everyday. Takes less than 20 seconds to complete usually. I applaud your cautionary behavior. BTW 3 mins is about the average length of the test.
In Red Hook, Brooklyn today. The instructor had it in for me from the start.
I failed for aborting a three point turn as a truck was bearing down on me after about 60 seconds. I stopped on the left hand side of the road to let the truck past.
He could barely conceal his delight when saying "you're not in England now". He made me drive straight back to the start and failed me. I must have been in the car for 3 mins max.
Annoyed the hell out of me. I can drive well but was being cautious, as I was advised to do. Now I must apply for a new learner permit as it was about to expire, which means spending a day at Herald Square.
I failed for aborting a three point turn as a truck was bearing down on me after about 60 seconds. I stopped on the left hand side of the road to let the truck past.
He could barely conceal his delight when saying "you're not in England now". He made me drive straight back to the start and failed me. I must have been in the car for 3 mins max.
Annoyed the hell out of me. I can drive well but was being cautious, as I was advised to do. Now I must apply for a new learner permit as it was about to expire, which means spending a day at Herald Square.
Apr 17th 2009 | 3:36 am
#18
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Re: Failed driving test
Then I guess I was really bad back when I was 17 and took the road test. I passed it the second time around though.
But remember that back then it was unpaved roads, standard shifts, and we had to dodge the dinosaurs.
Apr 17th 2009 | 3:39 am
#19
WTF?
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From: Homeostasis
Re: Failed driving test
I don't even know what a three point turn is. I think you're making all of this up.
Apr 17th 2009 | 3:43 am
#21
WTF?
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From: Homeostasis
Re: Failed driving test
Apr 17th 2009 | 3:43 am
#22
Lost in BE Cyberspace
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Re: Failed driving test
Were you also powering the stone-wheeled car by running on the road?
Apr 17th 2009 | 3:49 am
#23
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From: My Old KY Home!
Apr 17th 2009 | 3:52 am
#24
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From: it's still too dark to tell
Apr 17th 2009 | 3:54 am
#25
WTF?
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From: Homeostasis
Re: Failed driving test
Apr 17th 2009 | 4:25 am
#27
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From: North Charleston,SC. born in Stockport,UK.
Apr 17th 2009 | 4:27 am
#28
Joined: Mar 2009
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From: Google Town
Re: Failed driving test
hubby failed 1st time for not following instructions. He had been asked to go straight on, there were 2 lanes and a car in front indicated out of the left hand turn lane to also go straight on, so he moved over to let the other car change lanes. He was told he wasn't asked to change lanes so he had failed. He still went straight on though
I passed 1st time though, oh the fun I had....
I passed 1st time though, oh the fun I had....
Apr 17th 2009 | 4:35 am
#29
Wondering if...
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 1,218
From: Clarence, NY
Re: Failed driving test
Test must have taken all of 3 minutes on the road / tracks. Trickiest bit was the reverse (parallel) park, the only "must do" manoeuvre. The cones were laid out around a space far smaller than any US parking space I have seen before or since. Managed to squeeze the blighter into it though, and though it was at an angle I wouldn't call "parked" it was in the box, so good enough for the test.
Apr 17th 2009 | 4:43 am
#30
Ginger Monkey
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 2,772
From: Cheeseland, WI
Re: Failed driving test
I got a minor fault during my US driving test last year because when I was asked to reverse in a straight line I kept looking all around me as well as behind to make sure there were no oncoming cars or pedestrians, as per UK regulations. Apparently in the US you're ONLY supposed to look behind you (or in the direction you're travelling), so I got a minor. Pissed me right off!
