Getting drivers license in Florida?
#16
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On my test I pulled in forward to a space that had no cars around at all and made sure i couldn't mess it up.
#17
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The manoeuvre was carried out in a coned area that could easily accommodate an F350 duallie ( that's a horrible word/spelling!!)
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I guess a good way to spot a Brit is he'll be the one berk who reversed into an angled space! Lol
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When I came out with the examiner, she wanted my car in a specific space as the first test was backing out of the space. So she asked me to get the designated driver to move my car to the space.
My realtor was having difficulty getting it into gear (it was a column shift which she wasn't used to). I turned to the examiner and said "Are you allowed to fail HER?"
It's very unusual for Americans to reverse into a parking space. I doubt many drivers are even capable. Many states don't have front license plates so if you back into a space, police etc. can't ID your car.
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FWIW I don't know of any other car in either lot driven by a British driver.
Many states don't have front license plates so if you back into a space, police etc. can't ID your car.
Last edited by Pulaski; Feb 16th 2017 at 2:56 pm.
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I often "drive through" an angled space into the "far space", so I can drive out of a space as well as drive in.
I don't really agree with that. The lot where I park every day has as many cars backed up to the landscaping as there are driven in nose first. Another lot directly out side my office also has many cars backed into space where driving in would be equally easy.
FWIW I don't know of any other car in either lot driven by a British driver.
That seems like a good reason to back in. .... I have Union Jack front plates, so at least they can see the owner is British!
I don't really agree with that. The lot where I park every day has as many cars backed up to the landscaping as there are driven in nose first. Another lot directly out side my office also has many cars backed into space where driving in would be equally easy.
FWIW I don't know of any other car in either lot driven by a British driver.
That seems like a good reason to back in. .... I have Union Jack front plates, so at least they can see the owner is British!
At work I reverse in for quick exit!
FWIW I have rugby plates front and back!
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Further to my post #20, above. I was outside at lunch time and noticed the cars parked in the parking lot outside my office. There were 18 cars parked in spaces around the perimeter, up against a curb or the landscaping, of the 18, 17 of them were backed into their space!
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Further to my post #20, above. I was outside at lunch time and noticed the cars parked in the parking lot outside my office. There were 18 cars parked in spaces around the perimeter, up against a curb or the landscaping, of the 18, 17 of them were backed into their space!
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Just so you know I had the luxury of driving Mrs DJ's car, a big mofo Lexus SUV and was making a complete pigs ear of parallel parking, to make matters worse she said FFS let me do it................ wham bam in one!!
After making excuses for at least an hour, curb was high, turning circle, mirrors were crap, steering wheel on wrong side, blah blah it dawned on me, this was the first time I had attempted parallel since I moved here!
I could hurl my 5 series into a tiny space in UK.
After making excuses for at least an hour, curb was high, turning circle, mirrors were crap, steering wheel on wrong side, blah blah it dawned on me, this was the first time I had attempted parallel since I moved here!
I could hurl my 5 series into a tiny space in UK.
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I also make sure I park as far out as possible but it never fails that when I return there is always someone right next to me even if the parking area is almost empty!
I love driving a truck because I feel safe and I like being up "higher" but now i have a little car to run around in and I sure do like the easier manoeuvring and parking ability
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In fact it happens so often when I am parked outside Lowes that if I am there to buy timber, plywood, or anything else large and/or heavy I park with the front end of my truck overhanging the other space, not the truck bed.
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I took my Florida test recently. Easiest driving test I've ever done (I've done a few over the years for numerous reasons).
I stopped by to check and as I wasn't a first time driver I didn't have to take the DATA course online first.
I stopped by to check and as I wasn't a first time driver I didn't have to take the DATA course online first.