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Passed the test?! The impossible has happened!
Six years late to the party, but today, I am finally a licensed driver.
My history with the DMV has been unpleasant. When I first went off to college I acquired my permit, took a driver's ed course, drove around some, and took a driver's test. I got a very scary woman who everyone later assured me was evil incarnate, and she was very rude. I got very nervous, hit the curb during parallel parking, and failed instantly. I went back to college for the next semester, sulking.
But in NY, you are required to have a driver's ed certificate that's less than six months old in order to take the driver's test. So when I got back from college, I had to take another driver's ed course, and when I had a certificate I scheduled another driver's test. I got the same very scary woman. It turns out they ask no questions if you ask for a different tester on the basis that you've already been tested by a specific one, but I didn't know that. I got very nervous, hit the curb during parallel parking, and failed instantly. It had all taken so long that I was unable to schedule another test before summer vacation was over. I returned to college sulking.
The next year we hired a tutor. He came to my house and we drove around for hours. He then took me to the driver's test, at a different DMV location. And that woman was there again. I didn't get her. I didn't hit the curb while parallel parking. The tester failed me because she just didn't think I was "ready" to drive.
I gave up in frustration, because like fucking hell I was going to take another goddamn driver's ed course.
Now, years later and half the country away, I took a brushup test yesterday. The instructor praised me, said I was a very good driver, and advised me to take a driver's test ASAP, since I have no access to a car and no way to practice until the test.
So I took my exam 24 hours later. And I passed.
And there's no parallel parking on the Colorado driving test.
Fuck you, NY, I'm a driver now. Mwahaha!
My history with the DMV has been unpleasant. When I first went off to college I acquired my permit, took a driver's ed course, drove around some, and took a driver's test. I got a very scary woman who everyone later assured me was evil incarnate, and she was very rude. I got very nervous, hit the curb during parallel parking, and failed instantly. I went back to college for the next semester, sulking.
But in NY, you are required to have a driver's ed certificate that's less than six months old in order to take the driver's test. So when I got back from college, I had to take another driver's ed course, and when I had a certificate I scheduled another driver's test. I got the same very scary woman. It turns out they ask no questions if you ask for a different tester on the basis that you've already been tested by a specific one, but I didn't know that. I got very nervous, hit the curb during parallel parking, and failed instantly. It had all taken so long that I was unable to schedule another test before summer vacation was over. I returned to college sulking.
The next year we hired a tutor. He came to my house and we drove around for hours. He then took me to the driver's test, at a different DMV location. And that woman was there again. I didn't get her. I didn't hit the curb while parallel parking. The tester failed me because she just didn't think I was "ready" to drive.
I gave up in frustration, because like fucking hell I was going to take another goddamn driver's ed course.
Now, years later and half the country away, I took a brushup test yesterday. The instructor praised me, said I was a very good driver, and advised me to take a driver's test ASAP, since I have no access to a car and no way to practice until the test.
So I took my exam 24 hours later. And I passed.
And there's no parallel parking on the Colorado driving test.
Fuck you, NY, I'm a driver now. Mwahaha!
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I had no idea the NYS license process had gotten so complicated. o_o Thank god I got mine back when all you had to do was the five-hour and a driving test.
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I have to wonder how you can be judged not ready to drive though.
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Luckily my test was painfully easy. It's obvious why there are so many young drivers out there who can't drive for peanuts. From memory our test had a part where you could be asked to do one of: reverse parallel parking (never between 2 cars, always behind only one), 3-point turn, or some other reverse manoeuvre I can't remember. I got the 3-point-turn, iirc.
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You know how sad the test was here, though? No parallel parking. No three-point-turn. No reversing at all. The most difficult thing I had to do was change lanes.
OH WELL :D
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The same calm awesome woman passed me on my second try both times too.
*hugs* Congrats on conquering driver-ness and blah on NY too! XD
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Congratulations, though! I am boggling, I admit.
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As for me, I... don't have my license yet. My first permit expired and now I'm on the second one, but I am definitely not comfortable with driving.
Call it nerves if you like, but I've been in some serious car accidents growing up (it was always the fault of the other car too), to the point that I cannot stand being behind the wheel. The one time my father made me practice on the highway, afterwards I couldn't stop shaking. It was so scary.
M-maybe one day I'll get over it, yes?
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But it's definitely not your fault being nervous after being in bad accidents. :\ I'm sure someday you, too, will get frustrated and bully yourself past your fear. XD
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I have about 13k saved away from last year, because I never spend any money on myself ever, but obviously I'm reluctant to spend it until I get a real job so I know I won't have to feed off that savings.
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I am bad at that too >:
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Don't feel bad, I failed my first test because the woman who supervising said that she NEVER believed first-time test takers were EVER ready. Mind you she said this before we even started driving. NYS license testers = made of suck, Y/Y?
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I think we need a new crop of testers. One that isn't, you know, evil? XD
Thanks so much!
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