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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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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