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26 Apr 2016, 2:05 am

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i have a good amount of practice i think, 11 months of driving so far with the permit on lotsa different kinds of surfaces and settings. :afro:

the written test i passed on my first try, that being a stroke of luck, i think. i'm still young. it's not too much of a pressing matter...i hope?????! ! ! !

the bus isn't that bad??

don't think of it that way, think of it as opening up new horizons for you, you can drive all over the place that a bus can't take you and a taxi can't affordably take you. you can go places on a whim without having to worry about bus fare or taxi fare. think of this. what was the toughest part of the driver's test for you?



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26 Apr 2016, 2:22 am

If you can't parallel park that means you don't know how to control the car properly, it's the whole point of learning how to do it. :S


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26 Apr 2016, 2:29 am

^^ looking over your shoulder st the blind spot has snuck up on me twice, fatally the second instance, when not looking before crossing a bike lane to park was actually waived, because i did so well on checking earlier.

i drive well with music and the lack of it during the test, combined with a stranger with a clipboard in the car gets me tense.


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26 Apr 2016, 2:34 am

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^^ looking over your shoulder st the blind spot has snuck up on me twice, fatally the second instance, when not looking before crossing a bike lane to park was actually waived, because i did so well on checking earlier.

i drive well with music and the lack of it during the test, combined with a stranger with a clipboard in the car gets me tense.

my advice, should you choose to consider it, would be to find a friend to "dress up" as a driving examiner, have him get in the car with you and practice the driver's test several times before you do the actual driver's test.



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27 Apr 2016, 1:49 am

i will see if anyone is up to the task.


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27 Apr 2016, 2:07 am

what y'all can do is put your heads together and make it as much like an actual driver's test as you know how to do.



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27 Apr 2016, 9:10 am

Kiprobalhato wrote:
i will see if anyone is up to the task.


It's worth trying.

ouch with the bike lane I cut up someone on a roundabout on my test some idiot right up the back of me all the way round and I was indicating and they ignored me! so I though f** you and changed lanes :oops:


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Im a really good driver when i have passengers... otherwise i have no patience... my concentration suffers from this :o



totally me! I can drive perfectly fine when I have someone in the car, even my dog! But if im alone I have no patience for stupid drivers or those who cant follow basic signs and rules of the road. So I get into a mini meltdown mode, and want to kill them (no I wouldn't really do that) but sure as heck feel like it!!


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04 May 2016, 12:41 am

ZD wrote:
Kiprobalhato wrote:
i will see if anyone is up to the task.


It's worth trying.

ouch with the bike lane I cut up someone on a roundabout on my test some idiot right up the back of me all the way round and I was indicating and they ignored me! so I though f** you and changed lanes :oops:


i'm sure it is, but right now i can't think of anyone...besides an uncl3 of mind but i dunno how to approach him for it. :P

could you explain that last bit again?


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04 May 2016, 4:37 am

^ I was in a similar situation not long after I got my licence. As I was indicating to exit a roundabout, a long truck somehow pulled up alongside me blocking my exit. I'd never been in this situation before and I was slightly panicking. In the end I came up with a different "solution": I stopped my car while still in the roundabout and waited for the truck to pass before I exited! :oops: Luckily I didn't cause a crash that time, but the car behind me was beeping like "wtf are you doing?!". Ugh, instead of just going around once more and trying again ... :roll:

My youngest sister was like you though, Kip. She had gotten so used to driving with music as a learner, that she was worried she wouldn't pass her driving test without it. She had to slowly wean herself off it before the test. She got there eventually. I remember simulating a few test drives with her, too. It seemed to help.

Good luck on your driving test, Kip.


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05 May 2016, 1:33 am

here we have few roundabouts (but many compared to other places in the states) so even with my license i also would panic if i was in that situation. the second time i failed my nerves were wrecked by the end, because i got yelled at since i didn't yield to incoming traffic for a left turn. :oops: but i think i already failed by that point anyway, because that was in the direction back to the DMV.

thanks :) i will have to take the written portion again, but that's coming up soon.


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05 May 2016, 1:50 am

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here we have few roundabouts (but many compared to other places in the states) so even with my license i also would panic if i was in that situation. the second time i failed my nerves were wrecked by the end, because i got yelled at since i didn't yield to incoming traffic for a left turn. :oops: but i think i already failed by that point anyway, because that was in the direction back to the DMV.

thanks :) i will have to take the written portion again, but that's coming up soon.

the written portion's gotta be a since compared with the driving part.



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05 May 2016, 3:11 am

cinch?

well yes, that it is. i passed it on my first try. waiting in line was the hard part. :lol:


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05 May 2016, 3:13 am

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cinch? well yes, that it is. i passed it on my first try. waiting in line was the hard part. :lol:

then tell yourself that since you did well on the written, that you CAN also do well on the practical driving test.



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05 May 2016, 3:52 am

Yes! I've been trying to learn how to drive for 15 years now! It's impossible!



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05 May 2016, 4:41 am

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Yes! I've been trying to learn how to drive for 15 years now! It's impossible!

the right teacher can teach you, it is not impossible, I know this because I eventually learned how to drive when I found the right instructor for me.