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DeathToWindows · Apr 15, 2005, 10:55 AM

Good news... after one truly pathetic attempt last week and a retest at 0930 this morning, I now have a driver's license!

I passed!

effgee · Apr 15, 2005, 11:01 AM

Congrats!

Even though the thought that there actually are people who fail a driver's test in the US (of all places) is just a tad bit alarming ...

DeathToWindows · Apr 15, 2005, 11:04 AM

it seems that n>50% of people fail on the first try here...

OreoCookie · Apr 15, 2005, 11:07 AM

Congratulations, you now have your licence to kill.

effgee · Apr 15, 2005, 11:07 AM

Stop it! Don't tell me that kind of stuff!!

I'll have to go back to the US soon - no need to scare the doo-doo outta me ...

(keep in mind - I am > 96% kidding and only < 4% serious)

Goldfinger · Apr 15, 2005, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by effgee

Even though the thought that there actually are people who fail a driver's test in the US (of all places) is just a tad bit alarming ...

wdlove · Apr 15, 2005, 11:35 AM

Congratulations DeathToWindows. Just don't drink and drive. Please be careful.

turtle777 · Apr 15, 2005, 02:19 PM

Originally Posted by DeathToWindows

it seems that n>50% of people fail on the first try here...

Mwahaha. Apply German DL standards and you had a fail rate of 95%.

-t

Kenneth · Apr 15, 2005, 02:29 PM

My parents failed on the first attempt and my dad even more so.

We weren't familiar with the area and they were over 50s.. so the examiner just gave them hard time.

I think teens are more likely to get their driver licenses on their first attempt.

DeathToWindows · Apr 15, 2005, 03:04 PM

WDLove - worry not. I'm too much the scientist to do that (considering i'm a psychology major).

budster101 · Apr 15, 2005, 03:16 PM

I'm sure all the people who live in your vicinity feel much safer knowing that another young person has the ability to drive a 3,000 pound vehicle...

eegads...

songoku912 · Apr 15, 2005, 03:18 PM

Congrats!!!

mitchell_pgh · Apr 15, 2005, 03:20 PM

Nice... (Note to everyone else: Keep off the roads this weekend

)

DeathToWindows · Apr 15, 2005, 03:22 PM

thanks... believe me, i'm actually a safe driver

mitchell_pgh · Apr 15, 2005, 03:49 PM

There is no such thing as a "safe" 16-17 year old driver IMHO. At that age, your coordination is horrible (even worse then when you were 13-14 years old). You are easily distracted and have a high probability of making poor decisions when faced with an emergency. Younger drivers also have a difficult time judging speed and have no reference for ever changing road conditions.

I�m not saying YOU are a bad driver, I�m just saying younger drivers are high risk.

E's Lil Theorem · Apr 15, 2005, 03:54 PM

Congrats, dude. Take it slow

d4nth3m4n · Apr 15, 2005, 04:28 PM

most people fail their first times. not really sure why.

congrats.

Mafia · Apr 15, 2005, 04:34 PM

you can drink and drive just use the brail system. when you feel the bumbs turn the wheel slightly.

kidding of course.

bubblewrap · Apr 15, 2005, 04:38 PM

The drivers exam was a piece of cake.
My private pilot exam was a cakewalk also.
Then came the intrument rating.
The commercial exam, the examiner tried to see if he could make me puke.
I waited until I got home to puke. And puke some more.
ATP was a LONG written test.

DeathToWindows · Apr 15, 2005, 04:52 PM

that's fair enough...

I know plenty of people who are my age and have TOTALED cars being stupid

nredman · Apr 15, 2005, 09:33 PM

i failed my drivers license test the first time i took it too....f'ed up parallel parking and drove too fast thru a schoool zone..opps

Link · Apr 15, 2005, 09:48 PM

Congrats! I wish I had time (and a little more money to put to it wouldn't hurt) to get more driving practice, unfortunately college + school stuff is waaaay up there! Right now I'm doing some insane amount of work a week (if it was straight off college it'd count as what, 15 units?) -- and then I get to do more for 6 weeks in the summer!

Oh well, after that I'm free to get my license and we can finally get the hell outta here. :]

DeathToWindows · Apr 15, 2005, 09:49 PM

fun. sounds like HS for me

olePigeon · Apr 15, 2005, 11:31 PM

I failed twice. The first time the emergency brake was on, but I told her the light was broken. She failed me cuz she had to remind me to turn off the ebrake... even thought it was just the light.

I failed the second time (same lady) cuz an SUV in front of me stopped at a green light and I had to stop suddenly, then I made my turn. She failed me cuz she said I was suppose to keep going when turning at a green light because traffic behind me is expecting me to keep going. I explained to her that if I had kept going I woulda hit the SUV who stopped.

The third time I asked for a different DMV person, and I passed.

AKcrab · Apr 16, 2005, 12:56 AM

How about 271 failures?

SEOUL (Reuters) - The motto for one would-be South Korean driver likely is "if at first you don't succeed, then try, try again another 271 times."

Seo Sang-moon passed the academic part of his driver's license examination on his 272nd attempt earlier this week.

Cadaver · Apr 16, 2005, 01:57 AM

Originally Posted by AKcrab

How about 271 failures?

Geez... you'd think just by sheer luck he'd have passed before that had he answered at random. Glad I don't live anywhere near him.