<p>make sure you do all those traffic checks...omg, they are so pointless</p>
<p>Always check your blind spot, even if you know that no one is there. My friend failed the test because when she was going to make a left turn through an intersection (you know how you pull up in the intersection) she turned her wheels left before she could go, just to set herself up for the turn, but the driving tester said that if she was hit from behind her wheels would have put her in the land with the traffic going by, and that she would get hit. So the tip is not to turn your wheels before you actually make the turn.</p>
<p>Yeah, my drivers ed teacher told us not to turn our wheels while waiting to turn on an intersection because if someone rearended us we'd go right into oncoming traffic.</p>
<p>There is no reason to turn your wheels first anyway. Is it really that hard to do? Besides, for a left turn you have to go a little bit straight anyway, unless you pull up too far.</p>
<p>What do you do if you have to stop at a stop sign and then pull forward to look to see if there are any cars coming because of something blocking the view? Do you stop at the line for the stop sign and then pull forward and stop again, or do you go past the line and then stop to look for traffic?</p>
<p>^ i usually stopped at the stop sign, and then crept forward. however now that i have my license, i just go straight past the line. however it's best to stop at the line and pull foward after if you have a driving instructor in the car since its technically the "law".</p>
<p>yeah, you are supposed to stop at the stop line for at least three seconds, and then pull forward and stop again for three seconds.</p>
<p>easiest test i've ever taken!</p>
<p>I'm in PA. The written test is actually your learner's permit test here. There are websites to help you review for it, my buddies and I were all playing around with it in study hall back when we were sophomores. Search for it on Yahoo, you'll get to it eventually. It's not too hard unless you don't study, and you can miss a few and still pass.</p>
<p>When you take your driver's test, be sure you're familiar with your car. Read your manual if you have to. I studied mine in school the day of my test. The guy will usually ask you for the location of your turn signals, wipers, lights, etc.</p>
<p>My test went like this:</p>
<ol>
<li>Parallel park. Get the hard stuff done early.</li>
<li>Make a left turn where the main road doesn't have a stop sign at the intersection.</li>
<li>Make another left onto a side street, again without benefit of a stop sign, and go 25mph along that stretch. Supposedly this is the second most common failure place (to parallel parking) because people often go over 25. I think I went 24 to play it safe.</li>
<li>Make a right onto a busy road and not long after that make another right and then another right and then another right and then park.</li>
</ol>
<p>The driving part, as you can see, was short. I know other places make you go on obstacle courses and such.</p>
<p>Also, if you want to be an organ donor (at least in PA), you need to bring either mom or dad with you. Grandpa won't cut it if you're under 18. Neither will Grandma, an uncle, an aunt, a sibling, your third cousin twice removed, etc. I had to go back and get a new license with organ donor status when I was 18.</p>
<p>And one more warning to those who are going for PERMITS--get your physical immediately before you get the permit so it's still valid!</p>
<p>If you pull forward past the line though, make sure you don't hit any pedestrians crossing the cross-walk. That is the reason the line is there.</p>
<p>physical? i didnt need a physical to get my permit, lol.</p>
<p>i think he means getting your eyes checked and everything?</p>
<p>I'm in PA as well and he is right. We need to get a physical and have a paper signed by the doctor.</p>
<p>Yes, PA requires it. I work part-time at a doctor's office and we see a lot of driver's physicals.</p>
<p>Get your annual physical right around when you're going to get your permit. If it's a certain amount of time over you'll need another physical and it will cost you money. Insurances usually only pay for one physical per year. Same deal as getting one for a sport, but this time it's for driving. It works just like a sports one, really--they make sure you're not going to self-destruct or something.</p>
<p>There is a vision tester machine at the center near me. Bring your glasses if you have them.</p>
<p>Just passed my driver's test today on my first try. It was a lot easier than expected.</p>
<p>Does anyone know what is required to get a license in California if you already have an out of state license but are under the age of 18?</p>
<p>I went 10 over my entire test, never checked my blind spot, rarely used my blinker, and ran over half of the stupid parallel parking cones, and the guy still passed me, just told me to "work on it"</p>
<p>^You're lucky. In PA, they would have failed you on the spot for doing just one of those things. I think they need to adopt the point system like other states.</p>
<p>rugbywinger..are you proud of this? I mean, of being a bad driver?</p>
<p>I "was" a bad driver because I never practiced with my parents like I was supposed to before I took my test. I'm a great driver now, not an accident or ticket yet.</p>