<p>I passed my driving test today. YAY.
It was the first time I took it too... :O</p>
<p>So yesterday night, I was freaking out about my test and asking my friends for advice. </p>
<p>Now I'm wondering... anyone have any driving test horror stories?</p>
<p>I'll start...</p>
<p>A friend of mine tested and hit the curb in the parking lot about 10 seconds into his test and failed. Pwned. :(</p>
<p>In my test, even though I passed, I got some points off. Okay, so my parking wasn't perfect, but this one I don't understand... the guy said I was "too agressive" at blind, stop-sign controlled intersections because instead of gently lifting my foot off the break, I was gently pressing the gas. If that's too agressive... well... yeah. OMG potential road rage people! She pressed the gas! Hmm. </p>
<p>I just knew I wasn't going to pass when I took mind. I'm a terrible driver. But...</p>
<p>My Instructor Guy was soooo laid back. I don't think he was paying attention to a thing I was doing really. (Although he did mention something about me "doin' da*n good"). He spent the whole time talking about getting ice cream or something. I don't even think he took points. We went around only 1 block, I made 4 right turns, and I was back into a basically empty parking lot. "You's got you a driver's license, girl!" I think he was more excited than me. (Not really; I screamed.) You gotta love the South.</p>
<p>^ one legged ball-less men..j/k...but on the same topic , I was talking to my grandfather and he was telling about how when he was younger there was a lady in his town that would drive a manual, but didn't know how to shift, so she would always drive around in 1st gear, so she got the nickname fix-shift (orginially in spanish "marcha-fija"). Yeah...random comment</p>
<p>My friend was required to turn her whole head to the side, to check if there were anyway cars coming by (to turn a corner)</p>
<p>But she accidently just looked by shifting her eyeballs to the side, to check for incoming cars.</p>
<p>And the driving instructor was real stink and failed her ahhahahaha. He said that that was extremely dangerous.</p>
<p>My other friend was driving way too slow in the test because he was really nervous. The SAME instructor failed him because apparently, slow driving is as dangerous as speeding. But he was driving REALLY REALLY slow lol.</p>
<p>lol, I got points off for coming to close to the cars in front of me... the tester said she should be able to see the whole tire of the car in front of me... I had actually thought I was staying to far back! and I got points off for not checking well enough when I switched lanes... I usd my mirrors and I knew htere was no one around... I should have lost points for parking but I didn't!
I passed my first time!</p>
<p>And I've just recently started driving a manual and after about a month I've finally stopped stalling at every stop sign... I still drive around hills with stop signs though...</p>
<p>One friend of mine crossed the line for a stop sign 20 feet from the start of the test and failed. Another friend lost points and failed solely for "failing to observe traffic." </p>
<p>My little brother recently passed. While parallel parking, the guy told him he wasn't close enough, so he tried to fix it, and slammed into the curb hard enough that the car (Mercedes borrowed from a friend because my car wasn't eligible because of damage) shut off. The guy told him he failed and they got out of the car and everything....then he said "You know what, I'm going to give it to you--my mistake." So my brother got back in the driver's seat, started the car, pulled out, and finished the test with no problem.</p>
<p>The way the DMV thing is setup here, there are three courses, each a right hand turn and the entrance to one course next to the exit of another...so when the guy got in the car with me he said to turn in the first course, well there was a red arrow and two streets coming out, and I turned into the END of the second course where a car was coming at me, I still passed though...</p>
<p>My friend got in the car for his driving test and saw the instructor's seat belt wasnt on..so he felt it was the right thing to do to tell him to put his seat belt on..</p>
<p>friend: Excuse me sir, Could you please put your seat belt on?</p>
<p>instructor: (gives kid a blind stare) Shut the **** up kid, I'll do what I want!</p>
<p>haha..my friend ended up failing because he messed up on little things..but the seat belt incident set it over the top..</p>
<p>he didnt realize that instructors reputation at the dmv is known as the "The Terminator".. if u just wach the kids get out of his car after his test.. half of them r crying..haha i love it.</p>
<p>Well, I'm only going to take my permit test next week, so no driving stories from me, but my friend failed her test the first time because the instructor was a real jerk. She got into the car and smiled, and the instructor said "What are you smiling for, kid? It's not Christmas." She got really freaked out and nervous after that. She knew she was going to fail from that point.</p>
<p>When my friend took her test, some person stepped out into a crosswalk. She failed for "almost hitting a pedestrian." The reason she missed the pedestrian was because she was praying.</p>
<p>My instructor is affectionaly known in high school circles as "Failing Gail." When I arrived to take my test, I was unlucky enough to get her, as opposed to Passing Paul.</p>
<p>My mom was sitting in the passenger seat, Failing Gail comes up to our rolled-down window.</p>
<p>FG: I need to see your license.
Mom: Whose, hers [meaning my permit] or mine?
FG: Yours. She doesn't have hers yet, that's why she is here (Idiot).</p>
<p>Failing Gail then got in the car, rolled down the windows (I HATE driving with wind blowing in my face) and kind of grunted all her instructions. She looked uber-****ed the entire time, but I didn't do anything bad enough for her to fail me.</p>
<p>My friend told me about some girl in a driving class he was taking. Apparently she's a horrible dirver and at the end of her run the instructor asks: "Did you see the guy on the bike?" She said yes. There was no guy on a bike.</p>