<p>I feel like an idiot. I should have already gotten my license a while ago, but I prolonged it. Then I had a road test on June 1st, which I failed for pre-driving checks. I didn't even get to drive that time. Then today, I had another one. I was SO CLOSE to passing, but when I backed up after parking, I went crooked instead of in a straight line. Yeah, my fault. The thing is, I am a good driver. I drive all the time to stores, school, the mall, etc. I just freak out when they're in there with me I guess. I have another one in two weeks. If I don't pass it then, I swear I will jump off a bridge. It's all just been silly mistakes and not the actual "i dont know how to drive".</p>
<p>im 18 and only have my permit which will expire in aug. so because i went on a curb and nudged a fence[my mom grabbed the wheel] no one will take me to practice.</p>
<p>^Aw, I’m sorry. Maybe you should just get instructions from a driving school instead since no one will teach you?</p>
<p>I made the mistake of not taking lessons from a professional school. My dad taught me. He’s a good driver and all, but I think the professinal people tell you EXACTLY what you need to know. It makes a difference I think.</p>
<p>Wow sucks for both of you. For my driving test, all I had to do was drive a little on the freeway, and all of a sudden the guy told me that I had passed my test :)</p>
<p>If you’re 15 or 16 in SC, you have to take driver’s ed to get your license.</p>
<p>I passed the first time. June 1. My permit expired on June 4. XD</p>
<p>But yeah… my driving teacher took me through the EXACT course that they take you through on the test. He told me where I needed to slow down and everything. I practiced on that course …at least fifteen times and did parallel parking and backing up millions of times.</p>
<p>I had a lot of trouble with my back up, but finally I figured out how to pick a spot to stay straight.</p>
<p>I failed my driving test the first time, because I went in the grass on a turn. However, I passed the second time. My test was 35 minutes long, though, and I was nervous for the entire 35 minutes.</p>
<p>Yeah, Ohio you take it with the DMV, and it is only like 5-10 minutes long. I’m taking it soon and I plan on taking it in at the East Cleveland location. People tell me they pass everyone there and keep the test short because they are afraid of car jackings, lol.</p>
<p>Our road test is actually just in a parking lot and it takes seven minutes or less on average. Literally all you have to do is go around a curve, parallel park, do a three point turn, stop at a stop sign, and back up straight for thirty feet (in that order).</p>
<p>The only reason I know this is because I was forced to take it even though I don’t like to drive / don’t feel safe driving, don’t want my license, and won’t need a car once I move to a city. I purposefully failed by ramming into a cone (but I told my mom I “tried really hard but accidentally tipped the cone on my way out of parallel parking”).</p>
<p>I had 14 sessions of in-car with a Driver’s Ed teacher. After you complete that (with a passing grade) and return your “50 hour outside of school driving sheet”, the school gives you your temporary license on the day you’re eligible to get it. </p>
<p>Then you get your permanent license in court a few months later. </p>
<p>But getting my license never depended on one test. Just a bunch of sessions. We needed to show decent skills to begin with plus substantial improvement in weak areas by the end of all the sessions. And you pass. </p>
<p>My Diver’s Ed teacher hasn’t failed anyone for the last decade. o-o</p>
<p>The most fun day was the “how to avoid accidents” session. We had to go 30 straight towards a cone and then slam on brakes like an animal had jumped out in front of us. It was awesome. Then he would pull us into the ditch himself (like, we’d drive and he’d randomly grab the wheel and pull us off the road) and we had to get back onto the road without over-correcting. </p>
<p>Good times. I still hate driving in high traffic situations though. >></p>
<p>^Wow, no test? You’re lucky. See that’s what I hate though. Why do all of my driving skills have to be based on one 10 minute test? Maybe I’m being a little biased but still. I can do basic driving, but when you put an examinar in with me who tells me exactly what to do, I get nervous.</p>
<p>In Virginia, we have “Behind the Wheel”. After you complete Drivers Ed at school (which must be taken to graduate, no exceptions) you have 14 hours of driving “instruction”. 7 of which you just drive around (our guy didn’t check any of our skills, we just did errands for him and dropped teachers off at their house, lol) and 7 watching the other student in the car drive. So it’s only 7 sessions, 2 hours each. You turn in a signed sheet by your parents confirming you have driven at least 45 hours, 15 of which occurred after sunset, and voila! You have a 180 day provisional license.</p>
<p>About 2 months later, you get called to court where you listen to a judge ramble for an hour about drunk driving and what to do if you get pulled over. And then you get your actual license.</p>
<p>Funny story my judge told us: A girl who went before him got pulled over on the interstate. The cop put his flashers on and she stopped. In the middle of the lane on a major traffic interstate. Just stopped in the middle of the lane instead of pulling off to the shoulder. She must have been blonde.</p>