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ErikCLDR

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Hey Everyone!

Tomorrow is my Driver's License Test!!! I am so f***ing excited. I seriously have been waiting for this day for like 16.5 years or since I knew what a car was.

I'm not worried about the written part but I am scared that I am going to mess up on the driving part out of nervousness.


Wish me luck!
 
Don't be scared. Just act like you meant to do everything that you do while driving the test, and it's look left - right - left at all crossings!:)
 
"The bow, The stern, Starboard, Port, Skipper, Deck, Cabin, Galley, Keel, 1924!!" :D
 
Remember that people don't fail for taking too long or being too conservative (within reason). People always try to go faster under pressure or when they are nervous.
 
Good Luck! I hope you do well on both the written and driving portion. Gosh, I can't wait until I can drive... ah well just a little longer until I can get that permit...:rolleyes:
 
Thanks Everyone.

I am just afraid driving that stupid toyota corolla they MAKE you drive. Its throttle if you press it a little makes the car go very slowly, if you press it a little more you don't get any power, if you push it a little more it launches at fast as it can with its base 4cyl engine. The brakes are also very very very hard to push (they are ABS too). After the 2hr driving lessons my leg would be tired. Do they modify the car so that you can't speed off or brake too hard LOL. Seriously this 1000lb Corolla is harder to stop than my dads 5000lb SUV. I am not even kidding with that modification comment, the driving school I go to is really really strange and mafia like.

Thurs: Driving Test
Friday: Pick up license at DMV
Saturday: Off to Boston to look at a car to buy
(It wasn't my idea to drive 106 miles/2hrs to look at 1 car hahah)

I am pumped though!

I hate this Connecticut law though. When you get your license you can't drive anyone except your parents for 3 months, then after that you can only drive your family for another 3 months. After that 6 month period you can drive anyone. It makes sense safety wise I guess because teenagers are stupid. But with my permit I can drive my mom..... and my sister..... and friends. So when I get my license how come I can't drive myself, my mom, but not other people. On top of it now I have to pay for insurance.
 
Good luck!

I was pretty scared, but once I started I figured it was OK and just relaxed and just went along with that the lady said and I didn't get marked off for anything! They REALLY look for confidence, not just doing things right. At least act like you know what you're doing. :D
 
ErikCLDR said:
Hey Everyone!

Tomorrow is my Driver's License Test!!! I am so f***ing excited. I seriously have been waiting for this day for like 16.5 years or since I knew what a car was.

I'm not worried about the written part but I am scared that I am going to mess up on the driving part out of nervousness.


Wish me luck!
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I'm from maryland and we dont have a written part...just take the test and your done..i was in and out in 10 minutes...it was so easy just stay relaxed and dont get the instructor pissed off..i had to take my test in the snow so i was flipping out and got a few points off but i still got my license...its sweeeet:D
 
I passed with flying colors.

I didn't have to park though. I was like WTF. I did have to do a K-Turn/3-point-turn though.

Tomorrow I have to go to the DMV and get my license
Saturday I go to boston to check out a car
 
When I went in for it, some jerk almost ran into me in the parking lot. Theinstructor and I got in my van, and pulled up to a four way stop, on my right was the road going to the street, on my left was the practice coarse, straight ahead were more parking spaces. All have stop signs. I pull up, stop, and take extra long to look all around....and this idiot flies in from the road and doesn't even slow down at the stop sign. I was starting to pull out when I realized "this guy doesn't look like he's slowing down!" So, I slammedon the brakes and threw the car into reverse and backed up and the guy narrowly missed us. The instructor asked if he could shake my hand. No joke.

I passed with a perfect 100 and the instructor asked if he could shake my hand again. He gave me a short spiel about how I was the only one in three months to pass that well, and how amazing it was that I averted an accident and then he shook my hand again.....

All in all,it was pretty wierd.
 
ErikCLDR said:
Hey Everyone!

Tomorrow is my Driver's License Test!!! I am so f***ing excited. I seriously have been waiting for this day for like 16.5 years or since I knew what a car was.

I'm not worried about the written part but I am scared that I am going to mess up on the driving part out of nervousness.


Wish me luck!
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Just remember, plenty of stupid people and lousy drivers get licenses.

You're not either of those, so there's nothing to worry about.
 
.JahJahwarrior. said:
When I went in for it, some jerk almost ran into me in the parking lot. Theinstructor and I got in my van, and pulled up to a four way stop, on my right was the road going to the street, on my left was the practice coarse, straight ahead were more parking spaces. All have stop signs. I pull up, stop, and take extra long to look all around....and this idiot flies in from the road and doesn't even slow down at the stop sign. I was starting to pull out when I realized "this guy doesn't look like he's slowing down!" So, I slammedon the brakes and threw the car into reverse and backed up and the guy narrowly missed us. The instructor asked if he could shake my hand. No joke.

I passed with a perfect 100 and the instructor asked if he could shake my hand again. He gave me a short spiel about how I was the only one in three months to pass that well, and how amazing it was that I averted an accident and then he shook my hand again.....

All in all,it was pretty wierd.
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A DMV Tester was fired in CT because he told a girl something to the affect of "if you take off your clothes I'll pass you".

Handshaking... hmmm... physical contact lol jk
 
ErikCLDR said:
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I hate this Connecticut law though. When you get your license you can't drive anyone except your parents for 3 months, then after that you can only drive your family for another 3 months. After that 6 month period you can drive anyone. It makes sense safety wise I guess because teenagers are stupid. But with my permit I can drive my mom..... and my sister..... and friends. So when I get my license how come I can't drive myself, my mom, but not other people. On top of it now I have to pay for insurance.
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Oh no! You have to be responsible for yourself AND have safety limitations on who you can drive. Life is terrible! :p

Seriously though you should consider how lucky you are to be getting a car the day after you get your license. My first car - a mint condition 78 Monte Carlo was an early graduation gift (1 1/2 years after I got my license) and it got wrecked by someone who hit me while my vehicle was parked.

Congrats on making it through so well - especially avoiding the accident and staying alive part!
 
The Don Ditty said:
Honestly, who does a full stop at a stop sign anymore? (Exception being if there's a noticable cop in the vicinity)
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Me! All the time at intersections where all 4 ways have to stop - we seem to have a lot of those around here. I'd much prefer the California stop (slow and go) but sometimes I don't have that option!

Damn those other folks who use my roads! :D
 
Poseidon said:
Me! All the time at intersections where all 4 ways have to stop - we seem to have a lot of those around here. I'd much prefer the California stop (slow and go) but sometimes I don't have that option!

Damn those other folks who use my roads! :D
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No kidding. Iowa City and Coralville must be record holders for most stop signs per capita. Perhaps also records for dumbest intersections (2 way with one direction not stopping!) in the midwestern US - Coral Ridge Mall being a good example, especially that one by Outback!

Anyway, the OP should count himself lucky he's taking his test in the US. It's so easy to pass here, it's silly.

YT
 
Note to self: If ever driving in the Mid-West, stop at all stop signs. In New York a "California Stop" is just plain called a rolling stop.
 
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