It's rare to pass on the first try here. (according to driving instructor)
Vivien Send a noteboard - 13/12/2011 09:44:39 PM
I had a particularly bad area for the road test, most people fail there. It's bad primarily because although it's a somewhat busy area (and it was certainly busy with cars on my road test) there are no traffic lights at the intersections- just stop signs.
Another reason why it's hard is that the area is a seemingly random configuration of one way and two way streets. There are wide one way streets and narrow 2 way streets and the instructor only tells you "next right" so you have to be aware of what the next right that you can take is and if you should be driving in the center of the street or on the right. [but of course I studied the area ahead of time so I tried to memorize the streets and I did a walking tour of the area as well]
But maybe it depends on the state? And maybe that's not a good thing, judging by the drivers I see out here. I'm here in Texas and I don't know anybody who has ever failed a driving test. Well, except for my sister but she has wrecked every car she has ever driven so she doesn't really count.
Another reason why it's hard is that the area is a seemingly random configuration of one way and two way streets. There are wide one way streets and narrow 2 way streets and the instructor only tells you "next right" so you have to be aware of what the next right that you can take is and if you should be driving in the center of the street or on the right. [but of course I studied the area ahead of time so I tried to memorize the streets and I did a walking tour of the area as well]
In any case, that does sound like horrible circumstances to have to take your exam in... hope next time goes better, and good luck!
But maybe it depends on the state? And maybe that's not a good thing, judging by the drivers I see out here. I'm here in Texas and I don't know anybody who has ever failed a driving test. Well, except for my sister but she has wrecked every car she has ever driven so she doesn't really count.
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- 13/12/2011 05:15:41 PM
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I'm tempted to take this opportunity to poke fun at New Yorkers.
- 13/12/2011 05:20:14 PM
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- 13/12/2011 09:58:55 PM
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- 13/12/2011 10:37:47 PM
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- 13/12/2011 10:50:38 PM
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*NM*
I failed my first test.
- 13/12/2011 05:49:58 PM
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I had to take the driving test 3 time before I passed (posted at the wrong place 
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- 13/12/2011 11:43:44 PM
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- 13/12/2011 11:43:44 PM
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13 yrs old.
- 13/12/2011 06:02:22 PM
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Seriously? Why? At 13 you should have had some awareness of the danger you were posing to others
- 13/12/2011 10:27:59 PM
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- 13/12/2011 10:37:41 PM
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Probably just a difference in perspective. Kids sneaking a vehicle for a jor ride is pretty common.
- 15/12/2011 03:51:30 AM
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It must be harder to overcome that natural fear in NYC.
- 13/12/2011 06:44:28 PM
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Isn't it traditional to fail your first test? Or is that just around here?
- 13/12/2011 08:14:01 PM
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I wouldn't think so
- 13/12/2011 08:25:36 PM
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It's rare to pass on the first try here. (according to driving instructor)
- 13/12/2011 09:44:39 PM
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I know Texas talked about doing away with it because the failure rate was so low
- 14/12/2011 03:15:11 AM
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I wonder how many people that have been driving for years and years would fail if they had to take
- 14/12/2011 12:03:55 AM
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Oh I think most people with years' worth of driving experience be fine.
- 14/12/2011 12:27:09 AM
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I was even rather nervous about taking lessons and failed my first
- 14/12/2011 08:30:25 AM
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I love driving.
- 14/12/2011 03:24:59 PM
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Me, too.
- 18/12/2011 04:31:29 AM
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Did you ever attend a driving school? *NM*
- 14/12/2011 05:29:33 PM
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I don't think so.
- 15/12/2011 05:22:09 AM
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Yes, you did.
- 15/12/2011 04:44:48 PM
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That's not a sign.
- 14/12/2011 05:29:36 PM
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Whoa.
- 15/12/2011 07:21:52 AM
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Fewer cars on the road. Fewer double-parked cars. *NM*
- 15/12/2011 06:25:21 PM
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Also, you can tell when there's someone around the corner, because of the headlights.
- 19/12/2011 04:18:26 PM
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Oooh, that's a good point.
- 19/12/2011 05:17:16 PM
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It's more pronounced and important in the countryside where there are no streetlights.
- 19/12/2011 05:51:25 PM
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In the country there are deer
- 20/12/2011 05:53:17 AM
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Oh yeah, forgot about those. We don't have that many left, and only up in the Highlands. *NM*
- 20/12/2011 10:18:41 AM
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Driving tests are far harder in the Netherlands, from what I understand
- 14/12/2011 05:34:38 PM
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don't worry i fluffed my practical test up today
- 14/12/2011 08:24:56 PM
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I'm older than you 
and there's no way I would have willingly gotten behind the wheel at 17.
- 15/12/2011 05:12:29 AM
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and there's no way I would have willingly gotten behind the wheel at 17.
- 15/12/2011 05:12:29 AM
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I found driving nervewracking until I got to do it by myself. NZ has a great system, IMO.
- 15/12/2011 01:48:19 PM
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Amusing (to me) comparison to sex risks.
- 17/12/2011 05:50:16 PM
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- 17/12/2011 05:50:16 PM
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- 17/12/2011 06:07:51 PM
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- 17/12/2011 06:07:51 PM
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No. But it is true that my risk aversion coefficient is too high.
- 17/12/2011 06:49:33 PM
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Isn't learning to drive in NYC sort of like
- 18/12/2011 04:21:47 AM
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