My driving instructor did tell me that my examiner is strict. but I think my mistakes were bad enough that anyone would have failed me. The worst part of failing is the waiting time- generally the waiting time for a road test appointment here is 2 months.
All three times with the same instructor (an old ex-military guy) within 1-2 months time. Really great to be welcomed at the 2nd and 3rd test with a "Wasn't it you who....."
I failed the first time because I was too nervous with having someone besides me who judged everything I did. The second time I was nervous and he was pedantic. At the third time I was so fed up with getting the same instructor again that I got angry and didn't care what he would think about my driving since he obviously would fail me again. So for me, my attitude of "I don't give a sh*t about what he thinks, I'll just drive" helped me to relax so I could drive as good as I had done during my driving lessons.
I learned, later on, that the instructor had, a time after my tests, been reprimanded for being too harsh by failing 70% of the people who took the driving test.
As far as I know, I'm the only one who have had the same instructior twice, not to mention thrice. Lucky me or something.
I failed the first time because I was too nervous with having someone besides me who judged everything I did. The second time I was nervous and he was pedantic. At the third time I was so fed up with getting the same instructor again that I got angry and didn't care what he would think about my driving since he obviously would fail me again. So for me, my attitude of "I don't give a sh*t about what he thinks, I'll just drive" helped me to relax so I could drive as good as I had done during my driving lessons.
I learned, later on, that the instructor had, a time after my tests, been reprimanded for being too harsh by failing 70% of the people who took the driving test.
As far as I know, I'm the only one who have had the same instructior twice, not to mention thrice. Lucky me or something.
NSSP: Driving
- 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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Congratulations on passing it!
- 14/12/2011 12:18:18 AM
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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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Re: Amusing (to me) comparison to sex risks.
- 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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