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Thu 29 Jan, 2004 01:49 pm
I'm going to take my written driving test in a few hours. Besides not peeing in line at the DMV does anyone have any suggestions?
I'm giving the driver handbook a read as we speak. I think the signs will be the hard part.
Most people tell me it's just "common sense" questions. Anything I should look out for?
Well, it's been 25 years since I took it
but I recall the test being incredibly easy.
Aren't you in California? If I remember right (it's been over a decade), you'll want to make note of stopping distances and DUI limits.
Do you mean:
"At 55 mph it takes about 400 feet to react to something you see and bring the car to a complete stop."
I gotta look up DUI limit. Someone else said that's where they fouled up.
That's exactly the sort of thing I'm talking about. It was on the test back when I took it. Washington's test has weird questions about bicycles, but I doubt you'll see that where you are.
And at a four way stop sign, the right away belongs to whoever is going the fastest? That kind of thing?
Right of way goes to whichever driver is not insured.
Did you see this site - with samples of the
written test ?
Also, I remember one question I was asked and it stood out ..... what is aquaplaning?
I'm sure it's somewhat similar to hydroplaning.
Is that the question, or is that your question?
(In case of the latter, it's when there is standing water on the roadway and your tires skate across the top of it. Usually called hydroplaning. Happened to me once on Route 17 in California, before they built up the median divider. Scary stuff.)
Yep, you're right p'dog.
Hydroplaning science - Hydroplaning is the result of your tires moving quickly across a wet surface - so fast that they do not have sufficient time to channel that moisture away from the center of the tire. The result is that the tire is lifted by the water away from the road, losing all traction.
I was asked this question about 8 years ago when I took my test and thankfully I had read the book cover to cover just before the test.
I suppose there's a time and a place for everything and it appears this was my time to fail a test for my first time ever.
Sucks that I had to be an idiot on the very test that happens to be the greatest pain in the ass to take and the only test I actually had to pay for but thems the cards. I brainfarted spectacularly.
<goes off to schedule a second appointment>
Oh, and I reaffirm my pure hatred of the DMV. That place is the most uncomfortable place on earth (and I've taken the military entrace medical exams).
Good luck Craven.
I can't help cause I live up here and the tests are different, I'm sure. All I can offer is my support, fingers crossed and all....
I hated how specific those questions were.
"A truck is stopping in front of you, do you
a. Cover your brake pedal
b. Examine the situation and then cover your brake pedal
c. Cover your brake pedal and then examine the situation
d. It's sunday and I'm jewish, why am I driving?
Crave
As long as you read the book a few times you'll do just fine. Most of the questions are obvious and it's all multiple choice questions. I think you're allowed to get like three wrong before they fail you. It's really easy and as smart as you are, you should breeze right through it.
Good luck ;-)
Craven--
Most DMV's make a point of flunking self-confident young men at least once, hoping to introduce the concepts of caution and modesty into their lives.
Hold your dominion.
heehee - best question I was ever asked was what is the real maximum speed?
The speed of the vehicle in front of you....
bad luck Craven...
Craven, with some of these people you really do gotta suck up to them. I know, I know, what a pain but it really does depend on the mood of the examiner. You can't be a smart alec with them, they don't have a sense of humor. Oh wait, was it just the written portion you failed? Or the driving bit?
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