Just the written.
I was polite (as usual) and no social dynamics ever entered the picture.
Coz I could just picture you driving along, la la la and the examiner saying pull in here, and you saying, but that is someone's driveway and I can't block it and .....
Actually this happened to me. I was told by the examiner to pull in behind a vehicle, parked by the side of the road. The only space to pull in would have meant I would block a driveway to a house. I asked the examiner was he sure and he said "yes, yes, c'mon now", so I pulled in, and he gleefully told me I had failed since I wasn't supposed to block a driveway. I felt like bashing his head in. I was so mad that I asked him to check the rear tyre because I thought it might be going flat. When he got out of the car, I closed the passenger door and drove away leaving him there. He had to walk back to the test center.
My next test I got someone different and thankfully the other git hadn't blackmarked me but I wouldn't have cared, I would have gone to another test center if I had to.
I had a lotta fun with mine, when last i did it, here in Ohio. At the time, there was not yet a Commerical Driver's License, and i was testing for the chauffer's license, which meant i was obliged to memorize axle weights and such-like nonsense. But i can memorize hundreds of words for a few hours, so that was no problem.
For the road test, i told them i am dislexic (which is true), and that they musn't tell right or left, but rather that they would be obliged to point. It aggravated the testing officer so much, that we basically drove around the block, came back, parked it, and he checked off my form. I was on my way in about an hour, licensed to drive anything legal in the state of Ohio.
Setanta wrote:I had a lotta fun with mine, when last i did it, here in Ohio. At the time, there was not yet a Commerical Driver's License, and i was testing for the chauffer's license, which meant i was obliged to memorize axle weights and such-like nonsense. But i can memorize hundreds of words for a few hours, so that was no problem.
For the road test, i told them i am dislexic (which is true), and that they musn't tell right or left, but rather that they would be obliged to point. It aggravated the testing officer so much, that we basically drove around the block, came back, parked it, and he checked off my form. I was on my way in about an hour, licensed to drive anything legal in the state of Ohio.
When I was getting the passenger endorsement to on my CLDthe driving part, I got a mark down on taking a turn to fast. THe examiner said that it's not good to get a perfect driving score. BTW I hate the fricking written tests - I think to hard and put more into the questions then required and that fouls things up!
husker wrote:When can you retest?
I coulda retested the same day, but instead of handing me a new test (I'd already paid, had my pic taken, and was right next to the testing area) they required that I get back in line. Since it was going to be a 3+ hour wait and I'd already been there hours I decided to schedule an appointment on another day.
Closest appointment I could get was Feb 26th.
Oy vey. I don't remember NY requiring an appt for the written test. Road test, sure, but not the written one.
You'll pass next time.
Feb 26th that is ridiculous
Good Luck
I was blissfully unaware that there were states in which one needed do any more than walk in the nearest DMV office and ask for the test.
You can do that in Cal., Setanta, but unless you want to spend the whole day waiting and standing up, you'd better make an appointment!
Yet another reason for me to eschew urban settings . . .
Yup. Only how many zillions coming to California every day and they all need to go to the DMV! It's the jumpin'-ist place in town!
The CA test sucks! Sucks sucks sucks!!!!
I had exactly the same experience. I'm a good test-taker, I'd just taken the test in WI, I got the booklet and looked at it, was really not concerned, took the test and FAILED. ARGH!!!! I was really mad about it. Actually studied the damn booklet, carefully, and passed next time.
I helped a lot of my students study for it. They usually failed two or three times before passing. One took it like 11 times, English was his third language (first signed Vietnamese then spoken/ written then ASL then spoken/ written English) and I got him an ASL interpreter to interpret the written test (had to fight for that) and it finally worked. He was smart, but the way they write that test...
Yes, it's the specifics that kill. It's a poorly written test IMO, not commonsensical at all. If I had the book in front of me, I could tell you what to look for, what to be careful of, etc.
Good luck Craven. I'll keep everything crossed for ya ;-)
I forgot to update this thread. What made me fail was that I didn't think looking over the shoulder while backing up was right. It sounded like one of those bad habits to me. Several questions on my test were based on this.
I retook the test a few weeks ago and justabrat has taught me to drive (was much easier than I thiought, took about 40 minutes and I'm cautious about driving).
I just drove to Dave and Busters and back, which is what reminded me of this thread.
Heeven wrote:Actually this happened to me. I was told by the examiner to pull in behind a vehicle, parked by the side of the road. The only space to pull in would have meant I would block a driveway to a house. I asked the examiner was he sure and he said "yes, yes, c'mon now", so I pulled in, and he gleefully told me I had failed since I wasn't supposed to block a driveway. I felt like bashing his head in. I was so mad that I asked him to check the rear tyre because I thought it might be going flat. When he got out of the car, I closed the passenger door and drove away leaving him there. He had to walk back to the test center.
Thanks for the best laugh I've had in ages Heeven!! The tears are running and my stomach hurts. I can't seem to stop! I can just picture the whole scenario.
Ahhhhhh...that felt good!
