Failed my driving test! Am I the stupidest one here?

i passed
i passed too!!!
i just went to a different dmv and did everything the same! and they passed me..im so happy!

soo i saw this website when my mom told me there has to be a law when you fail your third test your permit gets taken away. i dunno if thats true here in FL and i hope u guys can tell me...but im like super stressed b/c i failed twice and my mom wont let me take again until i get practice. BUT i do practice when i drive to work, shes in the car with me. i failed the first time wich i still regret right at the end...i had everything perfect except when i came to an intersection and didnt see a stop sign and ran it. the second time i went on the grass when backing up...their soo harsh jeeezz

I think that's true in California, not sure about FL. You just have to wait for a while and then get your learner's again.

It sounds like you get lots of practice though, so you're probably worrying for nothing! Just try not to worry about the test, you'll be fine.

thanks...i think i'll give another week until i go back...maybe more

cypher....did you ever pass that test?

Yeah, I passed it the second time; I was just so damn nervous that first time that I was shaking and I couldn't concentrate... Can't remember what I did wrong anymore, let's see...

My goodness, I just went back and re-read the first page of the thread to refresh my memory-- I wish I hadn't! Boy, that was awful! Now I can remember the exact look on the DMV guy's face as he said "WHOA, WHOA, WHOA," as though I was about to kill us... *sigh* good times, good times...

This isn't the longest thread around, but it's sure one of the most enduring.

Failed Driver's Test
Why not just apply for a State ID card?? Much safer for you and all of the rest of the driver's out there...
Of course you were 'failed' by the instructor for pulling out in front of someone...it only takes a split second for an accident to happen and it usually happens when you think you have everything 'under control', as the driver. I say this from personal experience. I've been driving for 20+ years with a VALID driver's license, zero accidents my entire history until last winter when someone 'not paying attention' stopped fast in front of me. Thankfully, I was paying attention enough to avoid hitting him/her, but the sacrifice was my own health/well-being, not to mention my beloved vehicle. That other driver probably has no idea what his/her error caused...I just hope he/she doesn't/hasn't hurt anyone else out there.
Driving is a privilege, not a right.

I remember when I went for my driving test. I almost went through a stop sign because I was so nervous and I was actually shocked that he have me my license

Then on my way home, I was so excited that I blew the first red light I hit

I got much better after that

Re: Failed Driver's Test


Aww, you're neat. Thanks for dropping by.

i just took my test today.
ok, so i was going 15 mph in a residential area because it was really uneven & there were a bunch of people around, and he disqualified me! AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL WHEN YOU'RE TAKING THE TEST???
and when it was over, he was like "you know how to drive, you just need to drive a little bit faster so i'm not going to pass you..."
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i only missed 8 points, but i have to take it again because he disqualified me.
i'm so upset. i told everyone that i was taking my test today and they are all expecting me to have my license. i feel like an idiot.

Aw! That's a sad reason to not pass. Oh well, at least you didn't do anything too heinous, it sounds like you did a good job except that-- even the DMV guy wasn't really discouraging, he said you know how to drive...you can be sure you'll do fine next time. And don't worry about being embarrassed! You didn't do anything that bad. My failure story was way more embarrassing than that, and I went straight to work and told everyone all about it! Try to laugh about it.

I had to take the test 3 times in order to pass. I got women instructors the first two times and a man the third...does that mean anything?

Things used to get so bad in Chicago, when people took their on-road test, that a cop had to sit in the back seat with a shotgun.
I wonder if that's still the case...

I passed my first time out - I only had three lessons, one of them was parallel parking. I got three things wrong (the max) and fully expected to fail. When I got my license, though, I was overjoyed at not having to do it but scared spitless. I was 16. I remember thinking, What in the world are they doing giving ME a license?!

My daughter failed twice before finally getting it. Talk about stressed! She's a great driver now.

Re: Failed my driving test! Am I the stupidest one here?
I took my driving test today and I looked through uncontrolled intersections too late so I failed it. Now I'm going to enter senior year without a license. But I'll retake it in 10 days so I'm likely to pass.

Good luck Lizzie and welcome to A2K :-D

Same here and on the way home, I hear my brother in the back seat ask "what are you doing"? I say "what"! He says "You just blew a red light"! I said "oh ****, I did"?!

Yes, I believe it does. I never got a ticket from a male cop, but I did get 2 tickets from the same female cop for the same thing (expired sticker).

One of my cop friends, while directing traffic, would stop waving his hand long enough when he saw me, to point and say "Get a sticker, Gisele"!

And as I drove past, I'd say " yeah yeah, that's where I'm headed"

That went on for a while until the female cop started on me, which is when I thought it might be a good idea to get the sticker.

When I saw my friend cop after that and he saw my new sticker, he smiled and gave me the thumbs up, saying "good girl"!

I failed my 1st attempt at getting my license today.......... and I really, really needed it to commute........

I was a bit nervous but the main thing that got me was a goddamn "Keep Right" sign with the arrow snaking around a shield obstacle.

Here's what happened: I'm halfway through the road test and doing alright (a little sloppy on the Stop signs) when the instructor says "turn right up here". So I turn onto this little side street where lo and behold a big black Oldsmobile (with tinted windows) is rolling.....literally rolling.......along the street at maybe 5-10 mph. So I'm patient enough at first, rolling along behind them and tapping the accelerator and brakes while they continue to go 5 mph down the entire block. After about 3-4 minutes of this, I start to get a little annoyed/nervous and I'm thinking "I'm trying to take a road test here and you morons are blocking my view and going so slow that some old lady walking her dog just passed us." I almost looked over at the instructor to see if she was going to say anything, that's how long and ridiculous this whole episode was of following grandpa Oldsmobile. It wasn't even like they were going slowly just to find an address or house number, it was honestly more like a baby or dog left in the car had by some miracle put it into drive.

So anyway, we finally are nearing the end of the block and all this time the Oldsmobile has been keeping its steady turtle's pace. Then, I notice the "Keep Right" sign as the Oldsmobile suddenly turns off to the left down a one-way street (the very reason the "Keep Right" sign is there) and into a driveway on the left where I now realize they were attempting to turn their retarded lost asses around.

I haven't seen this particular sign very often but something flashed in my head like, "Are we supposed to veer right here?.......but there's no street over there and that other car ahead is going down that little street on the left." So in the time it takes for these thoughts to enter my head, I notice a very narrow hidden path on the right which I'm just now passing and which was completely invisible until you're right next to it.

The instructor then says in an irritated voice, "Did you not see that sign?" to which I stupidly reply, "Oh......," feeling completely defeated, knowing that I just failed. I want to back up a few feet and go down the right path but she says, "Keep going forward," so I drive down the one-way street and turn right and head back for the office after a few more token instructions which I half-heartedly performed.

Needless to say I failed for "not observing signs" and "traveling down a one-way street" along with a few minor deductions.

So thanks to my stupidity for following that moron Oldsmobile down the one-way street, thanks to the slow ass view-blocking idiot, and thanks to my own choking/loss of nerves I failed and I feel horrible . I needed this license so badly to commute to school and now I have to waste hours and hours until I can try again in a few weeks hopefully.

I don't like to make excuses but that very difficult to see side path along with that Oldsmobile really screwed me over. I seriously thought dark government forces or the Devil might have been driving that car in a purposeful attempt to make me fail. It was just too perfect to be rolling that slowly for that long, with that size black car, with tinted windows, only to wait for the very last second and then turn off down a one-way street and into a driveway. Funny how whoever that was in that demon car has their license meanwhile I get screwed for doing exactly what they did.....and the instructor didn't even say anything about their asinine driving. Oh well.........hope I can make it next time.