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Postby half jill » 3/12/2006, 10:12 pm

oh, funny story! well..i found it funny.

so this car instructor was teaching this girl how to drive. she was nervous so they were just going on side roads...and he's like, okay..i think you're ready for the main roads now! so they headed toward the nearest main road, and as she was waiting at the intersection, he told her to watch out for the bicyclist because by the time she could go, he would be right beside her. so this girl was watching the bicyclist in her rvm, and as the bicyclist was going through the last street before reaching her, a van went through the stop sign and hit him..he went flying. the girl saw it and she was terrified...she was shaken up & didn't want to drive, so the instructor drove her home. know what the bicyclist did? he got hit and flew off the bike, but he got right back on and kept going. :lol: poor girl.
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Postby bovine » 3/12/2006, 10:15 pm

If they take you in a parking lot and somebody steps out into the road, don't slow down, stop. Even if they're like 50 feet ahead of you. I knew someone who failed because they (only) slowed down as the person (way off, mind you) crossed and then went back up to the speed limit after they were well across the road. Pretty much anything bad you do looks worse in a parking lot especially if it involves pedestrians, so be EXTRA careful if they take you to one.

Also, I agree with the person who said to exagerate looking in the mirrors. Don't be too goofy with it, but make sure the test person knows you're looking...a simple movement of your eyes doesn't always tell them this (at least from what I hear).

Probably showing up to the test sober would look good as well :lol:
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Postby half jill » 3/12/2006, 10:15 pm

OH! and when you're exiting the freeway, don't slow down until you're on the actual ramp.
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Postby half jill » 3/12/2006, 10:17 pm

oh yeah, and don't drink & drive. ;)
my like whole lesson was on that today.
well, almost.
my in class lesson was about 6 hours long...4 of those being solely on drinking & driving. oh my!
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Postby saman » 3/12/2006, 10:18 pm

oh, and when you're waiting for pedestrians to pass, wait until they've completely crossed the intersection before you start moving again
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Postby Rusty » 3/12/2006, 10:20 pm

Dommy, when you get your licence you can drive up and we can visit! :GASP:

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Postby half jill » 3/12/2006, 10:41 pm

um, no.
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Postby Axtech » 3/12/2006, 10:55 pm

ouch!
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Postby half jill » 3/12/2006, 11:00 pm

oh snap.
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Postby quietorloud » 3/12/2006, 11:21 pm

thanks alot for the reminders!
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Postby Rusty » 3/12/2006, 11:38 pm

half jill wrote:um, no.


:GASP: :cry:

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Postby half jill » 3/12/2006, 11:40 pm

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Postby Rusty » 3/12/2006, 11:40 pm

:crying:

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Postby nikki4982 » 3/13/2006, 11:41 am

Always remember... if a stop sign has a white border, it's only optional to stop.





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Postby Soozy » 3/13/2006, 1:03 pm

eeek that's mean.

And hehe to all the editing at the start of the thread. Poor Robbo and his spelling problems.
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you back the cause, get out of school, you get a job, the job gets you
and somehow every day you end up serving somebody else
now if that ain't panic that you're feeling, then you damn well better start
you can drive it into that head of yours with the hammer in your heart.


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Postby quietorloud » 3/13/2006, 2:16 pm

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!!! I FAILED!!!!! :( :( :cry: I am sad.

Gah, that friggin examiner, i hate her frickin' face! She's in her 40's and she speaks like "what speed are you suppose to be going, man?", "what are you doing, man?", "look behind you, man!" gaaah!
She said I was being dangerous. Well, I did almost hit a pedestrian at a corsswalk >_>.. and when I pulled over, she said i was too far from the curb. At times, I was be going too slow (40 in a 50 zone) *sigh*

:( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(

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Postby quietorloud » 3/13/2006, 2:19 pm

now spring break is ruined
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Postby half jill » 3/13/2006, 2:20 pm

oh my, now i'm even more scared.
i'm soooo gonna fail.

but the good thing is, you can retake it every 10 days! :P
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Postby Soozy » 3/13/2006, 2:22 pm

Awwwww *hugs quietorloud* *wonders what his real name is*

Don't worry, it took me 3 goes to pass my test. I was perfectly capable every time according to my instructor, but it all becomes different when it's an examiner beside you and not your instructor.
Open your eyes to nights and days, you close them up and float away
and somehow inbetween you've got to master lying to yourself
you back the cause, get out of school, you get a job, the job gets you
and somehow every day you end up serving somebody else
now if that ain't panic that you're feeling, then you damn well better start
you can drive it into that head of yours with the hammer in your heart.


And it's alriiiiiiiight now, take the world and make it yours again.
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Postby quietorloud » 3/13/2006, 2:22 pm

yeah, they told be I can re-take the test in 2 weeks.. but I'm not so sure I want to anymore :(
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