Taking my road test tomorrow! Any Tips?
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quietorloud
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Hey Darren 
If I were you I'd get on and do it again, to get it over with. When I did mine there was a 3 month waiting list, and since I didn't really need any more lessons I'd basically not drive again until a couple of weeks before my test which probably didn't help.
If I were you I'd get on and do it again, to get it over with. When I did mine there was a 3 month waiting list, and since I didn't really need any more lessons I'd basically not drive again until a couple of weeks before my test which probably didn't help.
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.
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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quietorloud
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awww poor Dommy 
My Daddy paid for all my driving lessons and tests as my 17th birthday present.
Darren, can't you get a couple of lessons in the next couple of weeks?
And can someone explain to me these different levels of driving tests and licenses and stuff? When I did mine you had a road test and that was it, these days though there's a theory test and a hazard perception test and if you get caught doing anything bad in the first couple of years the penalties are much worse.
My Daddy paid for all my driving lessons and tests as my 17th birthday present.
Darren, can't you get a couple of lessons in the next couple of weeks?
And can someone explain to me these different levels of driving tests and licenses and stuff? When I did mine you had a road test and that was it, these days though there's a theory test and a hazard perception test and if you get caught doing anything bad in the first couple of years the penalties are much worse.
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.
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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quietorloud
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Yeah, I'm not sure when my next lessons will be.
For Licenses, I think this is how it works:
When you're 16, you can do a written (well, it's on a touch-screen comp, but everyone calls it written) exam. If you pass that, you get your L. With the L, you have to have a class 5 driver in the passenger seat beside you when you drive. 1 year after that (less, you go to a driving school), you can take the N test. The N test is a road test. If you pass, you can drive with a maximum of 1 other passenger, unless it's an imediate family member, then you can have as many as there are seatbelts. 2 years after you get your N, you take another test for your full license, which lets you go on highways, and have as many passengers as you have seatbelts, and there are no restrictions in regards to hours you can drive.
I think that's right.. please correct me if i made a mistake or if I missed anything.
For Licenses, I think this is how it works:
When you're 16, you can do a written (well, it's on a touch-screen comp, but everyone calls it written) exam. If you pass that, you get your L. With the L, you have to have a class 5 driver in the passenger seat beside you when you drive. 1 year after that (less, you go to a driving school), you can take the N test. The N test is a road test. If you pass, you can drive with a maximum of 1 other passenger, unless it's an imediate family member, then you can have as many as there are seatbelts. 2 years after you get your N, you take another test for your full license, which lets you go on highways, and have as many passengers as you have seatbelts, and there are no restrictions in regards to hours you can drive.
I think that's right.. please correct me if i made a mistake or if I missed anything.
I don't do sigs.
-Darren
-Darren
woah that's complicated. So do you have restricted hours on the N thing? How old are you before you can get your full licence?
Ours is 17 for a provisional licence (you need someone over 21 who's had a licence for I think 3 years or more with you) but once you've passed your road test you're free to do what you want other than the penalties are more severe if you screw up and they can take your licence away again much more easily for the first couple of years.
Ours is 17 for a provisional licence (you need someone over 21 who's had a licence for I think 3 years or more with you) but once you've passed your road test you're free to do what you want other than the penalties are more severe if you screw up and they can take your licence away again much more easily for the first couple of years.
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quietorloud
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Soozy wrote:awww poor Dommy
Darren, can't you get a couple of lessons in the next couple of weeks?
And can someone explain to me these different levels of driving tests and licenses and stuff? When I did mine you had a road test and that was it, these days though there's a theory test and a hazard perception test and if you get caught doing anything bad in the first couple of years the penalties are much worse.
yeah, i don't ask my mom for money cause she really doesn't have any to spare. she has a second job now which helps a bit, but i'm not gonna mooch it off her.
and here...you have to do a written test first to attain your g1 (you have to be 16)...you can drive with anyone who's had their licence for more than 4 years. then a year after getting your g1 (or 8 months if you do drivers ed) you go for your road test. if you pass that, you get your g2. you can drive alone...then a year after that, you go for another road test to get your full G licence. yeeeaeh.
quietorloud wrote:I think that's right.. please correct me if i made a mistake or if I missed anything.
that's it, more or less.
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...and this is me hanging on / i'd burn our initials in the sun if it would shine / anxiety chokes me like razor wire / if hate's in your heart man, you'll take what you're given / wake up / i'm not the only one / it's never goodbye / go ahead and play dead / if everyone's a casualty, then take your time, there ain't no trouble / these wounds they will not heal / ambition can be a tricky thing / what the hell do i know about rape anyway? / this is not what i hoped for / ain't it so weird how it makes you a weapon / who will be there to tell me how stupid i am? / those living for death will die by their own hand / and it's me that I am spying on / pick up the pieces and live with the stars / hurry up and wait / things have never been so swell / they're always the ones who slowly drift / be great / ...and this is my world.
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I failed my first time, too. It's pretty common, so you shouldn't be too bummed about it. 
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I failed my first time too. I sped through a school zone ...
I'm so glad I have that whole deal behind me now, especially with the new restrictions and timescale of the N. Now I just need money for insurance, gas, and parking (I'm in a residence at university) ..... oh, and a car.
I'm so glad I have that whole deal behind me now, especially with the new restrictions and timescale of the N. Now I just need money for insurance, gas, and parking (I'm in a residence at university) ..... oh, and a car.
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I passed my first time.
With your N you're supposed to put a big green N up in the window, but I don't and no one ever pulls me over, so it works out anyways.
Nobody ever told me I wasn't allowed to go on highways...
With your N you're supposed to put a big green N up in the window, but I don't and no one ever pulls me over, so it works out anyways.
quietorloud wrote:2 years after you get your N, you take another test for your full license, which lets you go on highways.
Nobody ever told me I wasn't allowed to go on highways...