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Drivers test

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tedmgee
Posts: 1502 - Karma: 111

tommmarow.

got any advice?

Dec 23 2009 2:52AM
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Mr.Panda
Posts: 17711 - Karma: 564
Don't give the examiner any lip.
Dec 23 2009 2:55AM
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prontocuts.com
Posts: 5244 - Karma: 42
pass it
Dec 23 2009 3:02AM
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eheath
Posts: 61603 - Karma: 123,089
Don't be a girl and fail.
Dec 23 2009 3:05AM
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McCloud
Posts: 251 - Karma: 15
going to sound gay but wear some plain clothes, look like a "respectable youth". OR learn to drive...
Dec 23 2009 3:07AM
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.newman.
Posts: 1552 - Karma: 236
smoke some weed and just do it
but seriously its not all that hard relax and drive
Dec 23 2009 9:01AM
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Blurst
Posts: 13577 - Karma: 10,169
Don't ask your instructor for road head.
Dec 23 2009 9:06AM
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aquinn
Posts: 824 - Karma: 217
turn your head at your mirrors at every lane change, even if you don't look at them, just make it look like you do. Also, when the light goes yellow, don't go for it.
Dec 23 2009 9:08AM
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Flien
Posts: 139 - Karma: 10
Make indeed sure you watch/pretend to watch your mirrors, also don't drive to fast, but also not to slow.
Just don't be nervous and do it =) Good luck!
Dec 23 2009 9:13AM
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pomme-de-terre
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be gentle on your brakes, i got points off on my test for braking too hard. i still passed, but if i had done other shit wrong it could have been the difference between license/no license.

show up really early and learn the area around where you will be taking the test.


and in some states there is this little piece of paper you have to bring that you and your parent sign that says you have driven 20+ hours on your permit. dont forget that. its an auto-fail if you do.

dress respectable, be nice to the person giving the test, accelerate/decelerate smoothly. just show that you are in control of the car.
Dec 23 2009 9:23AM
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jack+
Posts: 611 - Karma: 45

dude its easy as hell. a couple tips

- always check your mirrors a ton. rearview and side. esp when back up. (paralle park and 3 point turn)

- stop before the stop sign then inch up. stay around the speed limit as well

- just make sre you can parralle park (spelling?)

good luck

Dec 23 2009 9:35AM
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Big.L
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make sure your ebrake works i took my test in my moms beamer and her e brake is beat and i almost failed before i could take the test
Dec 23 2009 11:12AM
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yojimbo
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pretend the test guy isnt there, relax. dont fuck up all the basic shit. one last thing :whenever you "look both ways" make sure you crane your fucking neck to make it super obvious to the test guy that your looking both ways. thats the only reason i failed my first time is because he couldnt tell i was looking both ways because i didnt crane my neck way the fuck out.
Dec 23 2009 11:14AM
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Elden-JR
Posts: 199 - Karma: 10

dont be nervous be relaxed, dont be mean to the instructor and dont give any lip.  Listen to what the instuctor says and pay attention to signs

Dec 23 2009 11:18AM
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eheath
Posts: 61603 - Karma: 123,089
jesus christ
Dec 23 2009 11:20AM
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1337
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use cruise control
Dec 23 2009 11:46AM
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.travis.
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go drive as much as you can around the area before you take the test to get familiar with it. parallel park on the busiest street in the area so you can get over the jitters of being nervous about that. make sure you stop completely. make sure the radio is off and make sure the first thing you do before you start the vehicle is buckle up. just basic stuff. it really is a breeze.
Dec 23 2009 12:27PM
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GDC
Posts: 199 - Karma: 50
gun it and run it
Dec 23 2009 12:40PM
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Big_Spence
Posts: 16177 - Karma: 4,352
Bring your iPod and ask your instructor if you can listen to some driving music and put this on:


Dec 23 2009 12:52PM
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Totes_Magotes
Posts: 2259 - Karma: 870
make way too many headchecks... and blinkers on your parellel park (i kinda got -5 for that)
Dec 23 2009 12:52PM
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andersteeze
Posts: 1047 - Karma: 30
just be calm and safe. if you look conifdent and controlled and if they feel safe with you they will pass you
Dec 23 2009 12:55PM
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PeeDuBzz
Posts: 1010 - Karma: 134
make sure your mom/dad who drove you there doesn't still have their phone's blue tooth connected. when i took mine my mom's phone conversation clicked in when i started the car and the lady flipped out. no points off but id wanna avoid that. Anyways just exaggerate looking around on lane changes and drive you will be fine.
Dec 23 2009 12:59PM
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fountain.
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the hardest part for me was all the stuff inside the car, when i learned nobody tought me all that so when she asked i just kinda winged it but still passed. and dont overthink it.
Dec 23 2009 1:00PM
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tedmgee
Posts: 1502 - Karma: 111

thanks everyone.

damn.. almost passed but i made a stupid ass mistake at the end of the test.

Dec 23 2009 1:34PM
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Big_Spence
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Wait, you actually failed?
Dec 23 2009 1:34PM
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andersteeze
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What was your mistake?
Dec 23 2009 11:15PM
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_CC_
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dont talk too much and dont be a smart ass
thats how i failed.
Dec 23 2009 11:17PM
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Slinger1x1
Posts: 8853 - Karma: 66
throw it into neutral and revv it up super high.... then look the person straight in the eye and say "alright, NOW we're ready"
and then take off
Dec 23 2009 11:19PM
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Chompo.
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and i thought it was impossible to fail that test.
Dec 23 2009 11:19PM
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geteducated
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make exaggerated movements when you are checking your blindspots or mirrors.   if you use your eyes they won't be able to see that and claim you weren't checking probably while you were.

and back into the parking spot when you start, so it gives you a relaxed start.

and just be friendly to the driver instructor.  handshake maybe, ask how the day has been, tell them they can adjust the heat if they find it too hot.  sometimes stuff like that can be the difference between a near pass or near fail.

Dec 23 2009 11:24PM
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lahnabonny
Posts: 1260 - Karma: 35
don't roll all the windows up completely, especially when the driver's test administrator is a smoker....
Dec 23 2009 11:54PM
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comeatmebro
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you let him smoke in your car? i'd flip shit.
Dec 24 2009 12:17AM
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Supafresh
Posts: 85 - Karma: 55
be confident but not cocky and over exagerate your shoulder checks
Dec 24 2009 12:17AM
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^nate^
Posts: 1263 - Karma: 560
if it's on a course, make sure to watch out for the left turn from a one-way onto a two-way. lots of people failed in my town because they weren't thinking.
Dec 24 2009 1:28AM
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deleted5
Posts: 14507 - Karma: 13,507
bring a car with you helps a lot
Dec 24 2009 1:32AM
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ski-swagga
Posts: 5276 - Karma: 219
bump some E-40.
Dec 24 2009 2:33AM
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notomatoplz
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make sure your car interior is stained with the sweet aroma of marijuana, and when the examiner asks if you smell skunk cabbage, tell them "no, thats reefer dawg". little things like that can make the difference man.
Dec 24 2009 9:18AM
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no_steeze
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wait for the car to pull back at a stop sign, stop at all yellow lights, never go anything over the speed limit, it's something like 5pts per mph over if you do. also check mirrors and blindspots a lot, take curves slowly, be smooth, and bring some alcohol to ease the stress
Dec 24 2009 9:21AM
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Number_9
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So apparently you failed. When rescheduling your test, make sure it's early! I failed my first test as well, but the guy was being a complete dick. I got 15 points off because I didn't move over for a cop while I was in a shared turn lane. Way to many cars were coming for me to turn, and I obviously couldn't just back out into my previous lane, because a cop was flying by. Then other completely stupid shit. I took my other test somewhere else, first thing in the morning, and got 0 points off, just 1 week later, with minimal driving inbetween.

So yeah, go somewhere else and go early.
Dec 24 2009 9:40AM
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[BRI]noceros
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good luck to you. i failed because i stopped at a red light with a green arrow. i was so pissed
Dec 24 2009 9:45AM
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FrenchToastMafia
Posts: 2195 - Karma: 452
i failed my permit test, feels like shit
Dec 24 2009 11:05AM
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mr.green
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know where ALL the controls are
Dec 24 2009 1:15PM
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Scolson
Posts: 2904 - Karma: 92

Drivers tests are really easy, way easier than it ought to be.  I know I drove like shit during mine, (i got nervous) I even hopped the curb on my parallel park, luckily there wasn't a sidewalk or it would have been an insta-fail.

Dec 24 2009 1:26PM
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lahnabonny
Posts: 1260 - Karma: 35
NO ! he wanted to but i rolled the windows up. Hence, pissed off test administrator. Which in turn = me failing the first time... haha
Dec 24 2009 11:47PM
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theabortionator
Posts: 51650 - Karma: 162,278
Stop signs turn signals, seatbelt, don't be stupid, it's easy
Dec 24 2009 11:49PM
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tommycat
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stop before the stop sign. and give your instructor road head.
Dec 25 2009 1:28AM
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Funnel
Posts: 7815 - Karma: 1,531
I JUST GOT MY LICENSE. MISSED 0. FUCK YEAH! PIECE OF CAKE.
Apr 21 2010 11:11PM
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natyy
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ok
Apr 21 2010 11:14PM
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PeterNorth
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na your just a women, u probably forgot to stop at a stop sign.
Apr 22 2010 12:10AM
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r0dubs
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is it ok to go 30 in a 25?or even just barely over the speed limit?
Apr 22 2010 12:17AM
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r0dubs
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is it ok to go 30 in a 25?or even just barely over the speed limit?

Apr 22 2010 12:18AM
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