2006-10-05 02:29:38 · 9 answers · asked by carlaroberts18 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Took me five...long...attempts to get it.
On the first, the examiner told me to turn left at a roundabout, and I was concentrating so hard on not crashing that I didn't hear him, and headed straight on. Halfway round the roundabout, he mentioned this, and I sort of "woke up" to what he was saying, and yanked the wheel around, so we went left by virtue of a mid-roundabout U-turn.
He didn't fail me for that though. He failed me for the incident with the bus.
Narrowish street, traffic parked on both sides. I maintain to this day there was room for both me and the oncoming bus. He didn't seem to think so, and after letting out a little scream, he used his dual controls to bring us to a stop, and sighed like his life had been fine until he met me. That was the end of that attempt.
Four more tests later, with my second instructor threatening to have a heart attack in protest rather than go through this process again with me, I passed.
The punchline? I went on to work as a motoring journalist for a car trade mag, and ended up driving brand new cars all over Europe, as well as "borrowing" them from the manufacturers for weeks at a time. Broke one Kia (reversing out of a parking space at Tesco), two Jaguars (one scratched whil getting into a parking space, the other just...kinda..died), one Porsche (blow-out at 80mph, and I drove it 25 miles on three wheels and a rim), a couple of Suzukis (electrical shorts), one Mitsubishi Shogun (difficult to wreck - took me a patch of black ice in the Scottish highlands) and a Nissan. The rest of my cars got off relatively lightly...
:o)
2006-10-05 02:40:07 · answer #1 · answered by mdfalco71 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-05 02:36:53 · answer #2 · answered by Imed23 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Michigan where I took my test you only had to do the written test and drivers ed, no actual driving test so that took me one try. But in the 1st year of driving I had 13 accidents so I guess that did not mean too much.
2006-10-05 02:37:43 · answer #3 · answered by Tazaor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It took me two attemps. The first time it was snowing and I was nervous but I like to think I'm a good driver now. I have been driving for five years with no accidents-knock on wood!
2006-10-05 02:39:54 · answer #4 · answered by thomas s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never more than once....including my CDL Exam and Skills Verification..... but i will be sure to stay off the sidewalks if you will let me know what town you drive in.... just kidding..
2006-10-05 03:28:46 · answer #5 · answered by RiverRat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2, ran stop sign,it was 25ft high, and 20yrds from intersection
2006-10-05 03:03:11 · answer #6 · answered by jeremiah j 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not their yet god help me, i bet it takes 10 times
2006-10-05 23:09:47 · answer #7 · answered by jackie d 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
passed it the first time! yah!
2006-10-05 02:37:00 · answer #8 · answered by wonderwoman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1x for auto, motorcycle, and cdl
2006-10-05 02:32:54 · answer #9 · answered by doogie494 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋