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Nope, forgot to swing head while turning into a lane.

Auto DQ.

It's gotten a lot more difficult I hear where I live.
 
Originally posted by: lrad50
not true, it's 15 to fail in SoCal
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It is 15 mistakes. Not points.

California no longer uses points. Point system was to arbitrary and not consistant enough. Some gave different number of points for the same violation. Now it is by how many mistakes you make.
 
Originally posted by: George P Burdell

A friend of mine failed his test 14 feet after his test started... by running a stop sign!
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My local RMV (Massachusetts uses the term "Registry of Motor Vehicles" instead of "Department of Motor Vehicles") was a small round building on the side of a slight hill with a circular driveway encircling the building. Those scheduled for a road test entered the driveway and parked in the rear of the building. After completing the necessary paperwork etc., the applicant and tester got in to the vehicle and the tester told the driver to head for the exit and then take a right on to the main road.

At the bottom of the circular driveway (the exit) was a stop sign. Many an applicant drove down the incline, generally looked both ways, and proceeded on to the main road. At that point, the tester simply told the applicant to take the next right - the entrance to the building - you had just failed to stop at a stop sign and hence, failed the exam.

More than 14 feet, but not much! Fortunately, I knew about this before taking my road test.

 
Originally posted by: nineball9
Originally posted by: George P Burdell

A friend of mine failed his test 14 feet after his test started... by running a stop sign!
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My local RMV (Massachusetts uses the term "Registry of Motor Vehicles" instead of "Department of Motor Vehicles") was a small round building on the side of a slight hill with a circular driveway encircling the building. Those scheduled for a road test entered the driveway and parked in the rear of the building. After completing the necessary paperwork etc., the applicant and tester got in to the vehicle and the tester told the driver to head for the exit and then take a right on to the main road.

At the bottom of the circular driveway (the exit) was a stop sign. Many an applicant drove down the incline, generally looked both ways, and proceeded on to the main road. At that point, the tester simply told the applicant to take the next right - the entrance to the building - you had just failed to stop at a stop sign and hence, failed the exam.

More than 14 feet, but not much! Fortunately, I knew about this before taking my road test.
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At a DMV near here, testers tell the applicants to make a right out of the parking lot, then go straight. Thing is right after you make a right you need to change lanes to go straight, since it is a right turn only lane. They fail to realize this, and go straight in a right turn only lane. They are made to go back to the DMV office because they failed.
 
The stop sign at the small RMV I went to was not all that obvious. Moreover, the "main road" as I called it was really just a narrow deserted industrial road which lead to a General Mills plant (IIRC), and had no traffic. Finally, coming down a slight hill, many tended to creep past the sign anyway, having only travelled about 20 feet and getting psyched for the road test.

But Clickynext is correct - they were required to stop at the stop sign - most just didn't see it - which is why they failed the test.
 
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