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I failed my driving test today...

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FrogDog

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I'm actually 20 years old, it just took me forever to go take the test (it was my first time taking it). About 90% of the points I lost came from two things: Not engine-breaking (I'm driving a manual) and failing to check my blind spots while making left and right turns (not prior to changing lanes, but the turns themselves, after already getting in the proper lane).

I didn't realize I was required to do either of those things. I think that if I was driving along in the right lane and about to take a right turn I would know of anything in my right blind spot because I would have just passed whatever it was. Oh well. I'll know to do it next time I guess.

He also took some points off because I didn't "go half-way into the intersection" while waiting for oncomming traffic before turning left. I'd guess I went about 1/4 of the way in. I definately did not wait outside the intersection. At the time he said, "You have to go half-way there" so I thought it was just a comment he was making, but nope, he took points off. On the score card it said, "Failed to enter intersection." Now that's just BS!
 
Get an auto car and take the test. Also, if both people turning left on oncoming lanes go halfway, won't their bumpers touch 😀
 
Better luck next time. Hope you didn't have to pay too much.

I'd probably fail a test too if it were a manual vehicle and the instructor was a jerk.
 
He also took some points off because I didn't "go half-way into the intersection" while waiting for oncomming traffic before turning left. I'd guess I went about 1/4 of the way in. I definately did not wait outside the intersection. At the time he said, "You have to go half-way there" so I thought it was just a comment he was making, but nope, he took points off. On the score card it said, "Failed to enter intersection." Now that's just BS![/quote]

Whoa now, that's illegal in WA I believe. You stay where you stopped until you can completely cross the intersection, everbody does stop in the intersection anyway for that situation, but its still illegal.
 
its ok i failed twice because i couldent parellel park, bumped the curb the 1st time and was too far away the second time, passed it the 3rd time

i then didnt parellel park for 3 years and when i finally did i did it pefrctly
 
who was that guy who used to always post on here about failing his driving test over and over and had social problems etc? this thread reminded me of him and i havent seen him post in a while

FrogDog, no biggie.. LOTS of people i know failed the test at least once and are still great drivers! some people just dont like someone they dont know grading them and watching their every move.
 
When I did it, the guy tricked me! He told me to parallel my van in between two cars. He knew there wasnt enough space. So, me having practiced a million times before, calmly told him that my van wouldnt fit. He smiled and told me that he had failed 14 people that week because they were not willing to tell him that it wasnt possible. That was scary...
 
Here come all the trolls to tell you how much you deserved to fail :roll:

The driving test is a hoop jumping job... once you know the hoops it's easy to pass.

Now you know... and Knowing is half the battle.

-Max
 
Have any of you ever heard of being required to engine-break with a manual though? I really didn't think I would have to do that. I lost a sick amount of points for coasting with my clutch in and breaking as I came up to a red light. Sick amounts.
 
Originally posted by: SilentRavens
He also took some points off because I didn't "go half-way into the intersection" while waiting for oncomming traffic before turning left. I'd guess I went about 1/4 of the way in. I definately did not wait outside the intersection. At the time he said, "You have to go half-way there" so I thought it was just a comment he was making, but nope, he took points off. On the score card it said, "Failed to enter intersection." Now that's just BS!
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Whoa now, that's illegal in WA I believe. You stay where you stopped until you can completely cross the intersection, everbody does stop in the intersection anyway for that situation, but its still illegal.[/quote]It's legal here. The first car in the line who is turning left is required to enter, and all other cars stay outside of the intersection. That way at least one car who is turning left will get out on each light change.
 
Originally posted by: FrogDog
Have any of you ever heard of being required to engine-break with a manual though? I really didn't think I would have to do that. I lost a sick amount of points for coasting with my clutch in and breaking as I came up to a red light. Sick amounts.
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I dont drive manual, so pardon my lack of knowledge... What is engine-breaking exactly?
 
Good luck next time.

Engine breaking is illegal in many places, I'm not surprized they docked you for it. It shouldn't be hard to correct that issue next time.

The blind spot check is the real potential problem. Not because of other vehicles (since there probably cannot physically be vehicles there). But the reason to check the blind spot is for pedestrians using the cross-walk. If you just turn since you have a green light and since you know there aren't cars and don't look into your blind spot, how do you know if a pedestrian just started crossing?

The going halfway into the intersection is BS. What he requested you to do is illegal in many locations (obviously not where you are living, but it is a bad habit to get into).
 
Originally posted by: FrogDog
Have any of you ever heard of being required to engine-break with a manual though? I really didn't think I would have to do that. I lost a sick amount of points for coasting with my clutch in and breaking as I came up to a red light. Sick amounts.
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It's just one of those little things that they want to see you do, and not expect you to do all the time after you pass. I got an instructor that told me straight-forward what he was looking for me to do, and I did. Just kinda ran through a checklist I guess.

Tiamat:
I dont drive manual, so pardon my lack of knowledge... What is engine-breaking exactly?
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Utilizing the gear ratio of the transmission and downshifting to slow the vehicle.
 
Originally posted by: Tiamat
Originally posted by: FrogDog
Have any of you ever heard of being required to engine-break with a manual though? I really didn't think I would have to do that. I lost a sick amount of points for coasting with my clutch in and breaking as I came up to a red light. Sick amounts.
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I dont drive manual, so pardon my lack of knowledge... What is engine-breaking exactly?
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It's downshifting while breaking. So instead of just putting it in neutral and breaking, you shift down through the gears, releasing the clutch in each one. It will help slow the car down.
 
I failed my first time cause the instructor kept asking me questions (related to driving, but annoying) and cause he wanted me to do a 3pt turn in space 1.5 lanes wide (in my dad's I30 nonetheless).

Next time I took the test I did it in my car and got a perfect score. <3
 
Originally posted by: dullard
Good luck next time.

Engine breaking is illegal in many places, I'm not surprized they docked you for it. It shouldn't be hard to correct that issue next time.
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He wasn't docked for engine braking, he was docked for NOT engine braking. And since when is it illegal?
 
Originally posted by: mobobuff
He wasn't docked for engine braking, he was docked for NOT engine braking. And since when is it illegal?
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I guess you can read his first post both ways. I read it that he was docked since he should not engine break. It is illegal in virtually every city I see in Nebraska (signs posted as you enter the city). Why is it illegal? Since when semis do it, it often creates a god-awful sound that is very loud. Thus to make it illegal for semis, they have to make it illegal for all vechicles.
 
Originally posted by: dullard
Originally posted by: mobobuff
He wasn't docked for engine braking, he was docked for NOT engine braking. And since when is it illegal?
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I guess you can read his first post both ways. I read it that he was docked since he should not engine break. It is illegal in virtually every city I see in Nebraska (signs posted as you enter the city). Why is it illegal? Since when semis do it, it often creates a god-awful sound that is very loud. Thus to make it illegal for semis, they have to make it illegal for all vechicles.
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OK, well to clear it up, I was docked for NOT engine braking. I would coast to stop signs with the clutch in, and thus got tagged with things like "being in the wrong gear" and "coasting in neutral."
 
Originally posted by: mobobuff
Originally posted by: dullard
Good luck next time.

Engine breaking is illegal in many places, I'm not surprized they docked you for it. It shouldn't be hard to correct that issue next time.
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He wasn't docked for engine braking, he was docked for NOT engine braking. And since when is it illegal?
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I would guess the real reason he got points docked is because he put the car in neutral and only used his brakes to stop. It is considered unsafe because you don't have control of the vehicle, for example, if you needed to suddenly accelerate, and you were either in neutral, or in a low rpm type situation, you would have a problem reacting to the emergency. It's defensive driving. Having said that, I often go into neutral to stop while driving a manual.
 
Originally posted by: FrogDog
Originally posted by: dullard
Originally posted by: mobobuff
He wasn't docked for engine braking, he was docked for NOT engine braking. And since when is it illegal?
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I guess you can read his first post both ways. I read it that he was docked since he should not engine break. It is illegal in virtually every city I see in Nebraska (signs posted as you enter the city). Why is it illegal? Since when semis do it, it often creates a god-awful sound that is very loud. Thus to make it illegal for semis, they have to make it illegal for all vechicles.
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OK, well to clear it up, I was docked for NOT engine braking. I would coast to stop signs with the clutch in, and thus got tagged with things like "being in the wrong gear" and "coasting in neutral."
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theree is a difference there between the engine braking in a manual car, and in a semi. engine braking in a semi is caused by creating back pressure on the engine by restricting exhaust flow, or something to that extent, it is not caused by dropping gears.

MIKE
 
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