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I passed my theory test and my G2 on my first try but I failed the final road test because I made an illegal right turn.I thought I had it in the bag until I made red right turn on red light .The thing is, I'm familiar with the route and I drove it over and over with my instructor..so I knew I could make the right turn once it's clear of traffic.However,they recently put a sign that says you can't make a right turn when the light is red anymore that I wasn't aware of.So when I got there with examiner ,I automatically made the right turn once it was safe since I already know the route.I usually check for signs if I'm not familiar with the route or if it's my first time.It was an automatic failure...a fair one at that. I wasn't upset because I knew they had the right to fail me.He told me that I would have passed if I hadn't ran a red light
I always remember my first attempt to get my motorcycle license at 15. After passing the written and getting the OK for driving test I came blaring around the corner on my bike and made an abrupt stop in front of the officer. He sent me home and said 'maybe tomorrow you will slow down and pull up carefully'.
I passed my theory test and my G2 on my first try but I failed the final road test because I made an illegal right turn.I thought I had it in the bag until I made red right turn on red light .The thing is, I'm familiar with the route and I drove it over and over with my instructor..so I knew I could make the right turn once it's clear of traffic.However,they recently put a sign that says you can't make a right turn when the light is red anymore that I wasn't aware of.So when I got there with examiner ,I automatically made the right turn once it was safe since I already know the route.I usually check for signs if I'm not familiar with the route or if it's my first time.It was an automatic failure...a fair one at that. I wasn't upset because I knew they had the right to fail me.He told me that I would have passed if I hadn't ran a red light
How about you?
never failed a driving test, but that is a good object lesson to make sure that no new signage is put up at an intersection, and to make sure you take everything in before committing to an action.
when I was a teen, I failed the road test in NYC because the stop sign was at least 200 ft away from the intersection. I stopped at the crosswalk and failed even though I did everything else (parallel parking, U turn, changing lanes, left and right turns in city traffic) fine.
I had an uncle who couldn't drive for beans. He put $200 down to bribe the instructor and passed but didn't get very far with his first/last used car. Luckily he didn't kill anybody. He stopped driving after his first accident.
When it was my daughter's turn for the road test after we relocated to the south, I briefly mentioned how to use the high beams to her but she was half listening and almost failed but managed to fumble the high beams and continued with the road test which involved driving around the corner (ie no parking, no left turns, no u turns). She passed on the first try but her friend was not as lucky. He failed because he didn't know how to lock the brights.
Her friend didn't do well but passed anyway. The instructor told her to stay off the road for a few months (weird!) as a favor for passing her. she has scratched 2 of her parents cars in the first year of driving.
In high school, I had a friend named Jonathan.
Now this was a staid and steady fellow.
Ultra responsible. Calm. Stable.
So all the parents loved him.
They always made us let him drive if we carpooled somewhere far away (like over to Ft Worth to see the water gardens, etc).
The thing that made no sense was that he failed his driving test THREE TIMES.
And, on that aforementioned trip to Ft Worth, he sat at a stop sign outside the gardens so long, we realized he was waiting for it to turn green (totally still razz him about this 23 years later, btw).
Knew one guy in my class who failed the first and second time. He was not good at book study and taking test. He aced the driving but failed the written. Some people are the reverse. They ace the written then panic and fail the driving.
I came back the next day and did the motorcycle course perfectly. The examiner took my first test out of a folder and tore it up.
Right on! I had to wait a week. But I got it the second time!
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once it was safe since I already know the route.I usually check for signs if I'm not familiar with the route or if it's my first time.It was an automatic failure...a fair one at that. I wasn't upset because I knew they had the right to fail me.He told me that I would have passed if I hadn't ran a red light
