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GhandiEAGLE
United States20754 Posts
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Karis Vas Ryaar
United States4396 Posts
On September 14 2016 09:28 GhandiEAGLE wrote: I failed my first test because I wasn't able to back around a corner or parallel park well enough. That should tell you all you need to know >.> I failed the first two. first one I couldn't tell if a lane was a bike lane or a turn lane and didn't want to wreck the car so I turned from the wrong lane. second one was a weird crosswalk sort of in the middle of the road that someone was using. you should do fine but hopefully your familiar with where you'll be driving | ||
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Gahlo
United States35174 Posts
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Requizen
United States33802 Posts
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WaveofShadow
Canada31495 Posts
Once was because I 'didn't stop for a pedestrian at a crosswalk' when the pedestrian was coming out of a building 50 feet from the crosswalk (these people apparently need to fill failure quotas for the day here or some shit) and the second was because I fucked up backing in or parallel parking or something. Completely unrelated: I know you guys love Pokemon and stuff, a former classmate of mine just opened up an...etsy store? Is that right? Anyway. Maybe you guys would be interested? https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/StringsAway | ||
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iCanada
Canada10660 Posts
Apparently walking out of glowy stuff on the ground is a difficult skill. | ||
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killerdog
Denmark6522 Posts
On September 14 2016 12:47 Gahlo wrote: I failed my first test because I didn't look left before turning right. Normally, I'd agree, but I had 3 lanes to the left of my going straight and body blocking for me. I instantly fail if i forget to look over my shoulder when two lanes "merge", or even if i move slightly towards the middle of the road (and then again going back) to pass a parked car, even if it's literally a completely empty road for miles in either direction. You can stall or w/e a few times, but forget a single shoulder look and RIP Main thing i'm afraid of is completely fucking up reversing around corners, or getting caught out by a strange lane merge or something and not checking properly that all surrounding lanes are clear. T.T Thanks everyone :D, lets wreck this | ||
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Gahlo
United States35174 Posts
On September 14 2016 13:52 killerdog wrote: I instantly fail if i forget to look over my shoulder when two lanes "merge", or even if i move slightly towards the middle of the road (and then again going back) to pass a parked car, even if it's literally a completely empty road for miles in either direction. You can stall or w/e a few times, but forget a single shoulder look and RIP Main thing i'm afraid of is completely fucking up reversing around corners, or getting caught out by a strange lane merge or something and not checking properly that all surrounding lanes are clear. T.T Thanks everyone :D, lets wreck this Knock on wood. | ||
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MooMooMugi
United States10531 Posts
This looks very promising but wish they were longer | ||
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killerdog
Denmark6522 Posts
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Duvon
Sweden2360 Posts
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Fildun
Netherlands4124 Posts
Easiest exam of your life. | ||
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mordek
United States12705 Posts
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Doctorbeat
Netherlands13241 Posts
On September 14 2016 21:03 mordek wrote: Pretty sure I just passed my test without much issue... maybe you guys have more intense driving exams lol. In the Netherlands it's around 30-40 hours of instructed driving. There's also a theory test on road signs, legal stuff and rules(how heavy a trailer can i have behind my car?) and danger assessment. After that there is an examination, your driving instructor will be there with you but he won't be taking the exam for you. The examinator is from a government institute. In Germany there is also a compulsory First Aid course connected and I know that in some Scandinavian countries there is a compulsory anti-skid course. | ||
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mordek
United States12705 Posts
On September 14 2016 21:11 Doctorbeat wrote: In the Netherlands it's around 30-40 hours of instructed driving. There's also a theory test on road signs, legal stuff and rules(how heavy a trailer can i have behind my car?) and danger assessment. After that there is an examination, your driving instructor will be there with you but he won't be taking the exam for you. The examinator is from a government institute. In Germany there is also a compulsory First Aid course connected and I know that in some Scandinavian countries there is a compulsory anti-skid course. Yeah we have to do so many hours of driver's ed, take a written exam and do an in-car exam. I just remember being nervous but it not being crazy. Then again I'm an old foagie relatively so could be my memory  | ||
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Crusnik
United States5378 Posts
Still not sure if I want to get a CDL-B, would be nice to have, but meh, it's another thing that I don't really want to get since it just means I'll end up making 14 hour drives to pick up shit for the owner.... | ||
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killerdog
Denmark6522 Posts
In denmark it's some number of hours of lessons, like 26 or something, on theory. As well as 16x45 minute driving sessions out with the instructor. Pretty much everyone also takes 5-20 extra driving sessions on top of that over the period between theory ending and your final driving exam, to keep in shape and to keep learning. Then a theory test which is 25 pictures with a few questions to each about how you'd proceed. If you get one of the questions on a picture wrong the picture is failed, you can fail up to 5 pictures. That covers stuff like speed limits, rules for changing lanes, different types of corners and who has to yield to whom in each, road signs etc. Then you do a one day course on driving in hazardous conditions + high speed braking and avoidance manouveres. Then the test itself is with a police representative in the car with you. First 2-4 minutes of him asking verbal questions and making you demonstrate things about the car. (how many mm deep do your tyres need to be, and how to you check. How do you check your steering is functioning. How do brakes work and how do you check. How many meters are the various lights meant to light up and how do you check them. Fluids in the engine etc etc.) If you can answer all those then you go out driving for about 30 minutes. I think they have a checklist of like 30-40 things you need to pull off properly, and if you mess any up or look unsure they adapt to test you further on those. Stuff like right hand turns, left hand turns, various types of lights, various one way streets, different types of yielding crossroads where you have to demonstrate you know who has right of way etc. You need to do 2-4 parking manoeuvres out of a list (paralell parking, reversing around a corner, driving forward into a box, reversing into a box etc.) You basically fail if you ever do anything without first properly orientating yourself, literally one instance of not checking the appropriate shoulder in a lane merge or turn and it's insta fail. Or if you do anything unsafe (speeding, run a light, not stopping for stop signs, one way streets etc,) or just seem super uncomfortable (being way too timid, driving way below the speed limit etc.) Had the test at 9am right in the city center, so there was quite a lot of traffic around, and a fuckload of bikes everywhere doing crazy shit. Actually saw a cyclist get knocked off his bike by a car as I was driving towards the test with my instructor. Interesting omen :p I actually fucked up pretty quickly, got theory fine and the first few turns were fine, but about 5 minutes in we were on a big road turning left off it, there were two cars in the cross infront of us waiting, and I saw the light turn yellow, so I decided to stay assuming i'd missed it. Then the cars infront drive, and the isntructor asks me why I'm not driving and points out there's a turn left arrow that's still green. >.>.>.>.> Was too late to make it over though so i just stayed rather than guaranteeing a failure by trying to rush through, and carried on. After that I made a second error where we'd parked on the side of the road and he asked me to do a 3 point turn. Road was completely empty except for a cyclist who I allowed to pass first, but then I forgot to indicate as i pulled out into the 3 point turn. Noticed it straight away and mentioned it. Other than that I think I had two stalls around big hills, and backing around a corner was absolute cancer (it was massively downhill both sides of the corner, so it was impossible to control, plus there was a large ditch between the road and pavement.) That took about 3 minutes and involved multiple switches between reverse and forward, but I kept it on the road and kept it along the kerb so I guess that was good enough. Apparently I wasn't very close to failing, as in all situations where I messed up I had good awareness of my surroundings, so there wasn't any danger at all. So they were just small marks off or something and not failure worthy. I was half expecting him to turn us around again at the very start when I'm getting honked at with the handbrake active while I have a green light though :p I've just spent the last hour or so driving my mum around on all her daily errands (like 20km of driving) in order to convince her I'm capable enough to borrow her car in the future :p | ||
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Duvon
Sweden2360 Posts
When my mom and I are out driving (either of us at the wheel), we comment each other on things we should do better. I've since we started doing this learned that a lot of people treat their driving skills like something sacred which can't be criticised... eh what? | ||
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killerdog
Denmark6522 Posts
On September 14 2016 22:48 Duvon wrote: Btw, on the topic of driving: When my mom and I are out driving (either of us at the wheel), we comment each other on things we should do better. I've since we started doing this learned that a lot of people treat their driving skills like something sacred which can't be criticised... eh what? It's pretty tilting to have running commentary, especially if the person doesn't know how to do it properly/actually knows a SHITLOAD about driving perfectly :p My mum started giving a strange mix of tips, comments, congratulations, warnings, and urgently telling me to do something I was already doing, on top of the occasional blatantly incorrect remark or piece of information about what was coming up ahead. All in exactly the same tone of voice so it was hard to tell which each thing was. Was definitely the opposite of helpful~ | ||
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jcarlsoniv
United States27922 Posts
when I'm getting honked at with the handbrake active while I have a green light though why in the world did you have the handbrake active? | ||
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