How many times did you take your road test before you got you passed?

[Nirvanaguy777]

When I took my first road test I failed for a bullshit reason, I took it in staten island and I wasnt used to the roads w.o having lines and my driving instructor told me like on the last minute I realized the street was on was a two way and i was in the wrong lane so outloud I said oh shoot and moved to the other lane, then I saw the stop sign and was about to hit my break rather a abrupt stop than no stop but the proctor hit it for me since she was a nervous bitch and was like you were about to run the stop sign and I just put my head on the wheel and knew it was over, did my K turn perfectly and parked perfeclty, we drove back to the site and she looked over at me and said "what were you thinking, if you hadnt done what you did at the stop sign you would have passed your good enough of a driver", then she sighed and I felt like shit the rest of the day. Next time I took the test in sheepshed bay I think it was near a sewage factory, aced that test probably because my proctor wasnt a nervous nelly and I had street lines. So how many times did it take you, did anyone have it as bad as I did on the first try?

[sblymnlcrymnl]

I took it twice.

[jmcc]

Once. I can't see how people fail the road test. Is it just anxiety or something or what?

[pimpinc333]

Third time is a charm

[Death2Sanity]

First try. No hassle whatsoever.

[Nirvanaguy777]

I took it twice.

how did you fail the first time

[FriskyTanuki]

Once, it was so easy that I had nothing to worry about.

[JimmieMac]

It took me one time, mainly because I'm not a retard.

[Nirvanaguy777]

Once. I can't see how people fail the road test. Is it just anxiety or something or what?

yes and not being used to the process

[CaseyRyback]

Twice. I had a problem with depth perception when I did the three point turn the first time

[Nirvanaguy777]

It took me one time, mainly because I'm not a retard.

well you are definatly an unfunny douche bag

[slidecage]

When I took my first road test I failed for a bullshit reason, I took it in staten island and I wasnt used to the roads w.o having lines and my driving instructor told me like on the last minute I realized the street was on was a two way and i was in the wrong lane so outloud I said oh shoot and moved to the other lane, then I saw the stop sign and was about to hit my break rather a abrupt stop than no stop but the proctor hit it for me since she was a nervous bitch and was like you were about to run the stop sign and I just put my head on the wheel and knew it was over, did my K turn perfectly and parked perfeclty, we drove back to the site and she looked over at me and said "what were you thinking, if you hadnt done what you did at the stop sign you would have passed your good enough of a driver", then she sighed and I felt like shit the rest of the day. Next time I took the test in sheepshed bay I think it was near a sewage factory, aced that test probably because my proctor wasnt a nervous nelly and I had street lines. So how many times did it take you, did anyone have it as bad as I did on the first try?


i think what scarys me the most is that you dont know the right line if they are not marked... I passsed on the first time but then again i think they pass everyone cause i almost got the person killed. They said go its your turn and i turned in front of a semi

[Nirvanaguy777]

the test is by far harder in Jersey and New York since we have some of the hardest areas to drive in, so the test is much harder for us

[gamefan1686]

One time

[spyhunterk19]

Alot of people dont under stand that it is MUCH harder in NY. Almost EVERYONE fails it the first time up there.

[SneakyPenguin]

I failed my first (and only so far) time because I scraped the bumper doing a k turn. I also got a ton of bullshit stuff though. I need to take that again.

[Nirvanaguy777]

Alot of people dont under stand that it is MUCH harder in NY. Almost EVERYONE fails it the first time up there.

dude i just said that, these people dont know man, NY REPRESENTIN

[JimmieMac]

Don't get mad because The Man is keepingyou down with his bull shit "rules" and "laws" You don't know how to drive and shouldn't have a license.

[scsg75]

regular license, one time, then I had to get a CDL for work, took that one time and passed. You think a regular road test is nerve racking, try the CDL for transporting hazardous material one, so many things to remember to do and not to do.

[chrisp450]

It took me one time...and thats all it should take. I'm guessing most people fail because of nerves??
If that is the case, they shouldn't be allowed to drive.
If I had it my way, anyone who failed would be forced to take drivers education over again, unless you had some kind of appeal process for a bullshit reason (of failing).
I don't mean to be a dick, but if you were driving in the wrong lane, you should have failed automatically...I can see why the person was nervous.

[slidecage]

OOO i forgot to add. I got it the first time right , well my parents let me drive home from taking the test and wanted to stop at the store and i hit the wall of the store pulling up to park... IT was so freaking funny didnt even have it for an hour and already hit a wall

[sblymnlcrymnl]

I took it twice.

how did you fail the first time

I don't remember exactly, but I think it had to do with not knowing where the controls were at the begining of the test and not knowing which way to turn the wheels on a hill. :(

[scuba]

only took me once

[swetooth9]

yea, im glad i dont live in one of the big cities...i wouldnt drive in the big cities anyway...bus would be good enough for me in NY...but i live in NC and cars are the ONLY way to go...

[Nirvanaguy777]

Don't get mad because The Man is keepingyou down with his bull shit "rules" and "laws" You don't know how to drive and shouldn't have a license.

i have my liscense, i did fail because of bullshit last time, second time it was perfect, the instructor even said wow that was perfect, and he passed me, so ha

[epobirs]

But have you passed any written English tests?

[sblymnlcrymnl]

But have you passed any written English tests?

:lol:

[Nirvanaguy777]

It took me one time...and thats all it should take. I'm guessing most people fail because of nerves??
If that is the case, they shouldn't be allowed to drive.
If I had it my way, anyone who failed would be forced to take drivers education over again, unless you had some kind of appeal process for a bullshit reason (of failing).
I don't mean to be a dick, but if you were driving in the wrong lane, you should have failed automatically...I can see why the person was nervous.

have you ever been to staten island, the lanes are narrow as hell, its nearly impossible to tell if its a two way street in some suburban areas, there were no cars parked on the opposite side for me to tell either, dude dont talk if you dont know alright.

[guessed]

I took my road test three times. I think the tester just had something against me (no idea what), because she couldn't tell me anything that I did wrong either time.

[Gothic Walrus]

Once...but that would be because of Michigan's driver's ed system. It requires a lot of practicing, which is the only reason why I didn't fail completely.

[Nirvanaguy777]

96 on my english regent, was in AP english in highschool, got i think 680 on the english portion of the SATs, was going to major in it but decided to go with psychology in the end. I just dont feel I need to be proper and gramatical on a fucking message board.

[Pylis]

Passed my test the first time. The guy basically had me drive around a neighborhood, told me I did good, and passed me.

[SadieDee]

I live in Ohio and passed it on the first try.

I guess I had a really nice instructor compared to who my friends got.

[chrisp450]

have you ever been to staten island, the lanes are narrow as hell, its nearly impossible to tell if its a two way street in some suburban areas, there were no cars parked on the opposite side for me to tell either, dude dont talk if you dont know alright.

How are you gonna try to tell me something? "Don't talk if you don't know all right(alright is not a word ;).
No I haven't been to Staten Island....that isn't my point.
My point is, if you don't know the area you are driving in, you should PROBABLY pay MUCH more attention to your surroundings.
If you are driving down the wrong side of the road, that is your own fault, and you should not be allowed to drive.
You had to know when you posted asking how many times it took people to pass their driving test, you were gonna probably get some shit....especially if you explain that YOU DROVE DOWN THE WRONG SIDE OF THE STREET. YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS BEING ON THE ROAD IF YOU DO THIS...Obviously that is something you learned from, and it probably hasn't happened since...but your driving test should have been over RIGHT THEN.

[basketkase543]

I passed it the first time though I was incredibly nervous. I remember trying to start the car from a stop and my foot was trermbling over the accelerator.

[Sartori]

Once. I can't see how people fail the road test.

[Scorch]

Once. I can't see how people fail the road test.

[SadieDee]

Now, how many people failed the written test? Lol, I'll laugh if you got the "what is red and has eight sides" question wrong.

When I was at the BMV waiting for my test to be graded, a woman abut 35 failed her test and started freaking out and said "Not Again!" :shock:

I passed mine on the first try. I don't know about other states, but Ohio had a lot of funny questions on theirs...

[rockhero]

One time, piece of cake.

[Zero Harvester]

I passed on my first try. It just... went well.

The instructor did take off points for a couple really dumb things though(one of them I am almost sure is total crap).

[Cubanx]

First time. My score only got dinged for speeding :)

[FriskyTanuki]

Now, how many people failed the written test? Lol, I'll laugh if you got the "what is red and has eight sides" question wrong.

When I was at the BMV waiting for my test to be graded, a woman abut 35 failed her test and started freaking out and said "Not Again!" :shock:

I passed mine on the first try. I don't know about other states, but Ohio had a lot of funny questions on theirs...

Yeah, I remember those. There was one about the speed limit if you're going down a dirt road with a truck with someone in the back. Another about how far your horn should be able to be heard. Those made me question if they seemed too easy and were a trick.

[Stoneage]

"have you ever been to staten island, the lanes are narrow as hell, its nearly impossible to tell if its a two way street in some suburban areas"

Isn't it usual to assume you are on a two-way street?

[MadChedar0]

1st time, in a '92 Buick Roadmaster. Beat that.

[zewone]

My 1st time I passed with the minimum amount of points possible to pass. I like to live on the edge. :D

[dustyeff]

I took it thrice.

The first time, I had this fucking ASSHOLE guy who had something against me because I am a skinny dude with a decent car. He was this obese asshole, when he came out and saw my convertible, he rolled his eyes at me. So I did everything perfect, and I was like "Fuck yeah, this asshole can't flunk me." and I roll into the parking lot, and he's like yeah, you were using the brakes too hard, and I think you rolled through a stop sign. Learn to stop and ease the brakes.. I'm like "WTF? I stopped for too long, if ANYTHING. And since when is smooooooth riding a requirement?"

Anyway, the 2nd time it was raining, and my car is a convertible, as I said, so it has a really tiny back window, and I clipped a cone on the parallel parking cuz I couldn't see it, heh.

Third time was fine, and I've only been in one little minor fender bender after about 15,000 miles. Go me.

[Spruce]

Heh, first time. We took four rights and then back into the parking lot. Didn't make me park or anything. But what do you expect for Valdosta, GA...? Damn glad I got out of that place.

Actually, Bemiss Road (the main drag leading to Moody AFB) has the highest per capita death toll in the state. I guess no one at the DOT thought to link that stat to the ease with which one gets a license.

They even named it the Highway of Death (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22highway+of+death%22+bemiss&b tnG=Search) in '97.

[rickc25]

Only took me one try but a lot of my friends has to take it a few times. Here in MA you go out with a state trooper, and the one at the DMV in my town is known for his sadistic driving tests that are purposely designed to make people fail on obscure stuff.

[FriskyTanuki]

I took the written test 3 times, but I passed all three times. The road test was definitely much easier.

[svsaith]

I passed the first time.

[pimp_daddy_smurf]

once, got my liscense suspended about a week after that though

dont get it back till im 18

[Rig]

I wasn't nervous when I took the test, and I only took it once. It was pretty easy. The reason it being so was that I had been driving since I was six. We lived on a farm, so I would have to drive trucks and such while farming. I took the test in a big city, and it went perfectly well.

[Moxio]

First time. Wasn't that tough.

[bignick]

Once. I was lucky though. It was new years eve of 1996. There was a huge snow storm. I took my grandpa's tempo. No was was I gonn take it in the V8 Crown Vic. Since I wanted to be safe, all I did was take my foot off the brake and let the car go 2mph. Since you couldnt see any lines, the instructor was like, how would you parallel park. Im like, carefully look in the mirros.......

[TurkeyOnRye]

I had to take it twice, but only because the state trooper giving me the test couldn't find a good place to parallel park, so he made me do it behind a fire truck by a grass curb. He told me I already failed it but asked if I wanted to run through the test anyway for tips, which I did perfectly. I even parallel parked perfectly. I still had to wait a week though to try again. :x

[fieldkillah]

Once, I kept forgetting what lane was the passing lane. I found out afterwards that the state trooper (who was a lady) told my driving instructor that 'he was a bad driver but he was cute'

[jlarlee]

Once. I can't see how people fail the road test. Is it just anxiety or something or what?

yes and not being used to the process

Different states have different difficulties in road tests. My wife pretty much just drove around a block to get hers. Now when I got mine in Maine i had to do hillstops and parallel park and the damn thing took 40 minutes. Almost no one would get their license on the first try. So I got mine on my second try

[Ugamer_X]

Once, and I got flipped off during the test by another driver...

One thing I would like to ask though...Why do the instuctors(?) have ice cold personalitites? I mean, I know they work at the DMV, but still; I think if they at least cracked a smile once before you took the test you'd be a little more at ease.

[evilpenguin9000]

Ya know it's weird, I never took an actual driving test at the DMV. In Va. if you score a high enough combined score on the driving course, on the road class and written exam you don't have to take it. So I didn't. I now have to renew my license tho and have to retake the written test again and am sweating it. I have a fear that I'll fail and be pulled for driving home without a license.

[jbroush99]

I passed my first time, buy just barely. I think I needed to get a score of 75 (however they calculate that) and my final score was 77.
I was very lucky because one of my friends took the test a few days before and failed. He told me which instructor he had, the exact route they took, and which manuevers he had to do.
I ended up having the same instructor and my test was exactly the same as my friends. I guess my nerves got to me since I knew exactly what to do and still barely passed.
14 years of driving, 1 ticket (speeding), 2 warnings (speeding and missing front license plate), and 2 accidents (both were other drivers fault and repairs were paid by their insurance, RIP Dodge Omni)

[Tromack]

Once. However, I did get reprimanded by the lady. After I parallel parked, I turned on my signal to pull out. A car pulled up behind me, stopped, and waved me to go. I waved to them to go, but they waved at me to go again, so I pulled out. The lady yelled at me and said I should have waited for them. It pissed me off.

[Nirvanaguy777]

Once. However, I did get reprimanded by the lady. After I parallel parked, I turned on my signal to pull out. A car pulled up behind me, stopped, and waved me to go. I waved to them to go, but they waved at me to go again, so I pulled out. The lady yelled at me and said I should have waited for them. It pissed me off.

my friend failed in a similar mannner, he was at a 4 way intersection and the guy kept waving him to go even though it wasnt his right of way, so my friend went and the instructor failed him, thats how harsh the NY instructors are.

[DT778]

I took it thrice.

The first time, I had this shaq-fuing ASSHOLE guy who had something against me because I am a skinny dude with a decent car. He was this obese asshole, when he came out and saw my convertible, he rolled his eyes at me. So I did everything perfect, and I was like "shaq-fu yeah, this asshole can't flunk me." and I roll into the parking lot, and he's like yeah, you were using the brakes too hard, and I think you rolled through a stop sign. Learn to stop and ease the brakes.. I'm like "WTF? I stopped for too long, if ANYTHING. And since when is smooooooth riding a requirement?"

Anyway, the 2nd time it was raining, and my car is a convertible, as I said, so it has a really tiny back window, and I clipped a cone on the parallel parking cuz I couldn't see it, heh.

Third time was fine, and I've only been in one little minor fender bender after about 15,000 miles. Go me.

Maybe you shouldn't have said "shaq-fu yeah, this asshole can't flunk me."

[beerguy961]

Once. I can't see how people fail the road test. Is it just anxiety or something or what?

Once, but in Cali. No Parallel Park, easy...

[jmcc]

Once. However, I did get reprimanded by the lady. After I parallel parked, I turned on my signal to pull out. A car pulled up behind me, stopped, and waved me to go. I waved to them to go, but they waved at me to go again, so I pulled out. The lady yelled at me and said I should have waited for them. It pissed me off.

my friend failed in a similar mannner, he was at a 4 way intersection and the guy kept waving him to go even though it wasnt his right of way, so my friend went and the instructor failed him, thats how harsh the NY instructors are.

How is that harsh? He did something he wasn't supposed to. Unless it's the instructor or a cop directing traffic telling him to break a rule he shouldn't take anyone else's advice.

[dustyeff]

I took it thrice.

The first time, I had this shaq-fuing ASSHOLE guy who had something against me because I am a skinny dude with a decent car. He was this obese asshole, when he came out and saw my convertible, he rolled his eyes at me. So I did everything perfect, and I was like "shaq-fu yeah, this asshole can't flunk me." and I roll into the parking lot, and he's like yeah, you were using the brakes too hard, and I think you rolled through a stop sign. Learn to stop and ease the brakes.. I'm like "WTF? I stopped for too long, if ANYTHING. And since when is smooooooth riding a requirement?"

Anyway, the 2nd time it was raining, and my car is a convertible, as I said, so it has a really tiny back window, and I clipped a cone on the parallel parking cuz I couldn't see it, heh.

Third time was fine, and I've only been in one little minor fender bender after about 15,000 miles. Go me.

Maybe you shouldn't have said "shaq-fu yeah, this asshole can't flunk me."

Haha. I knew I did SOMETHING wrong.

[Dante Devil]

once

[R1V3R5]

Once in Michigan. Once in Alabama.

[craven_fiend]

1 time is all i needed. mainly because i live in a town where there is barely any reason to drive in the town other than coming home and going to work, other than that, there is little to no traffic.

[KrazyKefka]

I took mine twice. The instructor said I didn't completely stop at a sign and executed a "rolling stop". Oddly enough, I passed my maneuverability test on the first try and it was the one that I had the most problem with while practicing.

[SteveMcQ]

Once.

[alongx]

in NJ, you need a pulse to get a license. maybe.

[MasterLin1]

Once

[RandyTsai]

I had to take the written test twice to pass, but only had to take the driving test once.

[dnt_h8me2]

When I took my first road test I failed for a bullshit reason, I took it in staten island and I wasnt used to the roads w.o having lines and my driving instructor told me like on the last minute I realized the street was on was a two way and i was in the wrong lane so outloud I said oh shoot and moved to the other lane, then I saw the stop sign and was about to hit my break rather a abrupt stop than no stop but the proctor hit it for me since she was a nervous bitch and was like you were about to run the stop sign and I just put my head on the wheel and knew it was over, did my K turn perfectly and parked perfeclty, we drove back to the site and she looked over at me and said "what were you thinking, if you hadnt done what you did at the stop sign you would have passed your good enough of a driver", then she sighed and I felt like shit the rest of the day. Next time I took the test in sheepshed bay I think it was near a sewage factory, aced that test probably because my proctor wasnt a nervous nelly and I had street lines. So how many times did it take you, did anyone have it as bad as I did on the first try?
Whatever happened to using periods in a sentence??
J/K...I didn't even HAVE to take a driving test to get my license.

[thesilentshadow30]

Just once and scored 100%

[Nirvanaguy777]

Once. However, I did get reprimanded by the lady. After I parallel parked, I turned on my signal to pull out. A car pulled up behind me, stopped, and waved me to go. I waved to them to go, but they waved at me to go again, so I pulled out. The lady yelled at me and said I should have waited for them. It pissed me off.

my friend failed in a similar mannner, he was at a 4 way intersection and the guy kept waving him to go even though it wasnt his right of way, so my friend went and the instructor failed him, thats how harsh the NY instructors are.

How is that harsh? He did something he wasn't supposed to. Unless it's the instructor or a cop directing traffic telling him to break a rule he shouldn't take anyone else's advice.

the other guy wasnt going to move, what was he supposed to do sit there and twiddle his thumbs while the guy kept waving him on

[greendj27]

Only took me one try.

[Othergods]

I never took the test, I won my waiver by betting on a basketball game with my drivers ed/soccer coach teacher. No seriously, that was the kid who sat next to me. I took the test in drivers ed at school and received a test waiver, I went to the DMV handed over the waiver and got my picture taken and was on my way.

[6669]

I haven't taken it yet :(

[jmcc]

Once. However, I did get reprimanded by the lady. After I parallel parked, I turned on my signal to pull out. A car pulled up behind me, stopped, and waved me to go. I waved to them to go, but they waved at me to go again, so I pulled out. The lady yelled at me and said I should have waited for them. It pissed me off.

my friend failed in a similar mannner, he was at a 4 way intersection and the guy kept waving him to go even though it wasnt his right of way, so my friend went and the instructor failed him, thats how harsh the NY instructors are.

How is that harsh? He did something he wasn't supposed to. Unless it's the instructor or a cop directing traffic telling him to break a rule he shouldn't take anyone else's advice.

the other guy wasnt going to move, what was he supposed to do sit there and twiddle his thumbs while the guy kept waving him on

Yes. In the cut and dried world of red pen checks of a driving test he should have sat there. You gotta clear anything like that with the guy testing you, because anything else is going to get you points off. They'll assume you don't know what you're doing.

[Spacepest]

Passed on my first try.

During my test some stupid little kid ran out right in the middle of the road in front of my car too. I slammed on the brakes and didn't hit the kid. I'm surprised the lady testing me didn't fail me because of that, but then again she looked as scared as I was because of that stupid kid, so she was probably willing to overlook the whiplash. Seriously, what kind of moron lets their 3 year old kids play around unsupervised in the middle of a street next to DMV???

[Nirvanaguy777]

Passed on my first try.

During my test some stupid little kid ran out right in the middle of the road in front of my car too. I slammed on the brakes and didn't hit the kid. I'm surprised the lady testing me didn't fail me because of that, but then again she looked as scared as I was because of that stupid kid, so she was probably willing to overlook the whiplash. Seriously, what kind of moron lets their 3 year old kids play around unsupervised in the middle of a street next to DMV???

if anything doing that helps you pass, the first time some little kid ran out in front of my car i slammed the breaks horrified because i could have killed him, luckily i didnt, the proctor probably was real proud even though they dont say anything.

[pimp tyranny]

i passed the first time. it was easy. if you fail it the first time, i think they should make you wait a year before you can try again.

[punqsux]

yeah i took it twice in ny...almost everyone i know took it at least twice.

you take good drivers for granted...driving in pittsburgh is hell...no one signals...ever!

[Ledhed]

Once. I had to take it at 7 in the morning too, because I had to be on a plane at 11 AM.

[NeueZiel]

Once, but the instructor yelled at me. An ambulance was about a block or two over, and he said that whenever you hear sirens no matter how far away they are you should pull over.

[Monsta Mack]

Once. Booyah, driving school paid off... sorta.

[daria19]

Twice. I had a problem with depth perception when I did the three point turn the first time

Same here, but I had to take the test using my parent's station wagon so there was less room for error. I misjudged the distance the first time and hit the curb with the front tires. d*mn, that was like 13 years ago...scary!

[$hady]

Twice failed me for speeding the 1st time.

Now the rest of the story: I was going 22 in a 25 zone when the instructor said something. I never heard him tell me assume everything is a speed limit of 15. I took the test in a small town and you took it in downtown.

[Magician]

I.... still haven't took mine yet. :cry:

[Zenithian Legend]

Once, us horses are excellent drivers.