I haven't told you guys yet. But I got my Driver's Permit in January. I just kept forgetting to say something about it.
I actually failed the test three times before I got it. That is what I get for not studying. The only reason I passed it the fourth time was I looked up the right answers for the questions I knew I'd gotten wrong.
It was a bit of a disaster. When I was doing the eye-sight thing, I was looking into the viewer at an odd angle. The guy there told me to read the letters. So, I read the three rows I saw. Apparently there was another row of letters, I had to move over a little bit so I could see it.
And then he asked me on which side of me the lights were blinking. They were blinking on both sides, so I said both.
"Which side?"
"Both sides, sir."
"And which side is that?"
"The left and the right..."
"Good, ok you passed."
I guess he wanted to make sure I knew my left from my right? I don't know why my first answer didn't work.
But, anywho, be careful when you're talking a walk. Because I can legally drive now.
Posted by Advent 115 (Member # 8914) on :
Good for you Steve. Driving can open up a whole new world to you.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
Like the inside of the police station. Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
Y'know? The Police Station is the only building that I know the exact location of over here in Saratoga Springs... It kinda scares some of my friends around here.
Posted by sweetbaboo (Member # 8845) on :
Congratulations Steve! Woo hoo!
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
quote:Originally posted by Stan the man: Y'know? The Police Station is the only building that I know the exact location of over here in Saratoga Springs... It kinda scares some of my friends around here.
And why is that?
Posted by Ender12 (Member # 8873) on :
aww! nothin like having the freedom to leave when parents seem unbearable!
Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
Depending on which part you refer too.
1) I avoid Saratoga Springs like the plague. There is nothing for me over there that I can't get closer to my house. That and Traffic is all jacked up due to the way the roads are set up.
2) I have no idea why it's the only building that I know where it is. I've only had to go into a couple of jails to bail some old friends out, and that wasn't one of them.
3) I have no idea why it scares them. I have had very few interactions with the Police around here. The first was for speeding when it had just changed limits...warning. The second was for a swerve. It was about 10 below and the truck hadn't warmed up yet and my fingers were numb...warning.
BTW, I had nothing to drink for either of them. That's what taxis are for, but you don't have to worry about that for another 6 years or so.
Posted by Architraz Warden (Member # 4285) on :
Heh, during my last eye test the entire left half of the viewer was broken. I made a fairly entertaining scene when I discovered this when I was renewing my license this past time. I blame the 4.5 hour wait I'd been through...
DMV Peon #582: "Please close your left eye and read row number three." Me: "A 4 V F R Q" DMV Peon #582: "Good. Please close your right eye and read row number three." Me: ".... OH NO, I'VE GONE BLIND" DMV Peon #582: "Good. Wait, wha..." Me: *looks up from the viewer* "HOORAY, I'M CURED!" DMV Peon #582: "..." Me: *looks back into viewer* "OH NO, NOT AGAIN! You know, on second thought I think the left half of your viewer thing is broken." DMV Peon #582: "Really? Alright, try the next one down."
Note: No offense to any Arizona or Maricopa Country DMV employees. You all have my sincerest condolences. I'm just still terribly bitter two years later. My assigned number was #582, and when I got out of the 45 minute line they were helping #560. I didn't think that was too bad, until I realized I had to wait for the number system to lap around once. 122 people and over three hours after that, I wound up a jaded AZ driver.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
I'm so glad I live in a small town. My wait was only about five minutes.
Posted by Architraz Warden (Member # 4285) on :
I'm just glad I don't have to go back for 40 years (and no, that isn't a joke).
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
May I be the first to wish you Mazel Tov! Learn how to read a map -- a map and a car are a great combination.
Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
Maps? We don't need no stinkin Maps! Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
MEN don't -- but WOMEN know how to read and use 'em . . . And it sure beats the heck out of circling the same block a half-dozen times while the MAN avoids looking at a map -- and god forbid, stopping and asking for directions!
Congrat's on the driver's license, dear -- get a friend who can read the map for you. *wink*
Posted by Advent 115 (Member # 8914) on :
We men trust our instincts for direction over any map.
Oh, I just couldn't hold a strait face while saying that. The first thing I was forced to learn is that in my city I had better keep a map or I'll get lost forever.
Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :
Admittedly, I do use maps. On backpacking trips. I use them on my long road trip, but it's just for which highway to which highway. I look at it before I leave on trip, decide which highways I want to take, and never look at it again. Of course, for this reason I try to minimize the amount of highways I use.
Oh, an' I never did congratulate you for the permit. Congratulations, may your parents not go white knuckled when you are behind the wheel.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
Its not a license; its a permit. I CAN drive, but I can only drive if one of my parents are sitting in the passenger seat. You can't get your license until you are 16 here in Missouri.
Posted by Artemisia Tridentata (Member # 8746) on :
I still remember my first licence. The written exam was administered by Mike Wilson's Mom. When she corrected the pencil and paper test, She kept saying; "A?" "Are you sure you didn't mean C?" etc. After she proof-read the thing, I passed. I did parallel park by my self.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
Who is Mike Wilson?
Posted by Artemisia Tridentata (Member # 8746) on :
He shaired a locker with me in School.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
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Oh, I just couldn't hold a strait face while saying that. The first thing I was forced to learn is that in my city I had better keep a map or I'll get lost forever.