I failed my driver's test. Options

[*Kathleen*]

wa;ehgd;gh I DID EVERYTHING CORRECTLY MINUS GOING OVER THE SPEED LIMIT A BIT. ;zehgd;dfh *Rips hair out* I even got the parallel parking correct the first try. Anywho, as I was telling Cliff (he lives in Texas, mind you) this, he asked how I did with the written test, but in Pennsylvania, we don't need to take one - just a road test - in order to acquire your license. So we can get our permits at 16 and eligible for the test at 16 1/2. How is it in your states?

[*Libertie*]

Doesn't it just kill you? I know it killed me - I mean you would think you wouldn't get the major things right, like paralell parking. Noooo it's the stupid things. He made you pull over? My instructor was evil - he made me continue - here I thought I had passed since he didn't say anything.

Same for me my first time. Here's my story. =]

I got my driver's license in Texas my senior year of high school. Passed the test just fine, no problems whatsoever. The license was to expire on my 18th birthday, but I had moved to Oklahoma and was just planning on getting it renewed there. I went up about two weeks before my birthday, and the person told me, "Wait until you turn 18, it's just right around the corner. If we do it now, we'll need a signature from your mom and a note from your high school." Both of those were in Texas. I decided to wait.

My birthday was on a Sunday. The place is closed on Mondays. So I went in on Tuesday, and she said, "Oh.. your license expired the day before yesterday.. We can't renew an invalid license, you're gonna hafta retest." Esljtsdfjgfuitsr; yeah.

So a few months later I got a car and went in to take the test. I could only take the written test, so I did that, passed, whatever. I decided to get my permit in the meantime until I was able to make it in for the driving test, and that way I'd be able to drive a bit with Brandon since he's 21. I was totally ready the next Friday, so I went in and the woman told me, "Wait a minute.. You just got your permit last week. You have to wait 30 days before taking the driving test. February 16 is the date issued on your permit, March 16 is a Thursday and we won't do testing on Thursdays, so come in on that Friday the 17 to take your test."

Friday the 17, I walk in and the woman is like, "Okay, it's saying now that it hasn't been fully thirty days.. What's the deal.." and she's sitting there trying to figure it out, when finally I say, "Okay, so February has 28 days, tomorrow will be day 30, can you not just make an exception?" Obviously she didn't.

So the next week I go in to take the test. I wait for like two hours for someone to come out to the car, and finally she shows up. Turn signals, horn, start the car. Parallel parking, fine. Drive around the corner, left turn. I'm driving on the road, and there's like a box sitting right in the middle. So I slow down, use the shoulder to get around it, and keep going. I go back to the testing site, feeling like I've done everything perfectly. She then proceeds to tell me that since I used the shoulder, that is an automatic failure and I can come back in next week.

Hell yes I'm back the next week, I need to get this over with. It's a different woman. This time I'm WAY nervous, and I mess up a bit on the parallel parking, I make a really sharp left turn, I come back to the site KNOWING that I messed up bad but part of me is thinking "No way.. I can't fail twice. Surely not." Her reason for failing me: the sharp turn and a speed limit violation, which must have been me not paying attention because I was so nervous. I cried.

So yeah, I have the test memorized now but I'm nervous as hell to go back and take it. The last time I took the test was in April. It's coming up on August 14, which will be ONE YEAR since I've been trying to get my driver's license. So yeah, definitely don't feel bad.