Road test tomorrow!

[CrAz3D]

By the way, I found them about 20 minutes after posting. I added it all up and came to like 15 hours daytime and 7 hours nighttime, so I ended up bullshitting the rest of it (I ended up putting it in a OOo Calc sheet).

Doe that Jeep still run?

[Joe]

As little as that has to do with using OpenOffice.org Calc, yes, the Jeep still runs. And actually much better than Zagaroth left it (put about $200 into it, and made it worth around $1,500 according to my dad (who knows a lot about vehicle pricing and where to find them)).

Anywho, failed. I bombed parallel parking and hit the curb while backing up. Other than that, I did alright. The instructor said she usually sees worse from first-time drivers, so eh?

[Newby]

Anywho, failed. I bombed parallel parking and hit the curb while backing up. Other than that, I did alright. The instructor said she usually sees worse from first-time drivers, so eh?

WHAT THE FUCK? How do you manage to bump into the curb when you are pulling PARALLEL TO THE CURB AND BACKING UP ALONGSIDE IT? Do you not manage to keep the car straight or something?

I can understand fucking up parallel parking (between two cars.... not that crap of pulling next to a curb being "parallel parking"), but bumping into the motherfucking curb?!

[rabbit]

I'm pretty sure drunk Newby wouldn't even hit the curb :\

[iago]

Hitting the curb is easy when you're first backing into the spot, towards the curve, if you don't straighten out (soon) enough. I did it enough times while practicing. Of course, I was practicing in a van.

So what's the bottom line, did you get your license or no?

(Here, at least, hitting the curb doesn't fail you, it's just a few points. You have to go onto the curb to fail.)

[rabbit]

Anywho, failed.

Mr. Editor can't read

[Quik]

Anywho, failed. I bombed parallel parking and hit the curb while backing up. Other than that, I did alright. The instructor said she usually sees worse from first-time drivers, so eh?

WHAT THE FUCK? How do you manage to bump into the curb when you are pulling PARALLEL TO THE CURB AND BACKING UP ALONGSIDE IT? Do you not manage to keep the car straight or something?

I can understand fucking up parallel parking (between two cars.... not that crap of pulling next to a curb being "parallel parking"), but bumping into the motherfucking curb?!

He's not in California.

Most other states have different laws for the driving test. In California, you just have to back up straight without hitting the curb. I'm 99% sure he's saying that he actually had to parallel park between 2 cars.. in which case he didn't cut it enough while backing in and bumped up against the curb. Autofail.

[CrAz3D]

I sometimes hit the curb parallel parking...my truck is relatively larger, though.
...I can see it being moderately easy to hit the curb when turning in the first time like iago mentioned.

wow, I never had to learn to parallel park, though.  Dude just told us how and we did no such thing in our test.

[iago]

Anywho, failed.

Mr. Editor can't read

Ah, was skimming, missed the obvious!

So now there's a thread called "Got my license" where his failure is being discussed. Weird!

He's not in California.

Most other states have different laws for the driving test. In California, you just have to back up straight without hitting the curb. I'm 99% sure he's saying that he actually had to parallel park between 2 cars.. in which case he didn't cut it enough while backing in and bumped up against the curb. Autofail.

What do you have to do in California? Just pull up to an empty curb? That's crazy!

[Joe]

So now there's a thread called "Got my license" where his failure is being discussed. Weird!

The first post starts out as "psyche", but I'll change the topic name since it's kind of lame anyhow.

How do you manage to bump into the curb when you are pulling PARALLEL TO THE CURB AND BACKING UP ALONGSIDE IT? Do you not manage to keep the car straight or something?

I pulled a little bit too close to the curb (she said something along the lines of "pull over to the curb up here" so I thought I was parking, not backing up), and in combination with a little bit of play in the steering wheel (or it might have been off a little bit, it didn't take much with how close I was), I moved over a few inches from straight (I backed up a good 10ft before hitting the curb).

He's not in California.

Most other states have different laws for the driving test. In California, you just have to back up straight without hitting the curb. I'm 99% sure he's saying that he actually had to parallel park between 2 cars.. in which case he didn't cut it enough while backing in and bumped up against the curb. Autofail.

What do you have to do in California? Just pull up to an empty curb? That's crazy!

Actually what I had to do was parallel park behind a van. There wasn't a car behind me, since obviously student drivers are liable to hit it and the inspector doesn't want to deal with it, but I didn't crank as hard as I should have and was about 1.5ft further to the left than I should have been. I probably could have gotten in if I kept drive/reverse and getting over little by little, but I figured I'd give up and have the inspector think that I'm bad at parallel parking, before demoting myself to general idiot.

[iago]

Where I live, they put out 4 cones, a good distance apart (I practiced on like half the distance they give). You get three chances, and if you hit a cone or go over the curb, you automatically fail.

[dark_drake]

I only had to parallel park like 3x as part as driver's education. However, it wasn't with real cars; we just used cones with orange poles sticking up. It was such a pain in the ass because the teacher actually put them just a tad bit over the minimum amount of room you should have.

[CrAz3D]

I had to write down (make up) hours and then sign my license, and, uhm, drive away

[Newby]

I pulled a little bit too close to the curb (she said something along the lines of "pull over to the curb up here" so I thought I was parking, not backing up), and in combination with a little bit of play in the steering wheel (or it might have been off a little bit, it didn't take much with how close I was), I moved over a few inches from straight (I backed up a good 10ft before hitting the curb).

...

Actually what I had to do was parallel park behind a van. There wasn't a car behind me, since obviously student drivers are liable to hit it and the inspector doesn't want to deal with it, but I didn't crank as hard as I should have and was about 1.5ft further to the left than I should have been. I probably could have gotten in if I kept drive/reverse and getting over little by little, but I figured I'd give up and have the inspector think that I'm bad at parallel parking, before demoting myself to general idiot.

Were these two separate parts of your test? Parking behind a van being one, and then pulling next to a curb and backing up being another?

[dark_drake]

When will get to try again?