How many times did it take you to pass...

Sie

...Your driving test?

(Its certifaction/exam related to an extent )

Failed for the second time today

Opposite of what i failed for last time which takes the...ermm..... biscuit.

ajs1976

Passed my driving test the first time, but failed the permit test because I forget my glasses and couldn't read the eye chart.

7255carl

i had four tests never actually failed though, first time the car was hit by a taxi that turned the wrong way into the one way street i was driving down - test abandoned, second time car broke down - test abandoned, third time - heavy snow - test abandoned, passed on fourth attempt.......just!

Darthn3ss

took the test 3 times.

first time they said i signaled too early or some stuff. 2nd time my brake lights magically went out. 3rd time was a pass.

royal

Passed mine first time. It's completely unreal what my driving test included. I got in the car, drove across a major intersection into side streets, and then passed. It took me 45 seconds of driving. The person who was scoring me must have not cared or had something more important to intend to.

bighornsheep

We have graduate driver's testing in my province. Written->Level 1->Level 2 (Graduate licence)

I passed written in one shot, took me 2 times to get level 1, and 2 times to get level 2

/usr

I passed mine the first try, the day I turned 16.

NinjaBoy

Passed both my theory and my practical driving tests first time (about 1 & 1/2 years between them though).

-Ken

Slowhand

I failed my actual driving test once. It was about three days after my 16th birthday, and I was scheduled to have knee surgery the day after. Suffice it to say, my head wasn't exactly in the game. Two months later, when my knee had healed up, I retook the test and aced it.

Sie

Sounds like i need to pop over to the US and pass there instead

KGhaleon

Had to go to some driving school and pass a test, which was pretty easy. It was the toughest part about getting my license. Even though it was only a day class, there was this old man with poor hearing sitting next to me that I helped throughout the day. It was nightmarish...his earpiece kept falling out and I practically had to help him with his test while doing my own. I knew I'd fail...but I passed! o_O he did too. -_- Maybe the teacher just felt bad for me. The other students there were laughing at me the whole time. It was quite embarrassing.

I went and passed the written test. It was pretty easy, if I recall. I then practiced and took my driving test. My driving instructor was a nice, old lady...so she passed me.

KG

JdotQ

Passed the written and driving sections on the first try

corey1980

1st time. I live in Phoenix, AZ and I took my driving test in June when it was about 110 degrees outside. Well, my piece of crap truck at the time didn't have air conditioning and the people doing the test aren't allowed to roll down the windows. The first question my driving instructor asked when I got in the truck was how cold my AC was. I laughed and told him I didn't have any AC at all. We then proceeded to drive around the block 1 time and went back. I passed and was only on the road for about 30 seconds. I guess it paid having an old beat up truck for my driver's test

supertechCETma

Passed the drivers test first time.
Passed the Class C test the first time in a fire truck.
Passed the motorcycle endorsement first time.

What's the problem :

matradley

Graduated license in Ontario:

- G1 (1st test - written and visual + 1 year driving with a licensed driver);
- G2 (2nd test - road test + 1 more year before the G); and
- G (3rd test - road test with highway)

I, thankfully, passed them all on my first tries.

RussS

The only test/exam I have ever failed first time up was Sec+

boyles23

I passed the first time on my written and driving test. I actually didn't have to take the drivers ed class ( just driving) because I tested out of it.

On my motorcycle endorsement it took me one time also.

Stan27

Sie wrote:

...Your driving test?

(Its certifaction/exam related to an extent )

Failed for the second time today

Opposite of what i failed for last time which takes the...ermm..... biscuit.

What on earth does the UK test include?

In California, you drive around on some residential streets, pull over, back up in a straight line, and drive back.

Sie

You take a 35 question exam followed but a 'hazard perception' test which involves you watching a series of video clips and clicking the mouse when a hazard occurs. You are then marked out of 5 on how quick you react.

This makes up the theory part of the test.

The practical part involves driving around for 30 - 45mins, hill start, junctions, roundabouts, dual carridgeways (maybe), then theres 2 out of 5 manouvers to be performed and possibly a emergency stop if they fancy doing one.

EdTheLad

Sie wrote:

The practical part involves driving around for 30 - 45mins, hill start, junctions, roundabouts, dual carridgeways (maybe), then theres 2 out of 5 manouvers to be performed and possibly a emergency stop if they fancy doing one.

Similar to Ireland, which includes a 3 point turn, reverse around a corner,no parallel parking which should really be on the test, oh and this is all done with a stick shift rather than bumper cars in the US. I failed my first time, due to doing 30 in a 40 zone and not taking corners as the instructor would have liked.Some of the instructors are just on a power trip and need to fail people to keep quotas.

Sie

EdTheLad wrote:

Some of the instructors are just on a power trip and need to fail people to keep quotas.

QFT

(Dislike the parallel parking myself but havent had it on a test - yet )

Most of the US guys that passed using automatic cars?

RussS

Sie wrote:

(Dislike the parallel parking myself but havent had it on a test - yet )

Most of the US guys that passed using automatic cars?

LMAO - I took my test in SoCal in a Mini Cooper S .... parallel parking was swing in and stop. How hard is it to park a 12 ft car in a carpark designed for 30ft ones

My instructor at first refused to take me on my motorcycle practical. We walked outside to the area with the cones set up and I hopped on a GT750 Suzuki waterbucket. He protested loudly that I should be on a bike I was used to riding. After I nailed the test he said that I rode like I had been riding that thing half my life. Considering I had been riding it for 6 months while on my learners permit and was racing motocross semi professionally it was a breeze. didn't hurt that I had also used it at a Keith Code road race school the weekend before out at Willow Springs

Sie

RussS wrote:

LMAO - I took my test in SoCal in a Mini Cooper S .... parallel parking was swing in and stop. How hard is it to park a 12 ft car in a carpark designed for 30ft ones

You are thinking parallel park and not bay park are you??

Parrallel, between two cars on the side of the road against the kerb.

Bay, like in a spot at Tescos

JdotQ

Sie wrote:

Most of the US guys that passed using automatic cars?

Yep, automatic.

mrhaun03

Passed mine on the second try...failed parallel parking.

The second time I thought I was gonna fail too. The guy kept yelling at me saying I could've run over little kids and all kinda crazy stuff. But he passed me so it's all gravy.

Mrock4

Passed first time, but got close. Accidently bumped the curb pulling up to it (tire went up on it, to be honest)......twice. I also shifted one or two times too many on the parallel parking..I was in a big Ford Aerostar van. Ended up realizing I was probably marginal on my score, so I mentioned I wanted to become a cop someday.....hey..do what ya gotta do!

Granted, once I got my Honda CRX, parallel parking became a joke! too easy.

Sie

mrhaun03 wrote:

The guy kept yelling at me saying I could've run over little kids and all kinda crazy stuff. But he passed me so it's all gravy.

RussS

Sie wrote:

You are thinking parallel park and not bay park are you??

Parrallel, between two cars on the side of the road against the kerb.

Bay, like in a spot at Tescos

I was, but in a '68 Cooper S you could park it crossways in a bay too ....... particularly if you were practiced at hand brake turning

NightShade1

Passed in first try.