Road Test

Originally Posted by Zigan

So I go today to get my driver's license by taking a road test. I did this about 1 or 2 years ago and I failed the first time. Was a real bummer cause i was driving a 1989 Thunderbird and the width was pretty fat. So I get in there fine, but as i backed out, I ran over one of the cones (automatic disqualification). <_<;

Anyway, went today and I recently got a car--a 91 Ford Escourt. I'm not a big fan of Ford, but it's small and not a real gas hogger. So as the instructor comes out to the car with me, everything is working, and the only thing i'm thinking about is squeezing the car in between those tiny cones. She then tells me to honk the horn, (Ok, not hard...) I do so... ehhh... don't hear anything? ... shit... "Yes, unfortunatly sir, you need to have a car with a working car horn... so pissed. -_- And it's one of those things you never really check to make sure it's working before you go cause it never even crossed my mind.

So I'm supposed to take the road test tomorrow again with a 2006 Hundai SUV. I've drove it before, and the maneuverability is really nice, just the front end is a little bigger than the escourt. That's all I need. -_-;

Moving on. Any tips anyone has or just some major key things to pay attention to? I'm taking the test in FL.

My suggestion? Don't take the test in Florida. I read your account and I could have sworn you were in another country entirely.

Cones? Disqualification because of the horn? When I took my test, the lady didn't even care that I had trouble finding the headlight switch. The hardest part of the test was backing out of the parking lot, and she didn't even care if I used my mirrors as long as I didn't hit anyone. I took four left turns around the block, and didn't even have to park the vehicle afterwards.

I mean, wow. Do they actually fund the DMVs in Florida? Here they barely have time to give tests at all, since the understaffed DMVs are usually swamped with renewing the licenses of DUI offenders and handing out IDs to illegal immigrants.

Jam it back in, in the dark.