Showing posts with label Test. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Test. Show all posts
So here it is, the big day to finally take my road test after 2 years of having my permit. I'm nervous as heck, I can't wait until it's over already before it even starts. It's kind of funny to hear all the people around me telling me I'm going to be doing fine, which I think I will but there is still that little person in the back of my head saying, "What if.." and then I start doubting myself! My mom and I are going to go back to Ithaca to practice again before my road test to make sure I get this down. I'll update after I take it at 6 p.m., until then ciao~
So here is how it went. When we got into the Ithaca parking lot it was packed full of cars, they where having a football game (oh great)! I was thinking, "Could this day get any better?" so anyways I practiced a bit and did pretty good. It was a few minutes after 6 p.m and we started to wonder where this guy was because there were people walking all over the place and cars coming where I was practicing. After awhile we realized that this car that had pulled up to the stop line was actually another kid finishing his driver's test. Finally we met the testing guy and he actually turned out to be pretty nice. He explained everything pretty good and so I did my parking in which I did an excellent job he said, woot! So he asked mom if she wanted to go for a drive and so we did.
The drive itself was a bit nerve racking but not as bad as I had thought, of course. At the end he had said that I had passed but wanted to go over some of the things that he had noticed that I should/should not have done. The most major thing was that I needed to be more of a defensive driver and trust no one. For instance when I was at a stop sign going to turn right a car was coming that was signaling that they were turning left into where I was coming out of. Well I didn't wait to see if they were really going to turn left, I just turned right. Another thing was when I come up to stop lights or signs I tend to not coast up to it, I put the breaks on more than I need to. So just to all the people who are freaked about taking their driving test, it really isn't that bad, just remember check your intersections and if a car has their blinker on to turn, make sure they're actually turning!! Also, if you see people riding their bikes or kids playing on the side of the road, slow down and if you can give them more space by going in the other lane, check to make sure no one is passing you though. I don't know how many points off I got on my test, I wish that I had asked but I forgot, I was too busy worrying about being defensive driver!!! All in all, I'm soooooo glad that I'm done with it!! Now school is next week wewt kinda sucks but at least I've got my license ^-^.
So here is how it went. When we got into the Ithaca parking lot it was packed full of cars, they where having a football game (oh great)! I was thinking, "Could this day get any better?" so anyways I practiced a bit and did pretty good. It was a few minutes after 6 p.m and we started to wonder where this guy was because there were people walking all over the place and cars coming where I was practicing. After awhile we realized that this car that had pulled up to the stop line was actually another kid finishing his driver's test. Finally we met the testing guy and he actually turned out to be pretty nice. He explained everything pretty good and so I did my parking in which I did an excellent job he said, woot! So he asked mom if she wanted to go for a drive and so we did.
The drive itself was a bit nerve racking but not as bad as I had thought, of course. At the end he had said that I had passed but wanted to go over some of the things that he had noticed that I should/should not have done. The most major thing was that I needed to be more of a defensive driver and trust no one. For instance when I was at a stop sign going to turn right a car was coming that was signaling that they were turning left into where I was coming out of. Well I didn't wait to see if they were really going to turn left, I just turned right. Another thing was when I come up to stop lights or signs I tend to not coast up to it, I put the breaks on more than I need to. So just to all the people who are freaked about taking their driving test, it really isn't that bad, just remember check your intersections and if a car has their blinker on to turn, make sure they're actually turning!! Also, if you see people riding their bikes or kids playing on the side of the road, slow down and if you can give them more space by going in the other lane, check to make sure no one is passing you though. I don't know how many points off I got on my test, I wish that I had asked but I forgot, I was too busy worrying about being defensive driver!!! All in all, I'm soooooo glad that I'm done with it!! Now school is next week wewt kinda sucks but at least I've got my license ^-^.
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