ImANargleHunter said
I went in to take my road exam earlier today. I was super nervous, but I had aced my independent drive in drivers ed (which had everything from the road exam on it plus more) and I spent the last few nights driving around practicing parks.

And the road test was going fine until I had to do my parallel at the end. Out of the dozens of parallel parks I have done before my exam, I have probably only been unsuccessful 3 times while I was initially learning how to preform the maneuver. I'm usually great at them. In my road exam I bumped the curb while doing the parallel in my first two attempts, and parked a couple centimetres too far away from the curb on my final attempt (lined up directly behind the vehicle in front of me, mind you). So automatic fail. If I got it on the first try, I would have had 50 points, and you don't fail until you hit 75 (or get an automatic). Even with my unsuccessful attempts I still scored a 70 but I got that freaking automatic.

I'm going to retake it in Sherwood Park instead this weekend, but I still feel like shit.

The Nexerus said
Probably still a better driver than I am. I need to pass my test yet, too. :/

Jster said
Oh god you guys have to do a parallel park....We just had a section called maneuverability. Which wasn't a parallel park, but it was our version of it. It was a bitch. But not nearly as bad as a parallel park.

ImANargleHunter said
What's the most frustrating thing is that I AM USUALLY GREAT AT IT.Besides, I'm pretty sure I can get through life without parallel parking. Like for real, I know tons of people with licenses that can't parallel park worth a shit.

Awson said
Next time you parallel park just get out and quickly use your cyborg strength to push the car a few centimeters closer to the curb before your instructor can look at it.

Jster said
Oh god you guys have to do a parallel park....We just had a section called maneuverability. Which wasn't a parallel park, but it was our version of it. It was a bitch. But not nearly as bad as a parallel park.

Blitzkrieg said
I failed the test twice, I was driving before most other people in my class but it was mostly on highways and back-roads, I got confused as hell when you put me in an urban environment (still do). First test I was a little sloppy (had issues with my father on the way to take it), and some idiot almost backed into me as I pulled back into the DMV. Second time I lost it by one point.I did the last one is a town called Oconto, middle of winter. Normally I'm fine on the Paralell parking but I got caught and pulled well onto the curb. But because of the ice and snow everywhere, I think the guy thought I just ran over some ice. Passed with flying colors.I'm still mad that it took me three attempts, but seeing that you fail over 75 makes me feel better (a 25 is a fail in Wisconsin.)(No, I don't care if they are scored differently.)