I'm in my early twenties but I've had a learner's permit for several years. I really hate driving so I had been putting off getting my driver's license. So I finally went in a few days ago to take the road test and what a bunch of BS.
The DMV representative had to first inspect the car to make sure it's properly registered and everything is in working order. So upon looking at the car, the DMV representative asks me where my county decal was. I told him that it was there on the windshield and he gave me a nasty look. So I asked if he meant the new decal and he said yes. I told him that the owner of the car had it but needed to get a new scraper before he could take the old decal off and put the new decal on. I said that the new one didn't have to be on until November 15 anyway (I said all of this politely as I was dumbfounded as to what the problem was). And that did it. That guy was steaming, he told me to get in the car and he was snotty from there on out. I still don't know what the problem was and neither does anyone else I told this to.
At the end of the test he told me I failed because I was going too fast in the deceleration lane and because of where I stopped at the stop signs. But I'm 90% certain that he failed me because of that decal issue. He told me to practice more and come back in a few weeks.
Practice more? I've been driving for four years. I think I've had enough practice. I took some relatives out on the course that I had to drive and told them to drive like they were taking the road test. Well, they all would've failed too had they actually taken the road test.
So I went back the next day and got a different representative to give me the test. I told him what the other guy had said about my driving and that you can't follow the rules that closely when you're actually driving. In fact, when I did follow the rules when I was practicing, I got honked at, a finger, and some people shouted profanities at me as they drove around me. I've never seen anyone follow those specific rules. So the guy told me that they don't actually expect anyone to follow them, they (DMV employees) don't follow them either, but when you take the test you should.
So what in the heck is the point of taking the road test anyway? All they do is make you do a few turns, change lanes once or twice, maybe pull out into traffic and that's it. They don't have you go to four way stops or make you park or back up. They don't make you do anything that is important to driving (the stuff that causes accidents). The big thing that irritates me is that you have to drive a certain way (follow the rules exactly) just to pbutt the test but then when you're done, you get to go back to driving any way you want whether you follow the rules or drive recklessly. That's just stupid, IMO.
Anyone have any thoughts on this? Road test horror stories? Anything?
BTW, I pbutted the test the second time.
