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I passed my drivers test on the third try with the bare minimum passing score, 70/100
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Nov 5, 2021 07:06
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I didn’t get my license until I was 19 because I drove a maloo my dad brought home and it scared the poo poo out of me
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Nov 5, 2021 07:11
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Stereotype posted:i only lost one point on my drivers test: i turned my wheel while waiting to make a left at an intersection. it actually was a helpful thing to have someone point out, because i honestly never do that when i drive now, nearly 20 years later. i also constantly see other people doing it, and it's legitimately super dangerous. what the problem here? have the wheel already turned before you start moving?
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Nov 5, 2021 07:15
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i believe the idea is that if you are waiting to make the turn and get rear-ended, and you have already turned your wheels, your car will get pushed into the path of oncoming traffic. if you keep your wheels straight and the same thing happens, you will just get pushed further into the intersection.
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Nov 5, 2021 07:18
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Sagebrush posted:i believe the idea is that if you are waiting to make the turn and get rear-ended, and you have already turned your wheels, your car will get pushed into the path of oncoming traffic. if you keep your wheels straight and the same thing happens, you will just get pushed further into the intersection. where you will instead get tboned by crossing instead of oncoming traffic
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Nov 5, 2021 07:22
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and into your drivers side instead of your passenger side
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Nov 5, 2021 07:23
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maybe its better to get your ribs smashed in by cross traffic's bumper than get your face smashed in by your steering column... i guess?
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Nov 5, 2021 07:25
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If you're at a lighted intersection and it's a crossing traffic phase then yeah it doesn't really matter. If you're in the median waiting to turn across traffic into a parking lot, then not getting pushed into oncoming traffic matters a whole lot.
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Nov 5, 2021 07:27
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Also, keep your foot on the brake while you're waiting to turn.
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Nov 5, 2021 07:30
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thanks mom 
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Nov 5, 2021 07:31
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Sagebrush posted:when i did my driving test the lady informed that i would have failed if i made ONE MORE MISTAKE because apparently i failed to do a shoulder check while turning right from the right lane (there might have been a pedestrian running up the sidewalk at warp speed i suppose) and you only get one failed shoulder check apparently. shoulder checks are very important and you should do them every time, even if you think there is no need
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Nov 5, 2021 08:27
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drivings and cars suck. ban cars. also I am probably going to have to get one soon now we're expecting a second. probably a hybrid camry, something that 21 year old me would be so horrified at lol.
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Nov 5, 2021 09:18
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yeah like people said it’s for if you’re waiting to turn left, when there is only oncoming traffic running parallel to you. the reason you aren’t already making the turn and are stopped is because there are cars in front of you headed towards you, and if you get rear ended with your wheels already turned and pushed into their lane they are assuredly going to collide with you head on, possibly going extremely fast. but if your wheels are straight then you are still on the right side of the road and there is no risk of an additional head-on collision.
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Nov 5, 2021 09:41
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this incredibly minor seemingly inconsequential mistake, turning your wheels early, kills a ton of people every year. cars are super dangerous and it would have been great if we did trains instead of cars, but alas, our elders made all the wrong decisions and now we’re loving stuck with them apparently.
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Nov 5, 2021 09:43
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yeah rotor screwed it all up for the rest of us
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Nov 5, 2021 10:51
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spankmeister posted:shoulder checks are very important and you should do them every time, even if you think there is no need yeah around here a lot of streets have a bike lane on the right so there might actually be someone coming up on you at warp speed as you turn
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Nov 5, 2021 14:09
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my stepdads beer posted:drivings and cars suck. ban cars. also I am probably going to have to get one soon now we're expecting a second. probably a hybrid camry, something that 21 year old me would be so horrified at lol. get an ioniq 5, they're awesome imo
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Nov 5, 2021 14:22
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question to the internet forum: what are the best earphones for less than $50? answer from the internet forum: in that price range I would say get a tesla model s plaid
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Nov 5, 2021 14:24
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i have no idea what might be affordable in the us at the moment when various subsidies come into play
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Nov 5, 2021 14:33
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mystes posted:question to the internet forum: what are the best earphones for less than $50? sennheiser hd650?
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Nov 5, 2021 14:48
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my stepdads beer posted:drivings and cars suck. ban cars. also I am probably going to have to get one soon now we're expecting a second. probably a hybrid camry, something that 21 year old me would be so horrified at lol. camry's own, mine survived hitting a deer only to hit another deer and get completely totalled
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Nov 5, 2021 15:50
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i got my license in florida. the driving test was done with a random dmv employee and never left the parking lot. the most difficult part was the three point turn which took me a good 5 or 6 points in my ranger. i got docked points for not signalling for a turn coming around the end of one parking row to turn into another which was kind of impossible to do since the turning radius was such that at full lock i was just doing one big turn i didn't learn to parallel park until like a decade later
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Nov 5, 2021 15:57
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spankmeister posted:shoulder checks are very important and you should do them every time, even if you think there is no need You really do not always need to do a shoulder check. It’s kind of annoying. Unfortunately the only way to confirm that you don’t need to do a shoulder check is to do a shoulder check so.
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Nov 5, 2021 16:00
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Midjack posted:mine was a quarter century ago, only thing i remember is i passed.
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Nov 5, 2021 16:03
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re: not turning the wheel, think about what happens if there are pedestrians crossing the road that you're turning on when you get rear ended. in one case you parallel to them. in the other you kill people.haveblue posted:yeah around here a lot of streets have a bike lane on the right so there might actually be someone coming up on you at warp speed as you turn actually you'll find that inculcating good habits is stupid and instead everyone should evaluate if they need to perform a particular safety check every time there might be a need. especially people who ride motorcycles and/or fly airplanes Achmed Jones fucked around with this message at 16:08 on Nov 5, 2021 |
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Nov 5, 2021 16:05
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I did my driving test in this tiny town with no stop lights the dmv was just a small room in the courthouse and they had to close the office to do driving tests the only part of the test I remember was almost getting stuck in the soft shoulder doing an emergency stop
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Nov 5, 2021 16:19
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I had my high beams on for my entire road test and had to surreptitiously turn them off a couple streets from the end
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Nov 5, 2021 16:26
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Jonny 290 posted:I see what you're driving at but the prrrrrrrrrrroblem with this here in the US is that they _are_ definitive attributes that say something about them friend of mine goes there and the exterior photos don’t really do justice to the damage those assholes did. the doors have stained glass above them and it’s all gonna need to be replaced due to the soot and burning.
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Nov 5, 2021 16:43
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fart simpson posted:sennheiser hd650?
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Nov 5, 2021 16:43
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Truman Peyote posted:I had my high beams on for my entire road test and had to surreptitiously turn them off a couple streets from the end what, like, zipping your jacket and turning off the air conditioner?
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Nov 5, 2021 16:57
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mystes posted:yeah exactly they're good headphones OP
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Nov 5, 2021 16:58
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if you can find a pair in an irl store and just walk out with them theyll be less than $50
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Nov 5, 2021 17:06
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Achmed Jones posted:what, like, zipping your jacket and turning off the air conditioner? it was the middle of the day and i didn't want to get called on it so i clicked them off and started drumming on the lever to cover up the noise. basically solid snake poo poo
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Nov 5, 2021 17:08
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My old team's chud is quitting or at least planning on quitting. I don't know what he did but he really pissed off extremely tolerant old team's lead. From what I heard from my old team they have really been going at it in meetings.
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Nov 5, 2021 17:09
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AnimeIsTrash posted:My old team's chud is quitting or at least planning on quitting. I don't know what he did but he really pissed off extremely tolerant old team's lead. From what I heard from my old team they have really been going at it in meetings. Good! These true believers are going rabid, so gently caress em.
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Nov 5, 2021 17:17
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i ran a red light during my driver's test and still passed
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Nov 5, 2021 17:25
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I have heard that the maryland drivers exam is basically just making various turns in an area the size of a large football field.
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Nov 5, 2021 17:27
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doing my road test the instructor said "take the next left" and because I was unfamiliar with the area I missed it. he got mad and said "hey you missed it" and I said I couldn't see the turn. then we passed another street and he got mad again because I didn't take that one, so I said "well you didn't tell me to go left again after I missed the first one." he then said ok take your next available left, and i said OK and did so, then we did the rest of the test and went back to the dmv. he said other than the missed initial turn everything else was perfect, so I passed. almost failed my M2 because I didn't go fast enough on a couple of the things, and on the M road test I missed a couple places where you were supposed to turn your head to "notice" roadside hazards or w/e. but still passed everything else.
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Nov 5, 2021 17:40
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for my M1 I took the msf course and then brought the voucher to the dmv
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Nov 5, 2021 17:56
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most valuable thing about doing a drivers test here is that if you do it in an auto the licence doesn’t cover manuals. my kids are gonna learn manual but lol may never ever use it again because petrol/gear cars will be gone girl moment The Fool posted:the problem is that he talks about in the most insufferable sociology 101 kind of way lol I was looking at a different post of mine in another thread and I see what you mean now. awkward lol
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