So I Failed My Driver's Exam For the 3rd Time :-(
 

Didn't look good enough at two crossroads, apparently enough reason to fail me for the third time.

Amazing :disgust

That sucks.. I just passed my exam on the 1st :)

Damn that sucks, better luck next time.

flunked the first time as well... the instructor said it was the quickest fail in history... drove for about 30 secs then missed a light which had turned red in the very second after I looked at it...

don't give up kiddo

maybe u should stay away from a motor vehicle for awhile...

how old are you?

you do know a yellow light means, "hey stop, its about to turn red, then cross traffic will go" not "SPEED UP BEFORE IT TURNS RED!!"... if you stop at a yellow, you get positive points...

just a heads up so you pass next time

Damn that reminds me, mine expired last month...

Oh, that must truly suck! All I can say is: Better luck next time and prepare better. Drive like you're the most careful driver in the world. Look even when you know there's nothing to look at. Do everything by the book. You can drive like a real person once you passed the damn test. :thumbsup

Took me three attempts. The quote "YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE CAR!" sums up the first one. For the second one I heard "He had to sound his horn to avoid an accident with us." (plus I drove up on someones lawn during that one). Then I finally passed the third one, but could have failed since I didn't use my turning signal.

Then about a year ago I had to take the test again since my license was expired for more than a year. For that one she screamed "YOU ARE GOING TO HIT THAT CAR!" I didn't, but then I was backing out of a driveway and I didn't really care who was coming in the other lane. I can back out and turn and stay in my own lane. Obviously she thought otherwise, because when I hit the gas and that other car was coming she yelled "OH MY GOD!" I passed, but only because she couldn't find anything to fail me for.

They will give up and let you pass on your 5th try. Don't lose hope. :winkwink: :thumbsup

Better learn to drive then.

Wow, I've been driving longer than you have been alive

23, what's that got to do with it?

LMAO

My first one went ok but I made two mistakes, didn't agree with it completely but it was better than this time.

Second time was like your first sounds, I totally blacked out and everything went wrong.

This time I really felt confident, did everything by the book, I just missed a few crossroads... but no one's perfect right?

I failed mine first time, but i got my money's worth - i was in the left-hand lane of a dual carriageway and was trying to turn right, going across the dual carriageway.

Out of interest, do you Americans actually have any roundabouts anywhere in your country?

I'm Dutch so I wouldn't know :upsidedow

Do you have roundabouts in Holland?

Damn bro, that sucks.

Don't give up on it, you'll pass sooner rather than later :thumbsup

Crap

well youll make it im sure. Most Americans here forget driving examns in Holland are like 100 times as hard as the US ones. No 16yo examns here. No closed driveways to practise. Theyll send you into Amsterdam and have you park backwards up a hill while 10 cars are waiting swearing getting annoyed.

Then again if you can drive here you can drive basically anywhere.

I think there are the new fashion here...We have them everywhere nowadays...

BTW that sucks...I was so happy I git it the 1st time...Saved me a lot of time and money...

In what city are you doing the exam? I did it in Alkmaar

Pretty much the same here in Britain - our driving tests are pretty extensive, not to mention the cost and the additional theory test. Americans have it easy - plus, they mainly drive damn automatics.

sure we do MANY

nothing like the horrible roundabout with 10 smaller ones around it though I did in the UK, wheres that again Devon?

Probably, although mini-roundabouts are a joke - people just drive straight over them.

Wow, we got some weird motherfuckers onboard.

ough man
it gets harder everytime i can imagine (because of getting nervous)

failing the driving can happen to everyone (i remember some famous race driver failed it twice but i cant recall the name)
but if you fail the theory-test more then once you are too stupid :1orglaugh


i managed to get my license on the first try although some bitch in her benz drove out of her parkinglot without looking on the street if there is anyone

i had to step on the brake a 100% to not t-bone her...
what a bitch

the guy testing me even showed her the middle finger and called her a cow :1orglaugh

Leiden... I had to drive to Wassenaar for the 3rd time lmao, a very popular exam route.

Yeah I got my theory the first time as well, but that's the easy part. The answer is either right or wrong. With the driving exam you're totally dependant on the mood and strictness of the guy who tests you.

better luck next time

Damn. that sounds hard. I've had my Us drivers license for over 10 years, and to be honest I still can't parallel park in a narrow space between cars. I'll drive extra far just to find a parking spot that's non-parallel, such as an open spot that you can just pull in.

the guy testing me was a former sergeant in the army

so you can imagine what his tone was like

better luck next time... :)

Good luck on the 4th :)

In Belgium:
Theory: passed the first time.
Practical test part 1 (paralell parking, reversing down a narrow lane (width = width of car + 30cm),... + opening the hood and locating the radiator, the battery,... + answering some technical questions): passed the first time
Practical test part 2 (driving on the road.. mostly in a very busy and crowded town/city): passed the second time.

A year is not enough
 

I've been trying to pass it for a year already. (Started to take driving lessones last November) But all in vain: I just have no time to do that regularly ((((

I guess that means you shouldn't be allowed to drive (and i'm serious...)

Too bad, I passed my first time without any problem.

That's kind of crazy. I thought I was bad, failing twice (when I was 16).

The first time, my car I was supposed to take the test in, broke down. So I was forced to take my dad's 72 Chevelle SS for the drivers test. Sure, I was stoked about being able to take the chevelle, but the DMV guy was not. Having a young inexperienced 16 year old behind the wheel made him very nervous. He ended up calling the test and having me drive back after I made one mistake, he was way too nervous.

The 2nd time I had this old bitch who nitpicked everything, but I failed that one on my own. My own nervousness caused me to make mistakes.

The 3rd time I finally got it, after being made fun of by all my friends. I passed the written part of the exam with flying colors, only missed one question. Kind of wierd how that stuff works, most people do just the opposite.

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don't worry you'll pass............someday :) :1orglaugh

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Damn, that sucks, I never had any problems passing my Driver's Exam.

You suck at teh interstate

LMAO please don't compare US driving exams to the Dutch ones, they're incredibly strict here.

That sucks

That sucks.. I just passed my exam on the 1st

lol... that sucks... i dont really understand why people fail so much for a driving exam... are you extremely nervous everytime or something?

Its easy to get one here on the island.
Offcourse you would have to stay 6 months to make it valid in the Netherlands....

Not extremely nervous... a bit nervous yes. He should have passed me... oh well, we'll see next time.