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Originally posted by Kanoealoha
I find it amazing that ppl get their license without having to parallel park!
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That's.... insane. Here we have to pass that part of the test, it is the last thing done on the road test. As you pull in to the little street that the driver's exam place is on, you have to pull up alongside some orange posts and then back the vehicle in properly. They measure the distance from the curb you arrive at, and you are also graded on your technique. You are allowed two attempts per test.
This is part of the reason I'm surprised how there can be so many people who are clueless when it comes to parallel parking.
I remember when I took my first road test. I was doing great, then got the parallel parking done, then I went to pull out of the spot between the posts and the testor guy had to hit the brake for me...... because some dipshit darted out of his spot behind me after I had shoulder-checked. That was an automatic flunk. I had to go back the next morning and retake the entire road test, which I passed.
I took the road test one other time, about 12 years ago or so.... you are allowed up to 50 demerits on the test before you fail. I got only 3...... I failed to stop before the sidewalk while leaving the parking lot, a very minor decuction. Everything else was "George Costanza" perfect.