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Do you drive a car? - Melinda9 - 08-Jan-2012
Haha !
I am actually taking driving lessons since 5 days here in MiddEast ! Most of the lesson is in arabic so it's quiet hard for me (also the car is a manual, Gooooood) !
But it's ok for driving, it's not that frightening, I will have to take my driving licence exam in 8 days "in shaa Allah" ^^ as they say ^^
The most lol is the theorical exam I cannot even read ^^ I do hope they will have it in English !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GOOD LUCK for all of you who will begin to drive
and take care drive safe !!!
Do you drive a car? - jblewis - 08-Jan-2012
My favorite memory in driving school was practicing at a local high school parking lot, where I drove through some parking spaces...
Instructor: "BAM! BOOM! BOOM! BAM! KSH! BAM! KSH! KSH! BOOM!"
Me: "What was that?"
Instructor: "You just hit twelve cars!"
Me: "But there's nothing there..."
Instructor: "But there normally would be, though!"
Do you drive a car? - rockdet - 08-Jan-2012
I also drive a manual car. Automatic would make me fall asleep, though I swear in traffic jams because of that damn clutch.
Quote:My favorite memory in driving school was practicing at a local high school parking lot, where I drove through some parking spaces...
Instructor: "BAM! BOOM! BOOM! BAM! KSH! BAM! KSH! KSH! BOOM!"
Me: "What was that?"
Instructor: "You just hit twelve cars!"
Me: "But there's nothing there..."
Instructor: "But there normally would be, though!"
Amazing!
Do you drive a car? - Melinda9 - 09-Jan-2012
Hahahahah I do swear too about this clutch thing in traffic jams... ^^
Lol the technic of the prof in the parking !!!
For me it's was quiet funny today, I spent a houre in a ministry office to get the authorization to "be alone, as a girl, with my driving teacher in the car"... They don't joke with men/ladies interactions here !!! lol !
Without this paper I would have to bring everytime a volonteer with me, loooooooooool
Do you drive a car? - BitBuster - 09-Jan-2012
I do drive a car, though I prefer public transit. I mean, it's fun to drive around and I've never been one to deny myself the guilty pleasure of a joyride, but when it comes to fighting rush hour traffic and dealing with a city that doesn't know how to maintain its roads, it's nice to have a semi-decent bus system.
Do you drive a car? - BitBuster - 09-Jan-2012
Quote:My favorite memory in driving school was practicing at a local high school parking lot, where I drove through some parking spaces...
Instructor: "BAM! BOOM! BOOM! BAM! KSH! BAM! KSH! KSH! BOOM!"
Me: "What was that?"
Instructor: "You just hit twelve cars!"
Me: "But there's nothing there..."
Instructor: "But there normally would be, though!"
Classic!
When it came time for me to take my driver's test, I remember parallel parking and sitting in the parking spot for about five minutes while the DMV guy said nothing. When I finally said, "Um, is there something..." he curtly interrupted me:
"I'm waiting for you to park it." I glanced down at the gearshift and realized that I was still in Drive. I shifted it into Park, and immediately upon doing so, the guy said, "Ok, now pull out of the space."
Do you drive a car? - jblewis - 09-Jan-2012
Here's the bummer (no pun intended among us chipsters): when I learned how to drive, I was 19. State law in Texas requires that people under 18 have an adult in the vehicle with them for six months before they officially obtain a license. That's it. However, if you're over 18, you actually have to take a test, from which everyone underage is somehow exempt...and which also includes parallel parking.
Do you drive a car? - BitBuster - 09-Jan-2012
Apparently some states don't have parallel parking in their driver's tests. I've talked to people who said, "No, all I had to do was drive around the block."
I go out of my way to NOT parallel park. I'll walk an extra 10 blocks if I have to. Ideally, though, I park right behind the yellow lines, or near a fire hydrant; that way I know that no one can block me in.
Do you drive a car? - pillowpc2001 - 09-Jan-2012
Quote:Here's the bummer (no pun intended among us chipsters): when I learned how to drive, I was 19. State law in Texas requires that people under 18 have an adult in the vehicle with them for six months before they officially obtain a license. That's it. However, if you're over 18, you actually have to take a test, from which everyone underage is somehow exempt...and which also includes parallel parking.
If you're under 18 you don't even have to take a test?
Where I am (in Pennsylvania) you had to do more work if you were under 18 getting your license - you had to fill out a booklet showing that you practiced driving for 50 hours over at least 6 months, then you could take the test to get your license (which included parallel parking). If you were over 18, you didn't need to have the booklet filled out (that's what I did ).
Do you drive a car? - James - 09-Jan-2012
Here, once you're 16 you can take a knowledge test to get an "L" (which allows driving with someone aged 25+ in the car along with a whole bunch of heavy restrictions), then 1 year after that you can take a driving test to get an "N" (which allows driving alone but still with a whole bunch of restrictions), then 2 years after that you can take the full driving test to get an actual license. 19 is thus the minimum age you can get a full license. Any infractions incurred reset the time required to get out of the L or N stages.
/random lecture on B.C. driving system