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HelloAngel · 01-16-2002, 11:52 AM

I actually failed the written test 3 times, but passed the actual driving test the first time.

My driving instructor thought I was cute, so he just winked and gave me my waiver form anyway!

Peaseblossom · 01-16-2002, 01:20 PM

1st time's a charm- perfect score

senrab · 01-16-2002, 01:35 PM

I beat you! It took me 6 times...and for exactly the same reasons as yours...I would always get nervous and hit the curb during the parallel park...automatic failures.

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Originally posted by DoctorGonzo:
It took me five times.

Not because I'm a bad driver, but because I got so freaking nervous I would make a terrible mistake that would result in an automatic failure.

Pull out of a parking lot on the "left" side of the driveway (only wide enough for one car, much less a "left" or "right" side).........automatic failure.

Forget to pull into into the closest lane when making a turn.....automatic failure

Get cut off while trying to cross six lanes of traffic to get to a fork in the road resulting in the inability to make the turn to the fork.....automatic failure.

Everything in CT is an automatic failure.

FizzingWhizzbees · 01-16-2002, 05:52 PM

I passed second time. I don't know why I failed because I'm a fantaaaaaaastic driver...although very few people believe me when I say that. I did have a slight run-in with a rubbish truck though. I think that might have had something to do with it.

**Diemen** · 01-16-2002, 06:12 PM

I passed both tests the first time, but they didn't include parallel parking in my driving test. *phew*

LarryMullen's POPAngel · 01-17-2002, 03:22 AM

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Originally posted by DrTeeth:
Am I the only one who actually likes parallel parking?

YES!!

I had to take mine two times...ha, kindda forgot to stop at the big red thingys that had the word STOP written on them in big letters. Oops, silly me.

bono-vox · 01-17-2002, 03:32 AM

Mad1 cant u start driving here when ur 17 cus if u can i can start driving in APRIL yay....oh my dad it took him THREE times to pass his test and he failed once cus he didnt look in the mirror engouh LMAO

**KhanadaRhodes** · 01-17-2002, 03:46 AM

i passed the first time, for both my learner's permit and my license. HAW! :P

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Klodomir · 01-17-2002, 05:22 AM

I have my test coming up pretty soon. Passed theory in one, and I can parallel park with the best of them.

I also have most of the other special manoeuvres down, but I don't know what you call them in English... the one with the handbrake on an incline, backwards parking, turning on a narrow road. The only one still causing me trouble is going backwards around a corner.

Yep, you need to know a lot to get a license in the Netherlands. But that's a good thing, really.

Kieran McConville · 01-17-2002, 05:29 AM

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Originally posted by Klodomir:
I have my test coming up pretty soon. Passed theory in one, and I can parallel park with the best of them.

I also have most of the other special manoeuvres down, but I don't know what you call them in English... the one with the handbrake on an incline, backwards parking, turning on a narrow road. The only one still causing me trouble is going backwards around a corner.

Yep, you need to know a lot to get a license in the Netherlands. But that's a good thing, really.

The one with a handbrake on an incline is called "God help me, why didn't I get an automatic?"

Tobe · 01-17-2002, 09:28 AM

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Originally posted by Klodomir:
I have my test coming up pretty soon. Passed theory in one, and I can parallel park with the best of them.
theory in one seems to be rare.. i passed it the first time but some ppl who failed were there for the 3rd, 4th, 10th time...

I also have most of the other special manoeuvres down, but I don't know what you call them in English... the one with the handbrake on an incline, backwards parking, turning on a narrow road. The only one still causing me trouble is going backwards around a corner.

nice, handbrake, except for my car not having one, was a diesel, so i could do it with the foot brake.. we have an automatic at home, but the other car is a stick, on gas, so i have no idea how to do that. Like backwards parking as long as im the only car in 25 meters around. Turning on a road was one of my special thingies on my exam, loved my car with special turningthingies.. Backwards around the corner, yikes! My examinator:'Okay, here right and than stop some 20 odd meters from the corner, then well (we!!) do a backward corner.' But then... me lucky, there was a car around the corner and the guy was like.. ok, then well do something else..

Yep, you need to know a lot to get a license in the Netherlands. But that's a good thing, really.

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Tobe · 01-17-2002, 09:48 AM

passed first time btw..

**Bonochick** · 01-17-2002, 10:06 AM

I passed my first time. My driving test was like the only time I ever parallel parked beautifully...*lol* The mistakes I did make were that I forgot to slow down for railroad tracks, and I almost rear ended a horse trailer (it came outta nowhere, I tell ya...

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mad1 · 01-17-2002, 10:16 AM

yo bono-vox

ya gonna learn soon???

I was with ABBA, I tink her name was Linda.......she was good................

Klodomir · 01-18-2002, 06:24 AM

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Originally posted by Tobe:
theory in one seems to be rare.. i passed it the first time but some ppl who failed were there for the 3rd, 4th, 10th time...

Yeah, I was surprised about that too, but I was told that the reason is that a lot of kids have mopeds, so they think they know the rules. But really, I studied the book over a period of one or two weeks, fairly relaxed, and I only had one mistake - [/i]and[/i] I took the test in a foreign language, so it can't be that hard. I think it's just a matter of not overestimating your own knowledge.

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nice, handbrake, except for my car not having one, was a diesel, so i could do it with the foot brake.. we have an automatic at home, but the other car is a stick, on gas, so i have no idea how to do that.

Easy peasy. Let the clutch come up slowly until the front of the car starts to lift a bit, then let go of the brake and off you go. Pretty much the same as with the foot brake.

Yup, backwards around a corner really sucks. Do people outside the Netherlands have to be able to do that too?

Tobe · 01-18-2002, 08:04 AM

its completely useless imho.. I dont see myself driving around somewhere thinking 'hmm, wrong street, should have turned right next one, lets go backwards around the corner so im where i was before with my car lined up perfectly.'

01-16-2002, 11:52 AM	#21
HelloAngel ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: new york city Posts: 14,534 Local Time: 06:21 PM	I actually failed the written test 3 times, but passed the actual driving test the first time. My driving instructor thought I was cute, so he just winked and gave me my waiver form anyway! __________________

01-16-2002, 01:20 PM	#22
Peaseblossom War Child Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Laker Country Posts: 576 Local Time: 10:21 PM	1st time's a charm- perfect score __________________

01-18-2002, 08:04 AM	#36
Tobe The Fly Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 114 Local Time: 10:21 PM	its completely useless imho.. I dont see myself driving around somewhere thinking 'hmm, wrong street, should have turned right next one, lets go backwards around the corner so im where i was before with my car lined up perfectly.' __________________

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01-16-2002, 05:52 PM	#24
FizzingWhizzbees ONE love, blood, life Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the choirgirl hotel Posts: 12,614 Local Time: 10:21 PM	I passed second time. I don't know why I failed because I'm a fantaaaaaaastic driver...although very few people believe me when I say that. I did have a slight run-in with a rubbish truck though. I think that might have had something to do with it.

01-16-2002, 06:12 PM	#25
Diemen Resident Photo Buff Forum Moderator Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Somewhere in middle America Posts: 13,692 Local Time: 04:21 PM	I passed both tests the first time, but they didn't include parallel parking in my driving test. phew

01-17-2002, 03:32 AM	#27
bono-vox Rock n' Roll Doggie Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: maze of your imagination, where the streets have no name, lol Posts: 3,436 Local Time: 08:21 AM	Mad1 cant u start driving here when ur 17 cus if u can i can start driving in APRIL yay....oh my dad it took him THREE times to pass his test and he failed once cus he didnt look in the mirror engouh LMAO

01-17-2002, 03:46 AM	#28
KhanadaRhodes Paper Gods Forum Administrator Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: a vampire in the limousine Posts: 60,696 Local Time: 04:21 PM	i passed the first time, for both my learner's permit and my license. HAW! :P ------------------ headline in tomorrow's papers... ME!

01-17-2002, 05:22 AM	#29
Klodomir Refugee Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Denmark Posts: 1,198 Local Time: 11:21 PM	I have my test coming up pretty soon. Passed theory in one, and I can parallel park with the best of them. I also have most of the other special manoeuvres down, but I don't know what you call them in English... the one with the handbrake on an incline, backwards parking, turning on a narrow road. The only one still causing me trouble is going backwards around a corner. Yep, you need to know a lot to get a license in the Netherlands. But that's a good thing, really.

01-17-2002, 09:48 AM	#32
Tobe The Fly Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 114 Local Time: 10:21 PM	passed first time btw..

01-17-2002, 10:06 AM	#33
Bonochick Halloweenhead Forum Moderator Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Cherry Lane Posts: 40,820 Local Time: 06:21 PM	I passed my first time. My driving test was like the only time I ever parallel parked beautifully...lol The mistakes I did make were that I forgot to slow down for railroad tracks, and I almost rear ended a horse trailer (it came outta nowhere, I tell ya... ). ------------------ "Baby...can we still be friends?"

01-17-2002, 10:16 AM	#34
mad1 ONE love, blood, life Join Date: May 2001 Location: Angie Jolie lover from Belfast Norn Ireland. I LOVE YOU ANGIE! Im a Bono fan! Posts: 13,169 Local Time: 11:21 PM	yo bono-vox ya gonna learn soon??? I was with ABBA, I tink her name was Linda.......she was good................