Im pretty confident in driving abilities for taking the test this week with nearly two months of driving with someone else. My only real issue with taking my drivers test is that its my understanding sometimes DMVs have a secret everyone fails once policy, or some instructors do. I’m mainly wondering on average in the US low long did people have to wait.
From what I’ve heard, US tests are super easy.
They will give nearly anyone a drivers license here. It doesn’t help that it is the de facto form of identification which is another ridiculous matter.
Everyone fails once would be illegal, and sounds more like something from a movie than reality. They are not there to be against you, nor for you, but just to make sure you meet the basic standards. In general I doubt the want you coming back for another that is more work for them.
Only took it once, I don’t know anyone personally that took it more than once. If there’s a minimum wait time it would be posted in your state’s policies, but I’d guess they’ll take your money for the second test as soon as you want the too
Said I could come back the next day, as it turned out I was busy that day so I passed the following day instead. I failed because I got over confident backing out of a parking spot an nudged a cone. Or, as he put it, I murdered a toddler. Fair enough. We did the backing up thing first so I could get that out of the way, the rest of the test was easy.
I’ve never heard of a weird secret code to force you to fail, just relax and don’t run over any toddlers, I mean cones, and I’m sure you’ll be just fine!
So I figured out, minor offenses are 2 weeks, and major ones on 30 days
Don’t plan to fail. It’s definitely not true that everyone fails once.
As a personal tip, book one lesson with a driving instructor before your test. They’ll be able to call out all your mistakes, and it will be fresh in your mind during the real test.
It may not be true that everyone fails once, but there are definitely dmvs that just fail people to they have to pay to take the test again. I was automatically failed for not observing a school zone speed limit despite the sign being entirely hidden behind an illegally parked moving truck. Apparently having xray vision was a requirement at that dmv for passing
I failed my first time. The instructor never told me why I failed, so I have no idea what I needed to improve on. I remember thinking it MUST be the parallel parking section, so I asked my dad to take me out to the DMV so I could spend an hour or two perfecting my parallel parking.
I scheduled a second test for the next Sunday. Little did I realize this was Super Bowl Sunday. The instructor I got that time around was very chill and just told me to drive through a nearby neighborhood a few times so we could wrap things up quickly. I was never even asked to parallel park.
All of this to say that I don’t think the DMV has a secret failing policy, but I can guarantee you that some instructors take it more seriously than others.
its my understanding sometimes DMVs have a secret everyone fails once policy, or some instructors do.
Literally never heard this. I passed on my first attempt. Only missed one point for not merging all the way into the bike lane when turning right.
Though if possible, I would talk to people who have taken the test at the exact DMV and ask if there are any gotchas. The DMV I took mine at had a nasty curb on the driveway while turning in that many people would hit on the way in and autofail at the very end. I had more than one person give me a heads up about it before my test, so I practiced it on my own first.
Its not official, but some instructors and some DMVs kinda do this on the downlow. Ive heard cases of it on Reddit
