Well, I failed. 90-degree parking was what got me, as well as "failure" to yield to pedestrians in marked crosswalks (actually, I did yield in the cross-walk—it was the dumb-fuck crossing the street not in the cross-walk that got me). And last, but not least, one lane change in a spot that was just fucking confusing as all hell. It was a four-lane one-way with two left-turn lanes and two right-turn lanes. Where I fucked up at was that my mind kept treating this part of the course as a two-way when in fact, it was a one-way. Shane had warned me about that spot but I didn't quite understand what he'd been talking about. Now I know what he was talking about. Now, as for 90-degree and parallel parking, I do need to practice those concepts. I understand them, it's just getting the practice down till I have a good sense of timing.
Yeah, I'm a little disappointed but frankly, I had a vague feeling that I wasn't going to pass. It's really a 50/50 chance of passing on the first try. Part of my disappointment stems from the fact that I do just fine driving in traffic; for some reason, I just have a problem parking except going to the grocery store. I will add that I do think I understand what a lot of people have said about the road test—it doesn't reflect the actual reality of what you encounter when driving.
In the mean-time, I need to return to my reading of Nathaniel Hawthorne's
The Scarlet Letter for my American Literature class.
Road Test: Epic Fail! 
11.18.08: On hiatus till Winter Break. Will return, work permitting.
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Yeah, you shouldn't get too bummed out about failing the first test. Now you know what you need work on and know you're pretty solid on the stuff you did pass.
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A lot of my friends as well as both my Dad and sister, have all told me that it took them about three or four times before they were able to pass. In fact, it was the friend that I'd mentioned in the post who told me what to look for at the Eagan facility, and I didn't know what he was talking about. Now I do, and then the pedestrian-thing, I should have known to watch for. Now, what I think is really retarded is the 90-degree parking (or backing into a parking space). Who the hell parks like that? No one that I know of, and I've maybe seen it done at least twice at various parking lots around town. Not to mention that it's not even in the manual.
I'll try again in about two weeks to four weeks. If I have a job by then, I'll just have to work around that, I guess.
The main issue for me was merging over a few lanes of traffic (I didn't know if I should look back and then forward again each lane, but I did and it seemed to work.)
Just keep in mind that you can pretty easily fix what you did wrong during this test. A lot of people make the mistake of worrying over everything they did throughout the test and then fuck up something new the next time.
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LMAO! Considering the way I've seen most people drive around Minneapolis, that's more than likely.
Eh, I can pull into a parking space head-on, no problem. Parallel parking and backing into a parking space—those are the two that I have to practice, and probably won't use that much since I have off-street parking in the event that I do get a car. The other stuff I effed up on had more to do with the course being confusing (first time and all) and I was nervous. Next time, it shouldn't even be a problem.
I just want to pass the damned test. I'm tired of taking the bus!
I guess this is what I get for waiting until I'm damned near 31 :\
And those idiots who take two parking spaces to park their shiny new vehicle...
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Truth be told, the other idiots behind the wheel are probably the reason why I've waited so long on getting my license. Bus service wasn't all that bad a few years ago but lately, it just sucks and I'm anticipating another transit strike in the next few years. Minneapolis/St.Paul seems to have a transit strike about every ten years or so—the last one was in 2004. So now, I want my license because I don't want to be dependent on the bus service.
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