Flunking the driver's license test

[jay santos]

I let my driver's license expire past six months, and apparently if you do that you have to pass the written test again.

Attempt 1: 17/25. 20/25 required. fail.
Attempt 2: 17/25 fail.

Various comments:

How much space should you give a cyclist when passing them? Answer: 3 ft. That's absurd. Seriously, you're going to get three feet behind a bike in a car before passing them?

On one question, you have to fill in the blank to guess what a sign would say. I narrowed it down to two and guessed, assuming UDOT would use proper grammar in their signage. Bad assumption.

Why do I have to memorize what types re: physical and mental maladies have to be answered when I fill out a driver's license application? Can't I just fill out the form, and assume whatever info they need they'll ask me?

Question: When should you stop at a crosswalk? a) when someone's anywhere in the crosswalk b) when someone is in your half of the crosswalk c) when someone is standing waiting to cross the street d) all of the above.
I answered d, correct answer b. Very interesting.

[Donuthole]

Various comments:

How much space should you give a cyclist when passing them? Answer: 3 ft. That's absurd. Seriously, you're going to get three feet behind a bike in a car before passing them?

Is it not referring to how much space on the side of biker when you pass them?

[Pelado]

I let my driver's license expire past six months, and apparently if you do that you have to pass the written test again.

Attempt 1: 17/25. 20/25 required. fail.
Attempt 2: 17/25 fail.

How embarrassing.

[TalkyTina]

I let mine lapse for 5 months and 30 days this year. I literally went in the day before I would have had to take the test again. I didn't even realize that. The lady said if I had come in the next day that I would have had to take the test.

Do they assume that just because you don't have a valid license you aren't still driving every day and you therefore must forget the rules of the road?

[jay santos]

How embarrassing.

They do ask you different questions each test, but yeah I guess. Karma, too, I guess. As I've been ripping my teenagers that have needed multiple trips to the DMV to pass the test.

[TalkyTina]

Is it not referring to how much space on the side of biker when you pass them?

Yes, the 3 foot law is to the side of the cyclist. I'm not sure about the distance for following behind.

[jay santos]

Is it not referring to how much space on the side of biker when you pass them?

Hmm, probably so.

[jay santos]

Before I get any more crap, my ACT score was 32, GMAT score 99 percentile, and when I do IQ practice tests, it's MENSA level (granted they are practice and not legit). And sure, that might be a humble brag. I am good at taking tests. And I know how to drive. I'm pissed.

[TripletDaddy]

Obviously you are not that good at taking tests if you just failed the DMV license renewal test....a test that the elderly, the legally blind, teenagers, and non-English speaking illegal aliens have all passed.

This is something that you will look back at and laugh upon. I will skip right to the laughing part.

[New Mexican Disaster]

I failed the written test 5 times when I took it in high school. I know, I know, humblebrag.

[TalkyTina]

Before I get any more crap, my ACT score was 32, GMAT score 99 percentile, and when I do IQ practice tests, it's MENSA level (granted they are practice and not legit). And sure, that might be a humble brag. I am good at taking tests. And I know how to drive. I'm pissed.

Maybe being overly-confident didn't work in your favor?

[jay santos]

Maybe being overly-confident didn't work in your favor?

Maybe the first time. The second time I was very careful. I didn't want to have to come back.

[falafel]

Maybe the first time. The second time I was very careful. I didn't want to have to come back.

Are they the same questions each time?

[jay santos]

Are they the same questions each time?

No. Random questions from a pool, I guess. They even let you see what you missed and get the correct answer. Didn't help, apparently.

[TalkyTina]

How many times can you fail it before you are sentenced to a life of abhorrent public transportation?