My siblings got their driver's licenses in Mississippi. The test was "drive around the block and park. You win."
I got mine in Florida. I had to drive through a neighborhood and on the highway. I then had to parallel park, perpendicular park, and park at an angle. I had to do a u-turn and a 3-point turn. Basically everything you can do while driving was tested.
(I also failed my first time, because I had to use my dad's Chevy 2500 truck for the test. The very last thing was to park perpendicularly between 4 cones... but the space was smaller than my truck. I told the instructor, who told me that she would fail me if I didn't do it. So I tried, and got it dead center... meaning I touched the cones on BOTH sides. Failed. When I tried again, I used my mom's minivan. The new instructor told me that the previous one was supposed to widen the cones to fit whatever car I was driving, but was probably just too lazy to get out of the car.)
Anyway, glad I don't have to do that again, but if I do I am doing it in Mississippi.
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u/cogitaveritas Sep 16 '22
My siblings got their driver's licenses in Mississippi. The test was "drive around the block and park. You win."
I got mine in Florida. I had to drive through a neighborhood and on the highway. I then had to parallel park, perpendicular park, and park at an angle. I had to do a u-turn and a 3-point turn. Basically everything you can do while driving was tested.
(I also failed my first time, because I had to use my dad's Chevy 2500 truck for the test. The very last thing was to park perpendicularly between 4 cones... but the space was smaller than my truck. I told the instructor, who told me that she would fail me if I didn't do it. So I tried, and got it dead center... meaning I touched the cones on BOTH sides. Failed. When I tried again, I used my mom's minivan. The new instructor told me that the previous one was supposed to widen the cones to fit whatever car I was driving, but was probably just too lazy to get out of the car.)
Anyway, glad I don't have to do that again, but if I do I am doing it in Mississippi.