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I passed the first time, but I was very, very close to the failing mark. About as close as you can get without failing!
The guy who tested me was very pedantic too, but I guess since I passed I can't complain. A few people have said to drive overly cautiously, as if you're paranoid. I don't know if that works there but it doesn't work where I live.
I lost a point or two for looking too much. When changing lanes I was instructed to look in the side mirror, then turn on the indicator, then look in the blind spot. In that order, no more and no less.
Whenever I looked in the side mirror, then did a headcheck to see my blind spot, then indicate and look again, they penalized me. I asked if it was because looking so much, or not in that specific order (indicating before doing a headcheck? What's the point?) meant I took my eyes off the road ahead for too long, and he said no, it just has to be in that order, and that I can't look any more, or any less than that.
Ridiculous. As soon as I passed the test I resumed checking and being as cautious as I damn well want. That was a long time ago and since then I've never had an accident, never a scratch, never been pulled over, never had a ticket, nobody's ever beeped at me and not even any close calls.
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