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Do you still remember everything from Driver's Ed.?

Well, I failed it. Unbelievable!

One question that I definitely take issue with, however, is the one asking what you should do if your low beam lights quit working while you are driving at night. I won't divulge the correct answer directly, but let's say you are driving in downtown Atlanta (or any large city) at night, and this happens; what would YOU do?

Er.....speaking for myself, there is NO way I would stop, period.

NC

 
[EDIT] I revealed a couple answers in my un-edited post. I suppse that will ruin the fun for others. :icon_lol:


Oh, I got a 72 percent, so I passed.
 
My score was 61%. A high score was unlikely on my part as I use motorized transit very little. While all laws bind cyclists (I despise scofflaws), many laws are irrelevant to a cyclist. For example, I really don't care what the school zone speed limit is: I am not capable of exceeding it on a ride to work. I do however actually know all the hand signals since they are needed by cyclists.

Overall I think the quiz has more flaws than strengths though.

Strength 1: it does include questions about non-motorized transit which is increasingly important (only pedestrian though).

Flaw 1: it does not take into account differences between states. Here it is legal to pass on the right. In most states that is illegal. State differences affected two of my wrong answers.

Flaw 2: some of the questions are irrelevant. I really don't care how many accidents are caused by drunk driving. This should not affect anyone's decision either with drunk driving or other driving choices. I think these are added to scare idiots into better behavior not because the number is important. They also bring car wrecks to schools for this reason.

Flaw 3: at least one question did not have the proper answer available. Flashing red lights mean the signal is off and the intersection is now an all way stop (they only provide half of the correct or a "best fit" answer).

Poor loser ranting aside, I wish driver testing (inclusive road test) were required every few years. We all forget things and eventually lose our skills.
 
Navy Chief said:
Well, I failed it. Unbelievable!

One question that I definitely take issue with, however, is the one asking what you should do if your low beam lights quit working while you are driving at night. I won't divulge the correct answer directly, but let's say you are driving in downtown Atlanta (or any large city) at night, and this happens; what would YOU do?

Er.....speaking for myself, there is NO way I would stop, period.

NC
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I agree. I thought I knew what they wanted, but that is insane. Around here one could be 200 miles from the nearest help and out of cell phone reach. State laws actually allow driving just far enough to get the vehicle serviced under these conditions.
 
mfitch said:
My score was 61%. A high score was unlikely on my part as I use motorized transit very little. While all laws bind cyclists (I despise scofflaws), many laws are irrelevant to a cyclist. For example, I really don't care what the school zone speed limit is: I am not capable of exceeding it on a ride to work. I do however actually know all the hand signals since they are needed by cyclists.

Overall I think the quiz has more flaws than strengths though.

Strength 1: it does include questions about non-motorized transit which is increasingly important (only pedestrian though).

Flaw 1: it does not take into account differences between states. Here it is legal to pass on the right. In most states that is illegal. State differences affected two of my wrong answers.

Flaw 2: some of the questions are irrelevant. I really don't care how many accidents are caused by drunk driving. This should not affect anyone's decision either with drunk driving or other driving choices. I think these are added to scare idiots into better behavior not because the number is important. They also bring car wrecks to schools for this reason.

Flaw 3: at least one question did not have the proper answer available. Flashing red lights mean the signal is off and the intersection is now an all way stop (they only provide half of the correct or a "best fit" answer).

Poor loser ranting aside, I wish driver testing (inclusive road test) were required every few years. We all forget things and eventually lose our skills.
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about flaw three,,,it doesnt mater why the light is flashing red...it just maters that it is...and it means STOP....for all parties...if its malfuctioning..or if its a small town and the volunteer fire house is near the intersection and the light flashes red to stop for the engines.....you never know why its flashing...just stop when ya see red...
 
Haha I only got 44% ...not to bad considering our road rules are quite different and we drive on the other side of the road!
 
They must be in a different state. School zone speed limits here are different from what they claim.
 
The only thing I really remember about Drivers Ed in high school is putting the driver's ed car into the ditch to keep from getting run over by a dump truck on a country road.
 
Are you kidding, I had my driver's license two years before driver's education became a standard. :icon_lol:

I still took it one Summer out of college to reduce my insurance rates. Instructor was my former HS English teacher. All three of us students already had licenses, bo Billy would have us drive to Greensboro, Raleigh, Richmond, hell, we had a good old time visiting museums at the tax payers expense. Now days, the kids have to pay for Driver's Ed. What a crocked up world we have become.

And yes, to answer your question C9G, I could pass any driver's ed test presented, I just got through with my eldest last year and must deal with my youngest next year. I got a 92, most of the questions are pretty common sense.

Caz
 
61%

got the first one wrong, who the heck designed that sign!
got the distance your allowed to follow a fire truck ... the answer .. are you serious about that!:isadizzy:
the pesdestrian right of way one
the ABS question (never had a car fancy enough to have that included :icon_lol:)
flashing red traffic light (which they dont do ere!)
last pedestrian one

overall .. not bad considering you lot drive on the wrong side of the road to begin with :icon_lol:
 
F - 50%

Then again, I have no idea about US regulations.


Ah well, I can still drive safely here and that's what counts. Didn't pay those $1400 for my license for nothing.
 
I passed, although I didn't do as well as I thought I would. We have so many morons on the roads here in Virginia that you wouldn't know there was an exam required for obtaining a driver's license.
 
TARPSbird, regulations only apply until you get your license ;)

I think we've got some of the same idiots here.
 
89% You Passed with an Above Average Score.


Missed the one about percentage of alcohol related accidents. When I was 16 and took the written exam, it was 10 questions and you pretty much had to be a moron not to pass.
 
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