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Message:: [QUOTE="RoadSideDown, post: 11668840, member: 314577"]DMV TEST DAY Fail. Passed the pretrip and backing no problem. Was doing fine on first 40 minutes of a 50 minute drive test. Making a right hand turn into a two lane road and a car is sticking out past the stop line making a left turn onto my road. I should have either changed my turn radius, wait fir him to back up or just tell the tester I was going to ease it over the curb to avoid the turning vehicle. But, I thought I could turn a few feet sooner to clear the car AND still clear the curb. Nope. Up and over, oops. Instant fail. Man, there were at least twice as many intersections to navigate compared to our training drives. We were doing lots of lefts and rights. My shifting was OK except lost a gear slowing down toward a stop and had to coast a little longer than the trailer. Signaling and mirror checks were good. Roadside stop went without a hitch. One darn curb. Well, I have to wait a week. Hopefully I can get a reschedule slot next Tuesday. Looks like I will be back on the dock driving the forklift of shame this week LOL! At least one other fellow student passed everything OK just before me. Hooray![/QUOTE]