Woooooooooootss i failed again. My driving that is. For the third bloody time.
This time, my rear wheel mounted the kerb while steering through the S-Course...though in my opinion it was more of a bump.
And...that was it. I had another four points for direction-change parking (3-pt turn) because i didn't look behind the whole time while reversing. (edit: erm..meaning that i DID look behind most of the time...just not the WHOLE time)
Which also seems quite nonsensical to me, because unlike real parking lots, there're no parked cars behind you to judge how far you can reverse. And this car doesn't have the beep-beep thing that most cars now have.
So my instructor told me to stop the vehicle when u can see the kerb on the other side. Which i did. And i got four points for that.
And i had another four points for the mount kerb incident. And besides that, i didn't get anything else. Which meant that i had only
8 points in total. Much less than most people who pass.
And i failed. What the hell.
According to my own tester, he said that i could just take my licence, get the car and get on the road right there and then. But too bad, because i didn't steer well that time because of nervousness. I'm not sure if i was THAT nervous...not as bad as last time i think...although my heart was beating pretty fast. 0_o
All i can say's that i'll emerge from this an even better driver than most. It's kinda like tasting defeat before achieving success.
I doubt those who haven't taken the test before would understand...i think that only those who've taken the test before would realise how the driving test's quite like playing roulette - no matter how prepared you are - where a mental lapse could easily lead to a few points, maybe an instant failure...and mental lapses are pretty common if you're nervous.
I think that only those who've taken the test before and failed would be able to truly respect the intentions of the test, the importance of being safe and that driving is not something to be taken lightly.
And i think that only the repeated failures would truly experience that pissing feeling of having to go for lessons again and again just to "refresh" you skills back to the level you were at before the test...only to be treated to a bit of roulette action again...that "you can try again if you fail" is never consolation enough.
And that somehow, that mindset only makes passing even more difficult.
Oh well. Next test's in February. If there's really a God out there, i'd think he wanted me to get zero points before letting me pass. Sigh.
