Skip to the posts
Buffalo's neighborhood journals since 2003 🌱 Plant🌶️ Spice☀️ Light🌙 Dark

leetee’s journal

The Streets Are No Longer Safe

· 🌡️ 41°F

Yep, ya'll guessed it right. I got my license. I am legally able to drive.

The road test itself was so short, it felt like we were driving for about 30 seconds.

One bad thing i did was forget to take the emergency brake off. Yipes! The examiner was in a hurry; he didn't seem to want to wait for me to adjust the seat and mirrors after @uncutsaniflush got out of the car. So, i drove off and made the left hand turn he wanted me to make. Then, i heard the squealing and realized why that left was such a challenge. Off the emergency brake went, and i am not sure he even noticed 'cause it goes on and off with the left foot, not with a hand brake between the seats. Thank goodness the car seems to be running ok.... don't think i did too much damage.

Once done, he said that he "took 5 points off" (i think i need to do some research to find out what that means) because my 3 point turn and parallel park were "perfect, but too slow" and i should be careful because "it's busy around here" and i need to "get it done".

When i asked, "does that mean i passed?", he laughed and said yes. Told me to sign the paper right away and keep it with my learner's permit until my license comes in the mail...

So, it looks like i gone done did it....
246 words

💬 13 comments

  1. kookcity2000 ·

    you will quickly learn to steer with your knees while you crack peanut shells and/or play air-drums
  2. paul ·

    Congratulations!
  3. libertad ·

    LOL! That is awesome. Go on get er done!
  4. jenks ·

    yay! Congratulations! I wonder if you will act like every newly-minted 16yo now, and offer to go buy milk/smokes/newspaper/dogfood/etc etc etc at any hour of the day.

    (and my driver's test story- I learned to drive (and took the test) in my dad's car, which is a stick. Our DMV had a little uphill coming out of the driveway. Well, I stalled on that hill. I was convinced that I had failed before even leaving the driveway, and finished the test with this sense of dread. At the end, when he told me I passed, i was like "wha?!" and he just said 'you have balls to take it on a stick.')
  5. drew ·

    good job! Lets drag race!
  6. mrmike ·

    awesome, I'm happy for you, but I will check and see whos driving for the foreseable future next time I see your Prius on the road :)
  7. jason ·

    Congrats!
  8. fellyconnelly ·

    Hoorah! congrats!
  9. hodown ·

    Yea! Congrats :)
  10. ladycroft ·

    WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO! Way to go Lettuce!
  11. metalpeter ·

    Congrats
  12. museumchick ·

    Congratulations! That's great news:).
  13. chico ·

    Go Leetee!!! That is fantastic news. Soon you'll be driving like the rest of us Buffalonians: optional stop signs, lefts-on-red, crazy quasi-legal U-turns...

💬 Write a comment