Behind The Wheel Test

@Pearldrop,

If you need to take more time, please don’t rush into test. This test is for you to feel confident behind the wheels and also in the interest of you and other drivers on the street. It is more a safety measure than an academic knowledge. You need to feel safe in the streets. You need to spend more time with the instructor in navigating the roads among other cars and also on interstate, if possible. Spouse is not the best instructor. You are lucky that CA has more liberal testing process. In Florida, the test is conducted to park the vehicle between two cones. The inspector will watch the indicator before you turn and when you change lanes.

I agree it gives you freedom to drive on your own when your husband is at work. But take your time before you appear for the test. Generally, 5-6 classes of one hour each should help you learn well.

Luckily, I was driving in Mumbai before I moved to Florida. Only lane disciplines I needed to learn as no one paid attention to the lanes in Mumbai. I wasn’t used to high speed traffic in Mumbai other than highways.

 

This thread - A tad nostalgic for me .
When my motor vehicle and two wheeler licenses about to expire and due for renewal, I was asked to send it to RTO Bombay currently Mumbai. Because they issued those two licenses which were over 40 years old. Until 2005 I was driving scooter in nasty roads in Chennai - a city with less civic sense . I applied fresh for license to drive scooter to RTO Chennai. The inspector who took my test failed me twice in the test of driving around the huge 8 drawn on open ground. Then I was suggested that if I go through driving school it is easy to get the li ense even without test! Done.

 

@Pearldrop,

Unlike most young people, I migrate to the US at the age of 41. I was driving everyday to work from Kandivili to SEEPZ, Andheri in Mumbai and will have to navigate a lot of traffic on the way. I was also driving in Bangalore to work everyday before I finally migrated to the US. The trip was a maiden international trip for my wife, son and myself. We just moved into Florida not knowing anything about the city, traffic, weather, food and housing. The company gave us accommodation in a hotel for 5 days and then asked us to find a rented apartment. Luckily, a colleague helped me find an apartment and also rent some furnitures. As I had no credit history in this country, many of my colleagues will have to guarantee all the loans I got including buying of a vehicle.

My colleagues picked and dropped me at home for a week. I had exactly 5 days to learn driving and get a license which I managed to get. Still, on the first day to work, I came out of the subdivision and turned left into the oncoming traffic. Luckily, all of the vehicles stopped and allowed me to go to the other side of the road. Despite all my driving skills in Mumbai, initially the high speed traffic made me feel nervous until I learned the highspeed traffic works because of the discipline of the drivers.

A lot of letters used to come which are basically junk mails. I used to feel happy to read them as I felt someone is communicating with me constantly. Another notable thing was the Americans greeting us regularly when we go for walk without any inhibitions of talking to a stranger.

That is why I suggested that you take your time as you have your husband who has a license to drive.

 

Not right.
Why is it an unnecessary expense. The more you practice, better for you

 

Soon you are going to be given a CA license. I am sure you are going to enjoy driving yourself wherever you like to go. My best wishes.