Driving Test
Driving tests are a big deal here in America.
In India i dont remember anyone making a big issue of it, but here if you dont get that manual and read it you are screwed.Well i also got the manual some few months and ago andit was sleeping with me for a long time, but 2 months back i finally decided to read it .I read it while going to work in the train and somehow managed to finish it.
This was all fine, but being a non citizen and getting a permit for the driving test is a pain especially in this state.We went to the regional centre , for which we had to start at 6 in the morning , we reached at 6.45 and then itself we were 60th in the line we managed and reached the counter after standing in the line for 4 hours.
But badluck we didnt take Sudharshan’s passport, so we came back empty handed.
Luckily we came to know that they started the services for a non citizen in Jersey City as well, so we went there 2 weeks back and got the permit after standing in the line for few hours.
I was to go on 14th but as Radha and Sushi were here i couldnt do it, so suddenly last night we decided to go today and finish it off.
With my phobia for exams and nervousness we were both tensed, Sudharshan dropped me at the center and went off,i went in and started the test.Being a weekday and also having the permit already it didnt take me long.
As i sat on the Comp, i saw some organ donar exam, i was shocked,i started wondering whats happenning i asked her but she said its normal dont worry.I didnt remember reading anything about organ donation in the manual.At some point I even thought that getting a license in NJ has a rule of organ donation.Anyway i was lucky and it was only one Q which I was asked and it was “if I was aware of Organ Donation in NJMVC i said no and it allowed me to proceed”.
I started the test and the first answer was right!
The worst thing about these tests is that it says if the answer is right or wrong imd after you click the answer.
I proceeded to the next one which was wrong, thats it my BP was high now, i could hear my own heartbeat.
Again the third was right!!! Great ! I thanked god.
I started counting the right and the worng answers, i saw 4 were wrong and i remembered that i could only do 5 or 6 wrong to pass, i also skipped one Q, and almost all the answers were right after the one i skipped.The skipped Q came back and may be that was the deciding one, i clicked and it was right.
Imd it said i have passed , that was the moment i was so happy.I was almost in tears , as i could beat my phobia and clear it.
Anyway i got cleared got my permit to road test and also the appointment for nov.Thanks to www.edisondriving.com
When i was standing in the line to get my eyetest, i saw many people failing and going back with sad faces,i even heard a guy ask how many attempts he can take and she siad it was only 6.
Better luck next time.
I came out and called Sudharshan he was very much releived as he was equally tensed about it, am sure i was the culprit as i had made a bad stressed face which could tell anyone that my BP was 500.:)
Anyway all’s well that ends well!!!!
This is just another step to being self dependant.