11-19-2008, 10:35 AM

failed in plymouth not necessarily true for everyone though, it was really a strict examiner.
They will ask you the following, while seated in your car:
1. Adjustment of seat
2. Belt
3. Brake - emergency break
4. Lights - high and low beam
5. Deforesters - front and back
6. Fan control
Once you are done, they will give you information about the road you will be driving.
prior to your departure you will be parked infront of a one way road, there are slot 1,2,3 and 4. You will be told at the registration window which space you will be parking. Park carefully so that during your eventual departure you will havea good start to move and join the road.
Your car will be parked right infront of a one way road. it will only turn to the right, from there onwards just follow their instructions. After a while you will either turn left or right. if you turn right just go right into the corner closest to the curb. if they tell you to turn left, then don't make the same mistake some funny guy made (he was driving infront of me) lol, by turning to left closest to the curb. remember once you see the yellow lines it's a two way road. There will be no signs or markings! once you see yellow lines treat it as a two way road.
Lane change - make sure you look left, right and your back - just do lots of exagerated observations and I mean exagerated. It's not normal driving, remember you are doing for them! don't forget to use your signals.
Parallel parking - the usual stuff, go through with your instructor - remember the first cut is the deepest. don't try to over adjust. they consider that your car is parked when in between, not too close to front or back poles and keep close to the curb.
90 parking - yes, I had to do this too! they made me do everything in the book, it's easy though, they will ask to move all the way until the front of the car is inline with the poles.
up hill park - close to the curb and turn your wheels away from the curb, and make sure you put the gear to parking point- i.e at the P - position and pull your emergency brakes, don't forget though to push back your emergency brakes ebfore you move. signal and then move on, while looking to the sides, SMOG in and SMOG out. Signal, Mirror, Over the shoulder and Go.
Turnings - don't turn your wheel to left or right when making turns unless you are comitted. you are comitted accroding to them once you look all around you, left, right and back and then turn the wheel to the corner you are going into.
Generally be calm, I know its not allowed to drive and practice in that area, but I think its a good idea to have a walk in the driving place and see around. its not a big place but knowing the roads and checking in advance on foot is really a good idea. You will know where to turn and when etc
I heard the plymouth testing area is really hard on minorities and I think there is some truth to it. They were really strict one me and I had to do everything in the book, you name it. It was like driving a Taxi with the passenger in the front seat.
Puck passed his driving test after hitting the curb! 'cause he wasn't a somali as he said! unluckily enough I was a SOMALI! the examiner's demeanor and facial expression spoke voulmes. I tried though, but DMV kept me for ages to accumulate enough mistakes to make me fail!
Good luck my pals.