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[Feball3001]

Originally Posted by bakurachick

hello. just checking in. im still around :)

It's a wild baku *throws a pokeball*

[RebornZombie]

[TheOcean]

I recently discovered black mirror too. I love it. Went on the science march today too. That was nice.

[RebornZombie]

https://www.twitch.tv/creamsodaprime
WATCH TPISHEK AND HER FRIENDS GET THEIR ASSES HANDED TO THEM

[bakurachick]

Originally Posted by Feball3001

It's a wild baku *throws a pokeball*

*breaks away*

[animex75]

Originally Posted by RebornZombie

https://www.twitch.tv/creamsodaprime
WATCH TPISHEK AND HER FRIENDS GET THEIR ASSES HANDED TO THEM

why? nobody wants to see you fucking your wife and her friends

[RebornZombie]

i would

[YG117]

<_<
what up my glip glops

[RebornZombie]

[biggles1]

Originally Posted by TheOcean

I recently discovered black mirror too. I love it. Went on the science march today too. That was nice.

Maybe one day I'll join a protest or march...

[[^_^]]

Originally Posted by YG117

<_<
what up my glip glops

That is OUR WORD!

[animex75]

Originally Posted by YG117

<_<
what up my glip glops

how DARE you
-slaps-

[YG117]

Originally Posted by Face

That is OUR WORD!

Originally Posted by animex75

how DARE you
-slaps-

it's ok, my cousin is part traflorkian, i'm allowed to say it

[TheOcean]

woo, I passed Spanish with a 70! i barely made it but I did.

[YG117]

Originally Posted by TheOcean

woo, I passed Spanish with a 70! i barely made it but I did.

Good job!

[animex75]

Originally Posted by TheOcean

woo, I passed Spanish with a 70! i barely made it but I did.

¡felicitaciones!

[biggles1]

Originally Posted by TheOcean

woo, I passed Spanish with a 70! i barely made it but I did.

It must be all the New Mexican in you

[RebornZombie]

Originally Posted by biggles1

It must be all the New Mexican in you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqIJ7In35Ts

[kudos]

*breaks in* if anyone's alive, I'm streaming in a few minutes. Come hang out with me at twitch.tv/ArtofPraiseMoyer :)

[biggles1]

Doing my driving theory test today. I had literally never heard of parking lights before yesterday.

[animex75]

....driving theory? the fuck is driving theory? 'round here, all you had to do was prove you knew the traffic laws and could operate a vehicle

[Fenrir502]

I have so many feelings about Pushing Daisies you guys

[kudos]

Originally Posted by kudos

*breaks in* if anyone's alive, I'm streaming in a few minutes. Come hang out with me at twitch.tv/ArtofPraiseMoyer :)

at it again today if anyone wants to pop in and say hi!

Where do you live Biggles? WTF are parking lights?

[biggles1]

Good news, I passed my theory test :D

Originally Posted by kudos

Where do you live Biggles? WTF are parking lights?

The UK. Apparently they're a thing added to lots of cars around the world. The idea is that if you're parking on an unlit road with medium to high speed vehicles on it, the parking lights are designed to be left on overnight to help road users see your parked vehicle.

Yet nobody I have spoken to knows what they are and no cars we have nearby seem to have them fitted. So who knows!

Originally Posted by animex75

....driving theory? the fuck is driving theory? 'round here, all you had to do was prove you knew the traffic laws and could operate a vehicle

Steps to become a fully licensed driver in the UK.

1. Send off for a provisional license. it's a green photo ID card that says you're allowed to drive on any roads except motorways (interstate highways for you) so long as you are insured and are accompanied by someone who is over 21, has had their license for at least 3 years, and is capable of taking over if needed (i.e they can't be drunk).

2. Pass your theory test. This takes place at an examination centre. It's a computerised test that throws you 50 random questions on everything from road markings and signs, to car maintenance, to first aid, to driving scenarios. You must get at least 43 questions right to pass.

2a. The second part of the theory is a hazard perception test. They play you 14 videos of someone driving and you need to click the mouse to 'flag' whenever you see a developing hazard. i.e someone about to run into the road or swerve in front of you. The sooner you flag the hazard the more points you get, maximum of 5 points per hazard. One video has two hazards making a max of 75 points. You need to get at least 45 to pass this part.

3. Pass your practical test. In this you have an examiner in the car with you, they start with an eyesight check (read a number plate at 20m), and some basic safety and maintenance questions. You then do about 40 minutes of driving during which you follow examiner instructions of where to go, and they will get you to pull over and do specific manoeuvres including a three-point turn, reversing round a corner (being phased out soon), and hill starts. If you make more than 15 'minor' faults (i.e not checking mirrors properly) you fail, and a single major fault (i.e something serious or dangerous like pulling in front of another car) is also a fail.

[YG117]

Originally Posted by biggles1

Good news, I passed my theory test :D



The UK. Apparently they're a thing added to lots of cars around the world. The idea is that if you're parking on an unlit road with medium to high speed vehicles on it, the parking lights are designed to be left on overnight to help road users see your parked vehicle.

Yet nobody I have spoken to knows what they are and no cars we have nearby seem to have them fitted. So who knows!



Steps to become a fully licensed driver in the UK.

1. Send off for a provisional license. it's a green photo ID card that says you're allowed to drive on any roads except motorways (interstate highways for you) so long as you are insured and are accompanied by someone who is over 21, has had their license for at least 3 years, and is capable of taking over if needed (i.e they can't be drunk).

2. Pass your theory test. This takes place at an examination centre. It's a computerised test that throws you 50 random questions on everything from road markings and signs, to car maintenance, to first aid, to driving scenarios. You must get at least 43 questions right to pass.

2a. The second part of the theory is a hazard perception test. They play you 14 videos of someone driving and you need to click the mouse to 'flag' whenever you see a developing hazard. i.e someone about to run into the road or swerve in front of you. The sooner you flag the hazard the more points you get, maximum of 5 points per hazard. One video has two hazards making a max of 75 points. You need to get at least 45 to pass this part.

3. Pass your practical test. In this you have an examiner in the car with you, they start with an eyesight check (read a number plate at 20m), and some basic safety and maintenance questions. You then do about 40 minutes of driving during which you follow examiner instructions of where to go, and they will get you to pull over and do specific manoeuvres including a three-point turn, reversing round a corner (being phased out soon), and hill starts. If you make more than 15 'minor' faults (i.e not checking mirrors properly) you fail, and a single major fault (i.e something serious or dangerous like pulling in front of another car) is also a fail.

Your theory test sounds a lot like our permit test.

I think testing varies by state but in Pennsylvania, we have to pass the permit test before we are able to legally learn behind the wheel of a car. So basically we do your step 2 first and your step 1 is a result of us passing it. We also need to have a physical done by our doctor and submitted to the DMV testing center at the time of the permit test.

I believe if you're under the age of 18, you need to log at least 50 or 60 hours of driving/wait 6 months before you can take the road test.

We don't have your hazard test, and you're given three tries on your permit to pass the driving test. If you fail the third time, you have to renew your permit. Not sure if that involves taking the permit test again or not. They expire after a certain amount of years, after which you'll need to renew it again.

I've heard they've changed the road test since I've taken it (like 9 years ago,) but it involves parallel parking and driving on the roads near the test center. You need to obviously maintain the speed limit and they try to trick you by telling you you can 'go through' certain stop signs on the road. I practiced a three point turn but I didn't have to do it. You also need to demonstrate that you know how to work the car as well, such as windshield wipers, where the brake and gas pedals are, ebrake, blinkers, etc.

And my road test wasn't 40 minutes, I think it was 15 minutes tops.

[animex75]

Originally Posted by biggles1

Good news, I passed my theory test :D



The UK. Apparently they're a thing added to lots of cars around the world. The idea is that if you're parking on an unlit road with medium to high speed vehicles on it, the parking lights are designed to be left on overnight to help road users see your parked vehicle.

Yet nobody I have spoken to knows what they are and no cars we have nearby seem to have them fitted. So who knows!



Steps to become a fully licensed driver in the UK.

1. Send off for a provisional license. it's a green photo ID card that says you're allowed to drive on any roads except motorways (interstate highways for you) so long as you are insured and are accompanied by someone who is over 21, has had their license for at least 3 years, and is capable of taking over if needed (i.e they can't be drunk).

2. Pass your theory test. This takes place at an examination centre. It's a computerised test that throws you 50 random questions on everything from road markings and signs, to car maintenance, to first aid, to driving scenarios. You must get at least 43 questions right to pass.

2a. The second part of the theory is a hazard perception test. They play you 14 videos of someone driving and you need to click the mouse to 'flag' whenever you see a developing hazard. i.e someone about to run into the road or swerve in front of you. The sooner you flag the hazard the more points you get, maximum of 5 points per hazard. One video has two hazards making a max of 75 points. You need to get at least 45 to pass this part.

3. Pass your practical test. In this you have an examiner in the car with you, they start with an eyesight check (read a number plate at 20m), and some basic safety and maintenance questions. You then do about 40 minutes of driving during which you follow examiner instructions of where to go, and they will get you to pull over and do specific manoeuvres including a three-point turn, reversing round a corner (being phased out soon), and hill starts. If you make more than 15 'minor' faults (i.e not checking mirrors properly) you fail, and a single major fault (i.e something serious or dangerous like pulling in front of another car) is also a fail.

yeah, you see, here was a little different

first you had to be 15+ to get your learner's permit, which basically took no work at all; long story short, you couldn't drive unless you had someone 18+ with a real license in the car with you, or outside of the state your permit is for

if there were any other restrictions, i've long since forgotten them

then after you turn 16, you've had 40 hours experience (and another 5 at night, i think...forgot the exact number there), and have done driving school, you could go do your road test which involved a short quiz about traffic laws, and actual car driving

the driving course differed depending on where you went, but you had to do a J turn (i.e. backing up and turning into a space between two "cars" [just cone outlines] without hitting the cones or parking so close that you wouldn't be able to open the doors), parallel park, and drive around a little on the actual road which, again depending on where you went, would either be some back roads with a couple stop signs or city streets (i had the former)

[Feball3001]

Originally Posted by biggles1

Good news, I passed my theory test :D



The UK. Apparently they're a thing added to lots of cars around the world. The idea is that if you're parking on an unlit road with medium to high speed vehicles on it, the parking lights are designed to be left on overnight to help road users see your parked vehicle.

Yet nobody I have spoken to knows what they are and no cars we have nearby seem to have them fitted. So who knows!

I knew cars had parking lights on them, but had no clue that was what they were supposed to be used for.

Originally Posted by YG117

I believe if you're under the age of 18, you need to log at least 50 or 60 hours of driving/wait 6 months before you can take the road test.

Here you need to have a logbook and record 100hrs if you are under 25 no matter how long it takes to get. That is what my brother had to do. I just had to old my learners for six months before I could take the test when I sat for my learners.

Originally Posted by YG117

Your theory test sounds a lot like our permit test.

We don't have your hazard test, and you're given three tries on your permit to pass the driving test. If you fail the third time, you have to renew your permit. Not sure if that involves taking the permit test again or not. They expire after a certain amount of years, after which you'll need to renew it again.

When I was on my learners you could take the test any number of times once you were elegebale to take the test. You had to renew on the 1 year mark if you didn't pass during that time. I renewed mine once without sitting for the full licence because my mum was sick at the time and there was no time for driving lessons with everything else. I was able to get my learners as soon as I turned seventeen.

I'm not sure if that has changed or not with the log books but once my brother did his 100hrs he had to wait for it to be verrified and then get approval before he was allowed to sit his test. Brother was not able to get his learners until he was seventeen and a half.

[TheOcean]

Parking lights sound like a British version of hazard lights.

[biggles1]

Originally Posted by TheOcean

Parking lights sound like a British version of hazard lights.

Hazard lights are a separate thing, although some people do seem to think it gives them the ability to park anywhere...

[animex75]

well to be fair, those things are a "need to stop HERE AND NOW" sign for if your car breaks down or something