Good day All,
Welcome back!!
Happy New Year to all the users checking my site!!! wanted to start of this year with a off topic of me getting a driving license in PA.
Did search around blogs to see how exactly driving test are done but couldn't get any information so thought to share my experience so that this may help some one.....
I am hoping that you have already done your written exam and booked a slot for the driving test if not you should do that first and PA PENDOT website is excellent with all the information.
Let me start with the day of the driving test.
1. Be on on time and no need to go inside the office.If you look around there should be a place marked for driving test start point. Just on your time go and park in the spot.
2. So you are in the driving seat and next to you should be the car owner.Make sure that he carries Car registration , Car insurance with Car VIN number mentioned properly, Car PA stickers are not expired and original driving license.
3. On time driving inspector will come to you and ask to confirm the address , if any changes required and then need to sign it. Inspector will ask the car owner for all the required documents , he will verify them and ask him to get down and wait in the office.
4. At this point inspector will go to front of your car and ask you do the following things
Switch on lights
switch off lights
right indicator
left indicator
high beam
wipers on and off
ask you to put hazard indicator and you need to wait till he ask you to switch off
will ask you to press horn 1 time
Now inspector will go back of the car and will ask these questions
switch off the hazard indicator
right indicator
left indicator
press break 1 time.
Now he will come next to you and he will buckle up and sit next to you.
5. Will ask you if you have any questions, he none he will ask you start the vehicle and go to parallel parking area.
6. As soon as you start, usually you will see a Stop sign so make sure to stop there and proceed...
7. In the parallel parking bay area while going he asked me to go between 2 cones on the drive way and then asked me to go to the spot to perform parallel parking.
8 So after reaching the parallel parking area you put the car in park mode and wait for inspector to give you instructions
Following are the instructions given to me
a. You can move 3 times front and 3 times back but need to make sure you put the car in the box.
If you hit the curb no need to panic can adjust it.
So Inspector will tell you take your time when you ready position your car for parallel parking and proceed..
Every one as the own process to do it but this is how i did
a. maintained 3 feet distance and parked the car so that my back headlights are in line with the parallel parking cones
b.At this point i put my right indicator , reverse gear and by turning my head back and looking through my right side back door window went back slowly.
c.As soon as i saw the cones in the right side back door corner i rotated my steering wheel all the way to right. Holding it tight started to go slowly backwards by looking at the right side mirror till i reached like 90 degree angle.
d. At about 90 degrees angle or if your driver seat is in line with cones rotate back the car steering wheel make it straight and by looking at right mirror go slowly back.
e. As soon as you able to see the front of the cones and you need to make a guess that you have enough space for front of the car and will not hit the cones.
f. Now turn you steering wheel all the way to left and start going slowly and if you in the box and enough distance in the front just stop the car and put the car in parking mode.
9. Following instructions was given to me at this point by inspector
you can do unlimited front and back but make sure to drive the car without hitting the cones.So when ready he said to proceed.
10. At this point you put left indicator and start slowly not to hit the cones and proceed...
11. Inspector asked me to proceed though the mall so make sure you following the speed mentioned and also stop signs. Also make sure if any people are trying to cross stop for them and proceed.
12. Asked to take the main road, small 5 mints drive and back to office...
13. At this point if passed will ask you to park the vehicle at the front of the office, will be instructed to hand over the car to owner and follow him inside the office.
14. After you follow him will ask you sit and wait for someone to call you and give a token number.
15. After you get you token number you can proceed to area where you will called to a take a picture and license should be handed over in 2-3 mints.
if you have time day before the test in the evening go to the area, know all the stop signs, test parallel parking that will give you little confidence.
Hopefully this helps someone!!! Until next one you all have a good day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Welcome back!!
Happy New Year to all the users checking my site!!! wanted to start of this year with a off topic of me getting a driving license in PA.
Did search around blogs to see how exactly driving test are done but couldn't get any information so thought to share my experience so that this may help some one.....
I am hoping that you have already done your written exam and booked a slot for the driving test if not you should do that first and PA PENDOT website is excellent with all the information.
Let me start with the day of the driving test.
1. Be on on time and no need to go inside the office.If you look around there should be a place marked for driving test start point. Just on your time go and park in the spot.
2. So you are in the driving seat and next to you should be the car owner.Make sure that he carries Car registration , Car insurance with Car VIN number mentioned properly, Car PA stickers are not expired and original driving license.
3. On time driving inspector will come to you and ask to confirm the address , if any changes required and then need to sign it. Inspector will ask the car owner for all the required documents , he will verify them and ask him to get down and wait in the office.
4. At this point inspector will go to front of your car and ask you do the following things
Switch on lights
switch off lights
right indicator
left indicator
high beam
wipers on and off
ask you to put hazard indicator and you need to wait till he ask you to switch off
will ask you to press horn 1 time
Now inspector will go back of the car and will ask these questions
switch off the hazard indicator
right indicator
left indicator
press break 1 time.
Now he will come next to you and he will buckle up and sit next to you.
5. Will ask you if you have any questions, he none he will ask you start the vehicle and go to parallel parking area.
6. As soon as you start, usually you will see a Stop sign so make sure to stop there and proceed...
7. In the parallel parking bay area while going he asked me to go between 2 cones on the drive way and then asked me to go to the spot to perform parallel parking.
8 So after reaching the parallel parking area you put the car in park mode and wait for inspector to give you instructions
Following are the instructions given to me
a. You can move 3 times front and 3 times back but need to make sure you put the car in the box.
If you hit the curb no need to panic can adjust it.
So Inspector will tell you take your time when you ready position your car for parallel parking and proceed..
Every one as the own process to do it but this is how i did
a. maintained 3 feet distance and parked the car so that my back headlights are in line with the parallel parking cones
b.At this point i put my right indicator , reverse gear and by turning my head back and looking through my right side back door window went back slowly.
c.As soon as i saw the cones in the right side back door corner i rotated my steering wheel all the way to right. Holding it tight started to go slowly backwards by looking at the right side mirror till i reached like 90 degree angle.
d. At about 90 degrees angle or if your driver seat is in line with cones rotate back the car steering wheel make it straight and by looking at right mirror go slowly back.
e. As soon as you able to see the front of the cones and you need to make a guess that you have enough space for front of the car and will not hit the cones.
f. Now turn you steering wheel all the way to left and start going slowly and if you in the box and enough distance in the front just stop the car and put the car in parking mode.
9. Following instructions was given to me at this point by inspector
you can do unlimited front and back but make sure to drive the car without hitting the cones.So when ready he said to proceed.
10. At this point you put left indicator and start slowly not to hit the cones and proceed...
11. Inspector asked me to proceed though the mall so make sure you following the speed mentioned and also stop signs. Also make sure if any people are trying to cross stop for them and proceed.
12. Asked to take the main road, small 5 mints drive and back to office...
13. At this point if passed will ask you to park the vehicle at the front of the office, will be instructed to hand over the car to owner and follow him inside the office.
14. After you follow him will ask you sit and wait for someone to call you and give a token number.
15. After you get you token number you can proceed to area where you will called to a take a picture and license should be handed over in 2-3 mints.
if you have time day before the test in the evening go to the area, know all the stop signs, test parallel parking that will give you little confidence.
Hopefully this helps someone!!! Until next one you all have a good day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No comments:
Post a Comment