Road Test--Automatic Fails?

Hey, i am taking my road test tomorrow, in Minnesota if anyone cares, and I was wondering what are some of the things that are automatic failures? Or does it vary from state to state?

never try to race a cop during a driving test...

it wont end well

Running red lights/stop signs = big no-no.

Getting in a car accident of any kind is an obvious failure mark.

Just make sure to play some nice music for your instructor to get on their good side. Also, sing along with the music the whole time and bang your hands on the steering wheel along with the drum beat.

try not to crash your car.

If you dont look over your shoulder and check blind spots as you change lanes.

lol the driving test is easy. The DMV employees are so disgruntled they don't give a **** who they pass or fail, and it's pretty obvious they don't care. My drivers test was a couple times around the block for about 15 minutes. hamstergeddon

WHat if I can't 90 degree back into a parking space? :(Logan1616

I don't know of automatic failures specific to your circumstances, but generally speaking automatic failures are anything that is considered a dangerous action - e.g., not stopping at a stop sign, running a red light, not properly yieldingthe right-of-way, that sort of thing.

I'm not sure because I didn't have to take a driving test to get my driver's license.... but just follow the rules of the road and I'm sure you will be fine. chathuranga

State? I bet parents are nervous wrecks if their children don't even have to pass a test to drive.:lol:

WHat if I can't 90 degree back into a parking space? :(Logan1616

its really not that hard to do imo.

but i dont think thats a requirement to pass the drivers test. i never had to do that for my drivers test. i just went around the block a couple times and did an uphill and downhil parking then i was done. piece of cake

WHat if I can't 90 degree back into a parking space? :(Logan1616

[QUOTE="hamstergeddon"]lol the driving test is easy. The DMV employees are so disgruntled they don't give a **** who they pass or fail, and it's pretty obvious they don't care. My drivers test was a couple times around the block for about 15 minutes. thequietguy

Causing an accident, breaking the law probably.

prolly already been said, but i don't like reading threads:

rolling to stop twice, first time you're told, second time you fail.

1-6 miles over speed limit x2, first time you're told, second time you fail.

6+ over speed limit, first time you fail.

Not head checking when switching lanes, even if you have your mirror positioned so you can see everything, first time you fail

Obvious things, wrong lane, not taking first available lane on turns, running stop/red lights

[QUOTE="hamstergeddon"]lol the driving test is easy. The DMV employees are so disgruntled they don't give a **** who they pass or fail, and it's pretty obvious they don't care. My drivers test was a couple times around the block for about 15 minutes. thequietguy

That's what I want to know.. My local dmv guy is know to be very hard and he tries to fail as much people as possible. My brother filed and went to a different dmv guy by his school and passed easily. That's NYC for you. Everyone hates their jobs and takes it out on other people.

[QUOTE="thequietguy"][QUOTE="hamstergeddon"]lol the driving test is easy. The DMV employees are so disgruntled they don't give a **** who they pass or fail, and it's pretty obvious they don't care. My drivers test was a couple times around the block for about 15 minutes. hamstergeddon

I took my road test in Illinois...it seriously took me less than 5 mins.....I had to get out of the parking lot, stop at a light, turn in the parking lot, reverse, and then park in a empty parking lot....ReaperV7

thats even less than me. i live in illinois too and i basically had to do an uphill and downhill parking. then go around the block.

it was a joke

Slamming into a 9 year old boy who was playing football on the road and then scraping his entrails from the grill of your car is an automatic fail.

Slamming into a 9 year old boy who was playing football on the road and then scraping his entrails from the grill of your car is an automatic fail.

Evil_Saluki

But couldn't you argue in the case where the boy was wearing very dark clothing and was thus very hard to see that it was really his fault, and not the driver's?

Automatic failures for my drivers test:

• Blowing a stop sign
• Driving any amount over pre-determined speed limits
• Not allowing pedestrians the right of way at crosswalks
• Stopping for a j-walker (this one makes no sense)
• Failure to put on seat belt before starting car
• Failure to make sure the instructor is wearing their seat belt
• Taking both hands off the wheel
• Probably a few others...

I managed to get it first try with a 93. Apparently I should have been closer to the center line while turning left.

refusing to do something the examiner asksOblivionfan10

[QUOTE="Oblivionfan10"] refusing to do something the examiner asksEvil_Saluki

If you're driving a manual car, dump the clutch at about 7k. :twisted:

If the instroctor has to grab the wheel or smash on the breaks, thats a FAIL. If you back out of a parking lot and block both lanes, thats a FAIL. No turn signals at all get you some points lost but it might also be a FAIL.RTUUMM

How would the instructor smash the breaks? :?rockguy92

Many cars are specifically fitted as a car for driving instructors, and they contain passenger-side gas and brake pedals that override the driver-side pedals if depressed. This allows two things: for the driver to learn steering without needing to also be concerned about the pedals, and for the instructor to stop a driver from doing a potentially dangerous action.

[QUOTE="rockguy92"]How would the instructor smash the breaks? :?GabuEx

Many cars are specifically fitted as a car for driving instructors, and they contain passenger-side gas and brake pedals that override the driver-side pedals if depressed. This allows two things: for the driver to learn steering without needing to also be concerned about the pedals, and for the instructor to stop a driver from doing a potentially dangerous action.

[QUOTE="GabuEx"]

[QUOTE="rockguy92"]How would the instructor smash the breaks? :?rockguy92

Many cars are specifically fitted as a car for driving instructors, and they contain passenger-side gas and brake pedals that override the driver-side pedals if depressed. This allows two things: for the driver to learn steering without needing to also be concerned about the pedals, and for the instructor to stop a driver from doing a potentially dangerous action.

well the cars in drivers ed(at high school) usually have the brake petal on the passenger side.

but yea at the DMV you have to drive your own car

[QUOTE="rockguy92"]

[QUOTE="GabuEx"]

Many cars are specifically fitted as a car for driving instructors, and they contain passenger-side gas and brake pedals that override the driver-side pedals if depressed. This allows two things: for the driver to learn steering without needing to also be concerned about the pedals, and for the instructor to stop a driver from doing a potentially dangerous action.

well the cars in drivers ed(at high school) usually have the brake petal on the passenger side.

but yea at the DMV you have to drive your own car

[QUOTE="chathuranga"]I'm not sure because I didn't have to take a driving test to get my driver's license.... but just follow the rules of the road and I'm sure you will be fine. phillo99

State? I bet parents are nervous wrecks if their children don't even have to pass a test to drive.:lol:

...showing up drunk might get yea a few marks off the batt...

I've passed the road test twice in two states (Missouri and North Carolina). Basically, if you break a law (not stopping at stop signs, going over the speed limit, etc.) you fail.

Don't even put your keys in the ignition before you put your seatbelt on. This seems like a no-brainer but alas I had no brain and failed D: (I didn't even turn on the vehicle, just put the keys in and *bam* insta-fail)