.. in a blink .. Part 3 -- Driving Licence
After the Smokey trip, I spent around 3 weeks in US when I did lot of shopping, got my driving licence, partied with friends and rushed back to India.
Driving Licence is one of the freakiest happening incident. Getting Driving Licence involves two steps -- Written exam and Driving test. I wished to get a driving licence before going back to India. I had already completed my written exam 10 on 10. Now, this was the easy part.
Driving test required driving as a defensive driver. And that I have never been one in my life. :-P I was pretty confident that I can take just one 2 hour driving practice class and I would be ready to take the test. I told Sumant and Aky of my thoughts during my Smokey trip and they scoffed, they wrote me off on clearing the test after just 2 hours of practice. Well, their confidence said that I was just over confident in trying the test this early.
I had arranged for a driving class on Thursday evening. That evening it rained and rained bad. My driving instructor called before coming and asked me if I was confident. In reply, I asked him if he was confident. On getting a positive reply, I said "If your are confident, I am as well." We went through our driving practice in rains. With time he gained confidence in my confidence in driving and on my first day of driving he allowed me drive on Inter State highways. WOW !!
At the end of the driving lesson, he did mention that I drove okay but might be dicy for me to clear exam, for my confidence might work against me. It was required for me to be a defensive driver and I was not even close to that!
I prepared myself to be that extra careful in driving next morning. Instructor came sharp at 7.00 am. I drove to the testing center and was ready to start my test. To be frank, that was the first time I was nervous. Sumant words rung in my ears. Watta time to get nervous. Luckily that nervousness and me holdinig my nerves really helped.
The test was smooth and I scored 81 on 100. With 70 out of 100 to pass, I had cleared the driving test in flying colours. Yippppppeeeeee !
Driving Licence is one of the freakiest happening incident. Getting Driving Licence involves two steps -- Written exam and Driving test. I wished to get a driving licence before going back to India. I had already completed my written exam 10 on 10. Now, this was the easy part.
Driving test required driving as a defensive driver. And that I have never been one in my life. :-P I was pretty confident that I can take just one 2 hour driving practice class and I would be ready to take the test. I told Sumant and Aky of my thoughts during my Smokey trip and they scoffed, they wrote me off on clearing the test after just 2 hours of practice. Well, their confidence said that I was just over confident in trying the test this early.
I had arranged for a driving class on Thursday evening. That evening it rained and rained bad. My driving instructor called before coming and asked me if I was confident. In reply, I asked him if he was confident. On getting a positive reply, I said "If your are confident, I am as well." We went through our driving practice in rains. With time he gained confidence in my confidence in driving and on my first day of driving he allowed me drive on Inter State highways. WOW !!
At the end of the driving lesson, he did mention that I drove okay but might be dicy for me to clear exam, for my confidence might work against me. It was required for me to be a defensive driver and I was not even close to that!
I prepared myself to be that extra careful in driving next morning. Instructor came sharp at 7.00 am. I drove to the testing center and was ready to start my test. To be frank, that was the first time I was nervous. Sumant words rung in my ears. Watta time to get nervous. Luckily that nervousness and me holdinig my nerves really helped.
The test was smooth and I scored 81 on 100. With 70 out of 100 to pass, I had cleared the driving test in flying colours. Yippppppeeeeee !
posted by Chirag at 5:28 PM
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