Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Pass TP on my first attempt !!!
I managed to clear my TP , I am now a qualified class 3 driver , lol.The day started as per normal until I reached the school circuit.Since it was my first time there , I was naturally feeling abit disorientated and nervous.I spent around 1 hour there trying out the different stations to get a feel.I realised I need to turn slightly earlier for my reverse parking unlike for the private circuit.Other than that , the circuit obstacles are still the same.The road situation there is also quite an uphill task because we have to wait for our turn.I was screwing up badly during warm up and even mount kerb.I saw this girl taking her test mount the kerb and her tester told her to get out of the car and look at the kerb , lol.Finished practicing at 3:30pm and headed up to the waiting room.I realised everyone in there were just as nervous as me and I made some small talk with a guy next to me.Helped to calm both of us down by doing that.
I was among the last few to be called and thank god , I didn't got route 6 or 8.I got something in between , route 7.I greeted my tester but he didn't acknowledge me or was I too soft ? lol.He led me down to my vehicle and attached the additional L plate for me.Straight away when he sat in the vehicle he told me to turn left .Lots of incoming cars in the circuit so I need to wait for them to clear to move off.Lucky this instructor in 1 of the L plate bbdc cars gave way to me and signal me to move off.
Everything was ok in the circuit.There was once he wanted me to turn into a particular course number but in order to do that , I need to change over to the right lane and another guy was next to me.He told me off and I explained to him there was another car next to me.When I was at the parallel parking station , he suddenly hit the brakes and I thought what was wrong.Ended up he told me the pole was not aligned properly and he went down to aligned it for me.I forgot to signal at the slope in the circuit , that was my first mistake.Another was he asked me to turn into 18 and I hesitated awhile and he got impatient.I just told him it was my first time in this circuit and he somehow confirmed me that was the correct path :)
After that , everything went smoothly and he didn't said a single word.When I returned back to bbdc , he told me to park by the side and he just left the car and headed up.I was quite shocked and slowly took my time.My instructor was the one that told me to follow the tester up.The debrief was "you know how to check blind spot properly right ? check before you turn , not anytime before that" then he told me to head to the first level to watch the video , hehehe.I was however , shocked by getting 18 points , I thought everything was quite smooth.Abrupt lane change , not enough clearance for side object and people , failing to signal in circuit , these are the stuff that got me my points :(
The video segment was informative and it showed some case studies of what drink driving can do to you , accidents videos , and admin matters information.I then headed up to register my license but they rejected my photo claiming it was too old.Ended up I have to take my photo downstairs at the booth.1 month time for my official license , stucked with a temp license for now :) I am so glad I am not caught in the loop of retaking and failing.
