In California you are not allowed to speak during the test at all.
Kiddo passed the driver's test today
- Thread starter Chris142
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Those states are ignorant. While I know the old folk will shake their canes about using back-up cameras, they're required by law in the US on cars for what, a decade now ? Yes, I know plenty of cars don't have them but to forbid them is stupid. With our most recent kid getting their license, we had been told that one DMV location makes you cover it while another doesn't ! We went to the one that allows it (not for that reason - it's closer, less busy, etc) and our daughter asked about it. Instructor said, "you've got it, use it !"
My car doesn't have a back-up camera and the view out the rear-view mirror is 100% useless so I do depend on my side mirrors. When I drive my wife's car(s) and use the mirrors mostly, my wife always asks why I don't use the camera. I do use the camera at the end in order to get close enough to what I'm backing up towards.
what? Most people I know back up by putting their right arm on the passenger seat and looking in the back, I back up significantly better than a backup camera...
I don't observe how the average joe back up their car so I wouldn't know.
This.
I own four vehicles and only one has a backup camera, and I look back on that on that one like I do the other three.
Checks/balances/force of habit, and all that stuff.
Was that so Terry Schiavo could pass? What an insane rule.
Plus, you can give your back a nice stretch while doing so.
I look at it this way. All these sensors and cameras these vehicles have. Just means more stuff to go wrong. Paying attention is vital. It’s a lost art. I survived without that stuff when I learned to drive.
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Are you in a parallel parking test state? At least one state will let you fail PP and still pass your driver's test as it only penalizes you 5 points .
State/ Space Allotted for Parallel Parking
Alabama No N/A
Alaska Yes A huge space with cones
Arizona Yes 8′ x 27′
Arkansas No N/A
California No N/A
Colorado No N/A
Connecticut Yes Not Specified
Delaware Yes Not Specified
Florida No N/A
Georgia Yes 10′ x 22′
Hawaii Yes Not Specified
Idaho Yes Not Specified
Illinois No N/A
Indiana Yes Not Specified
Iowa Yes Not Specified
Kansas No N/A
Kentucky Yes 25′ long
Louisiana Yes Not Specified
Maine No N/A
Maryland No N/A
Massachusetts Yes Not Specified
Michigan Yes Vehicle length plus 6 feet
Minnesota Yes 25 feet
Mississippi No N/A
Missouri Yes 7′ x 25′
Montana Yes Not Specified
Nebraska No N/A
Nevada No N/A
New Hampshire Yes Not Specified
New Jersey Yes 8′ x 25′
New Mexico Yes Not Specified
New York Yes Not Specified
North Carolina No N/A
North Dakota Yes Not Specified
Ohio No N/A
Oklahoma Yes N/A
Oregon No N/A
Pennsylvania Yes 8′ x 24′
Rhode Island Yes Not Specified
South Carolina Yes Not Specified
South Dakota No N/A
Tennessee No N/A
Texas Yes Not Specified
Utah Yes Not Specified
Vermont Yes Not Specified
Virginia No N/A
Washington Yes 9′ x 19′
West Virginia Yes Not Specified
Wisconsin Yes Not Specified
Wyoming No N/A
State/ Space Allotted for Parallel Parking
Alabama No N/A
Alaska Yes A huge space with cones
Arizona Yes 8′ x 27′
Arkansas No N/A
California No N/A
Colorado No N/A
Connecticut Yes Not Specified
Delaware Yes Not Specified
Florida No N/A
Georgia Yes 10′ x 22′
Hawaii Yes Not Specified
Idaho Yes Not Specified
Illinois No N/A
Indiana Yes Not Specified
Iowa Yes Not Specified
Kansas No N/A
Kentucky Yes 25′ long
Louisiana Yes Not Specified
Maine No N/A
Maryland No N/A
Massachusetts Yes Not Specified
Michigan Yes Vehicle length plus 6 feet
Minnesota Yes 25 feet
Mississippi No N/A
Missouri Yes 7′ x 25′
Montana Yes Not Specified
Nebraska No N/A
Nevada No N/A
New Hampshire Yes Not Specified
New Jersey Yes 8′ x 25′
New Mexico Yes Not Specified
New York Yes Not Specified
North Carolina No N/A
North Dakota Yes Not Specified
Ohio No N/A
Oklahoma Yes N/A
Oregon No N/A
Pennsylvania Yes 8′ x 24′
Rhode Island Yes Not Specified
South Carolina Yes Not Specified
South Dakota No N/A
Tennessee No N/A
Texas Yes Not Specified
Utah Yes Not Specified
Vermont Yes Not Specified
Virginia No N/A
Washington Yes 9′ x 19′
West Virginia Yes Not Specified
Wisconsin Yes Not Specified
Wyoming No N/A
Missouri is listed as Yes (I was so asked to do it, I said no (as I know I would still pass), and they deducted 5 or whatever points from the total and I still passed my driver's license exam, I only had a total of 30 minutes of practice before my test)
