Today, I passed my driver's test. As I was driving home, I was rear-ended. Rear-ended by the examiner that'd passed me. FML
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Packed lecture halls, a sketchy roommate and frat parties: welcome to college, the real thing.
Today, as I was taking the driver's test to get my license, I backed into a car. It belonged to the instructor sitting in my passenger seat. FML
Today, I was rear-ended while at a stop sign, by my driving instructor. FML
Today, I passed my driver's test. My instructor took the learner signs off his car and let me drive back to my place. I guess he didn't bet on me crashing the car just a few blocks from the test center. FML
Today, while I was driving, I saw my driving instructor from high school walking on the sidewalk. As I waved to him, I rear-ended the car in front of me. Guess I really showed him how much I learned from him. FML
Today, I took my driving test. I was nervous, but I thought I followed the rules of the road pretty well. My tester ended up failing me for "backing out too slowly". FML
Today, after my driving instructor told me I should pass without any worries at all, I completely failed. I was hit by another car. While parked. FML
Today, I was taking my driving test and everything was going perfectly. As I pulled back into the testing center, I smiled because I knew I'd passed. Then I got out of the car without pulling the handbrake. The examiner had to jump back in and hit the brakes before it rolled into an actual parked car. FML
Today, I went to take my driver's test, and I did almost everything perfectly. The last thing was to back into a driveway. As I went to put my hand on the passenger seat to look over my shoulder, I got so nervous that I hit my instructor in the face. FML
Today, I hit a parked car. It happened to be my driving instructor's car. While he was instructing me, sitting in the passenger seat. I don't think I'll pass. FML
Today, I took my driver's test. I did everything flawlessly, but my examiner kept all but pissing his pants throughout. He yelled, "ARE YOU TRYING TO GET US KILLED?!" when I drove past a traffic light just as it was about to turn red. The road was almost empty. He failed me on the spot. FML
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Bogrbon 27
That is wrong in so many levels. If the car in front of you has to stop suddenly for any reason, it is your job to be far enough behind to be able to react and stop. Slowing down to turn or suddenly braking for some reason doesn’t justify rear-ending. Basically it’s only the driver in front’s fault if they are changing lanes unexpectedly, deliberately trying to cause an accident, or in reverse. Otherwise the driver behind has to stay off their ass and pay attention.
Brightside86 31
Reminds me that no matter what they do for a living almost everyone is just a regular person trying go get through their day.
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Brightside86 31
Reminds me that no matter what they do for a living almost everyone is just a regular person trying go get through their day.
RichardPencil 32
I've heard of people bribing driving test examiners for a passing grade with cash. I guess that sodomy also works. I'd have just accepted the fail and try later, and keep my butt from being penetrated. Butt, hey, you do you.
Chazzster 32
While legally getting rear-ended in a car crash is usually considered the fault of the one behind, in reality sometimes the driver in front is at fault. If you drive unpredictability and slam on your brakes or turn without signaling the turn that can lead to being rear-ended. Given the examiner would normally be expected to be an experienced driver and the one being examined is most likely an inexperienced driver, I tend to suspect that OP is at least partially at fault. I strongly suspect that OP left out what led to the crash in their story.
Bogrbon 27
That is wrong in so many levels. If the car in front of you has to stop suddenly for any reason, it is your job to be far enough behind to be able to react and stop. Slowing down to turn or suddenly braking for some reason doesn’t justify rear-ending. Basically it’s only the driver in front’s fault if they are changing lanes unexpectedly, deliberately trying to cause an accident, or in reverse. Otherwise the driver behind has to stay off their ass and pay attention.
Chazzster 32
As I originally said, legally it is almost always considered the fault of the car behind if they hit you. However in the real world the actions of the car in front can increase the probability of getting hit. Most times in traffic people cannot follow far enough behind that they have enough reaction time should the car in front do something suddenly or unpredictable. If you allow the theoretical reaction space in many areas you will have multiple people pulling in front of you into the empty space. That’s the way it was driving in San Diego for example when I lived there. To make up for the tight spacing an experienced driver will look not just at the car in front of them but at the conditions in front of that car so they can know when to expect the car in front of them suddenly slowing or stopping. But if that car fails to signal an upcoming turn that can result in an unexpected sudden slowing or stop, or if they jam on the brakes because they got to close to car in front of them. Just consider the odds - Which if the two was the experienced driver, the driving examiner or the one who had been tested? While it is possible that the examiner is a poor driver or was distracted. It’s also very possible that OP did something that contributed to the accident. You will note they gave zero details about what happened before they were rear ended. It may seem satisfying to assume the driving instructor was a poor or distracted driver and that the presumably young driver who had just taken his driving test was blameless in this accident. But that’s not likely the full story.
sirrubberduckie 37
If you can't maintain an assured clear distance and you hit the car directly ahead of you, that's your fault, end of story. You can type as much as you'd like, but that's how the law works. Saying "I had to be that close" or "I couldn't stop because of ice" or any other excuse doesn't matter.
Inkoseh 33
I have found that new drivers from their tests are much more cautious at driving to start, and experienced drivers can't anticipate what a new driver would do over an experienced one. It's the whole debate of why people hate autonomous cars, because they don't drive like humans do; they drive like they're programmed. Hence why they're hit so much! The guy behind in this case should have kept a safer distance, as I highly doubt OP was brake checking him or really driving that weird other than braking earlier to slow down sooner. Test-ees still had to go through dozens of hours of practice to get their pass, it's not like they walked in with little to no experience, did it AND passed. That seems more unlikely than OP being at fault.