Today, I completed driving school. After 30 hours of classwork, 6 hours of driving lessons, and a very tough driving test, I passed and can now get a 15% safe driver insurance discount. My friend just told me he only had to watch a 15 minute video to get the same discount. FML
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Today, I just finished a driving school that I thought would lower my insurance by 10%. It was 30 hours so I was glad it was over, that was until I found out I took the wrong class. 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, I took my driving test. I spent 30 minutes with the handbrake on. FML
Today, I took my driving test for the first time. The instructor stopped it after less than ten minutes, and insisted she drive back to the test centre "in the interest of public safety." FML
Today, I had my first driving test. The instructor turned out to be the kind of twit who made me do the full 60-minute test, only to tell me afterwards that he was failing me for the only mistake I made less than 2 minutes after the test started. Time wasting tit. FML
Today, after finally getting my drivers license, I was able to drive myself to school for the first time! I got fined $50 for accidentally parking in the wrong lot. FML
Today, I took my driving test. Completing the test, we returned and parked at the testing facility. As my tester was complimenting me, I leaned down to wind my window up, catching my long hair in the window. Frantically thrashing, I put the car in drive and floored it into a concrete wall. FML
Today, I drove 45 minutes to take my full driver's test. At the end of the test, the instructor told me I'd done everything perfectly, but had failed before I left the parking lot. I didn't see the "one way" sign at the entrance. FML
Today, I booked a driver's ed course to avoid 3 points on my driving licence for doing 40 in 30 zone. That day, my wife kept quarrelling in the car, I got angry at her for a second, apparently also stepping on the gas. A triumphant copper with a speed gun was right there. I haven't had a speeding ticket in 25 years. FML
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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bezih 14
15 minutes or more saves you 15% off of car insurance, Geico.
niiickk_ 7
How was that possible?
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niiickk_ 7
How was that possible?
Adolf_Hipster13 13
Some schools or areas, like mine, don't have a driver's Ed course so we just watch a video on driver safety. Though the one I had to watch was 4hrs not 15mins. We practice on our own like at empty parking lots or streets that aren't very busy.
mergeterge 24
I forget which insurance it was but when I was still with my parents, the insurance company sent you a video to watch with a quiz to take. If you passed and also had a clean driving record, you got the discount. Every insurance company is different. It depends on the company. Unfortunate for OP, for sure! Ugh.
jake131000 21
State farm requires 30 hours in class and 6 on the road and the official certificate to prove that you took the right course!
alitairi 18
I had a friend that didn't even do anything, just claimed they took the class. insurance companies have no way of confirming it, and usually just give it on claiming you've taken it.
brezzyanna 17
Where I live, you get a certificate when you pass and you have to show that. They also call the driving school to make sure.
bezih 14
15 minutes or more saves you 15% off of car insurance, Geico.
The_Avatar 22
Brilliant. Best comment ive read in forever.
bigdfootball97 24
"15 minutes can save you 15% or more on car insurance." —GEICO
Reider022 16
So much for "everyone knows that"
quackImapenguin 16
thumbs down for misquoting
TrippyEyes 16
Way to butcher their slogan
RenamonFucksLuna 21
Total bullshit that he got that... But you're now more prepared to drive that he will ever be!
LindseyTheMoose 24
I did the same thing as your friend, I only had to watch a video. Sucks that you had to go through all that, sorry OP.
Anonymous8297 5
At least you will be prepared and have experience:p
ccameron12 21
At least now you have a lot more knowledge of driving safety and you know a lot more than your friend does
ZombieScoobyDoo 20
I had to take the full 30 hour class just to get my license. It's mandatory where I live for anyone under 18. My insurance company required me to fill out of a book about driving then my mom (adult passenger) had to fill out a survey about me. I think there was a video but I didn't watch it. It just depends on your insurance I guess.
bandaidstations 28
I had no video, but I had a driving journal I had to fill out stating weather conditions, if there was an animal I encountered on the road, difficult turns, etc. Mostly made the whole thing up and did the required hours and then I was allowed to take the test.
Ashd09 30
Here in Georgia anyone under 17 and a half is required to take a 30 hour online driving course and pass a test on it to get their license. And of course the system is terrible and shuts down all the time, causing you to have to restart the entire process any time it does.
ZombieScoobyDoo 20
I'm concerned that your driving test was hard. It sounds like you need that class. Most driving test just have you drive around the block and it's super easy.
JZY1989 23
not all tests are the same. my test was super easy and passed without going on the highway, but a friend of mine took the test from the same building and his was far more difficult then mine.
kirkaygri 18
In my state, new drivers have a hard test. You have to properly adjust all mirros and seats before the test, test all lights and signals, parallel park, do a three point and five point turn around, show you can properly park both up hill and down hill, know the use of the parking brake, and use it; they take you both highway, town and country and ask you all sorts of questions while you're driving. I took mine on an 1/8th inch of ice and it SUCKED. It's a pain, but when I went to renew at 25, I went around the block and that was it. The first test is after a semester of in class study and 60 hours of on the road driving in all conditions.
Vanilla_Cupcake 10
Some states have more difficult tests than others. Mine was easy in one state and the test I had to take when I moved to another state was much, much harder.
bella_nana347 23
Everybody knows you can safe 15% or more with GEICO