Today, I went to the DMV for my second attempt to get my license. I did everything perfectly, stayed at the speed limit, did my three-point turn flawlessly, and parked nicely. The lady failed me because I wasn't using the stick shift right. My car doesn't have a stick shift. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I failed my driving test before even leaving the DMV parking lot. 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 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, I went to the DMV to get my license. I almost ran over my evaluator as he was walking to get in the car. FML
Today, I took my driving test. I had pulled out of my three point turn in a neighborhood and started driving again, thinking something wasn't quite right. The lady testing me looked over at me and said, "Sweetie, you're driving on the wrong side of the road." FML
Today, I failed to get my driver's licence. My father was the instructor. FML
Today, I drove all the way to another state and dealt with Chicago traffic on the way just to learn to drive stick. I couldn't learn, because the truck was suddenly unavailable, and when it was available again, whoever had it last lost the keys. Guess I gotta make another trip. FML
Today, I drove my new car with a manual transmission for the first time by myself. I was at a stoplight and saw a cute guy in the car next to me. He looked my way and gave me "the nod". The light turned green and I tried to go but I stalled out, lurching my car forward right into the car next to me. 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 failed my driving test. I rammed into the parallel parking poles, ran a stop sign, and stopped at a cross intersection. My instructor called me an idiot. FML
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Arsonnist 3
See? You weren't using it at all.
StoryOfTheYear 15
How do you use a stick shift wrong?
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StoryOfTheYear 15
How do you use a stick shift wrong?
krazy_glu3 0
Exactly. It's actually pretty easy to drive stick shift. Idk how you screw that up.
ChibiGirl5 0
Their car didn't even have a stick shift
StoryOfTheYear 15
13- Believe it or not, I actually read the whole FML before posting. :P I was referencing the douche of an instructor's reason for failing OP.
fthislyfe 22
In my country, we MUST take driving lessons with a stick shifted car. Cuz almost all cars here are like that. And if someone has an automatic geared car they make fun of him that he can't drive.
kapippenger 0
I think she wanted you to shift her "stick".
bennyboy111 7
Stick shift???? BAHAHAHAHAHAAAA WTF?
FreakoHolm 6
32 - Ha. ha. ha. ha.
ArcadePie 10
I think they fail people so easily on purpose. The more attemps it takes the more money they get.
THETRAIN 0
Are you Russian 30
lerthox 8
It says on her profile that she is from Iran, but what she said is valid for most of the world except in the USA.
StoryOfTheYear 15
Yay for ease of use...
fthislyfe 22
39: I'm from Iran. As it says in my profile...
SemperFi_23 6
That sounds like a DMV in Texas.
Sebastian_NG 17
#39 yeah in most countries most cars are stick shift, therefore you must take your test with a stick shift car, I recently aproved mine (I'm from Ecuador, South America) and believe me its not the same as automatic transmission, it's easy to make shifts and stuff, but there are other issues when driving stick shift, for example it requires a certain amount of skill to pull out your car uphill, or even when you go over a speed bump you run the risk of your car turning off, of course that with a little practice it will be no problem once you get used to it. But believe me, when I was just learning, all those little thing were like hell, and it still takes some practice to do that stuff (specially the uphill part) when you try a new car. Its not the same to pull out uphill on a 1990s subcompact than on an SUV.
humorizer 14
Sounds like a sticky shiftuation.
Keyman1212 14
I never had to take a driving test at the DMV here in Texas. Hell, they GAVE me a drivers license after I had my permit for six months. Kinda a fail on their part?
nigrice 0
Iran sucks
fthislyfe 22
very true 67
nigrice 0
Lolol iran
Tjack_atack 0
30- that's one of the reasons why amurica is way better than Iran
paulyd97 3
spell AMERICA right if you you are going to brag about it asshole this is why everyone hates AMERICAns
Arsonnist 3
See? You weren't using it at all.
tsim_fml 0
well thats a sticky shiftuation.
MagicallyFat 12
That sucks I just finally passed my road test after 5 attempts
Charlie_Gardner 5
33=win
Kiksters 0
That's just wrong on so many levels, for her to do that!!
Dalliance 4
All driving tests I've heard of require records and paperwork. She had to have written down exactly why you failed. The car's license plate number should also be recorded on the paperwork. If you can prove that you were therefore wrongfully failed, it shouldn't be too difficult to get a re-test -- or even a pass retroactively if there was nothing else in your performance you could be failed for.
enonymous 9
You forgot to go through the drive thru. Sit idle as she picked up her dry cleaning and your radio was not playing "working at the car wash"
djjmax 7
Nice...
RA661 8
Hmm.. If everything went well and you failed cause of that.. that lady has something personal.. FYL
marinus_fml 20
Well there's you're problem!
enonymous 9
Come on Marinus correct it. Clean it up
marinus_fml 20
Fuuuu I thought I would never see this day.
StoryOfTheYear 15
It happens to the best of us. Your forgiven.
marinus_fml 20
Hahaha SOTY classic move!
StoryOfTheYear 15
I find an acorn every once in a while. :P
enonymous 9
And knowing is half the battle... GI Joe.
storyofthemonth 0
What the...?
tylersign 11
enonymous, marinus, and soty all in one thread.......? Yesplz.
nitram0606 0
...why not just complain to the folks inside the DMV, I find it hard to believe, if the situation was explained, they wouldn't help you out.
Hayman68 4
they won't
bo1440 3
They will, but it will go something like this *Please proceed to window 6 to file a compliant... 2 hours later... oh i'm sorry sir you have to go window 8 to fill out a written complaint first, then come back here to speak with a supervisor if you still wish to formally submit your complaint... 2 weeks later via mail... sir we'd like to inform you your complaint was successfully submitted to a review panel, and we will inform you of their decision within 7 to 10 business days* DMV's SUCK.
Yaqui_fml 9
Yeah seriously. My first test this lady started going at a two way stop when it wasn't her turn so I started to stop and at that same moment a gray car came out of nowhere from the parking lot next to us. Even though I was already pretty much stopped the test lady yelled "STOP!" and then lectured me on how they only give licenses to people who pay attention. She made me finish the rest of the test then said that "I failed back there" when she had to tell me to stop the car. She then wrote on my paper that I failed because I gave the other person at the stop sign my right of way. -_-
portablecupid 3
What the hell? How did she even land that job?
Arsonnist 3
How did she even park that job?
StoryOfTheYear 15
With her eyes closed, obviously.
slick5880 22
It's the DMV, they live to make our lives suck. I think it's in the job description.
illmatic2 16
Damn, they sure can be picky. I remember my drivers test. Believe it or not, I hit one of the DMV workers within the first 2 minutes and still managed to pass.
Yaqui_fml 9
The lady that hands out the written tests at our DMV told me and my mom that even though her task was boring she'd rather do that than give driving tests any day. When we asked why she said that every person that handled the driving tests had been in at least 3 accidents each.
Badboy6 5
I think I'll speak for most people here, What a Bitch.