Hi guys, I failed my automatic driving test today and my parents told me to just bribe?? Is this actually a thing here?? What do I even say?? Who do I talk to?? I signed up to safety driving school who seem legit so would they even take it?? Someone plz help.
So you’ve learned:
- driving tests are harder than you thought
- your parents have ethics problems
Don’t leave your kids with your parents, is the real take-away here.
Idk where you live but seriously just retake your driving test. If you failed it clearly means you have no business operating a motor vehicle and will probably kill someone or yourself or both.
As a fellow road-user - please don’t.
Is this actually a thing here
You would increase your chances to get helpful insight significantly if you’d clarify where “here” is. It’s a big world with a ton of countries, and this is an international place.
Here obviously means where OP lives. :^)
License to be able to drive on lemmy, needs bribe for sure
Malaysia, based on his other posts
Been to Malaysia. They have driving tests? What are they testing, honking and trying to run people over?
Don’t do that, study harder and try again.
Where are you located?
If in north America definitely do not bribe.
Where’s “here”?
In some countries they’ll fail you if you don’t bribe, even if your driving was perfect, in others they’ll just overlook small errors that aren’t too dangerous.
There are places where if you bribe they’ll let you pass even if you can barely drive, in others they’ll call the police on you if you bring it up.
Ask around locally, you should definitely not bribe if you’d be a danger to yourself and others.
They also posted the same question to askmalaysians, maybe they’re from Malaysia?!
If they are Malaysian, this is definitely an option/might have been expected.
Keep taking the test. Or ask your parents to “talk”/bribe the instructor. Either you learn to drive, they will pass you out of perseverance(cause you don’t want to bribe) or you learn how to start the “bribe” talk.
It sounds like you might have misunderstood them. To me, it’s sounds like they are telling you to just BIKE. I’d suggest a used bike from a reputable manufacturer, in my city that will set ya back about 200, less than you’d pay for JUST insurance. On a simple bike like this any problem you might experience will be easily diagnosable and self fixable or you can go to a shop and pay a little extra. If you live in an area where things are far apart you might want to look into an e bike, those range from about 1k or more. They can go from 20-30mph and should be treated more seriously as you ride as on a regular bike you will probably only achieve 10-15mph averages. That will have the negative tradeoff of being harder to work on, more expensive, and perhaps frowned upon by “sport” cyclists. Check out this resource for more safety information.
You: “Maybe this crisp Washington will change your mind”
Them: “Are you trying to bribe me with a $1 bill?”
yes… and there’s more where this comes from 😎
Where?
safety driving school
😂 Yeah definitely don’t bribe 'em. Maybe don’t get a license at all.
I think they meant what country.
The Democratic Republic of Safety Driving School
You need to pass the safety test, not pay for it. It will only make you a better and more confident driver
Money won’t be there in the moment when those developed instincts are required
Not recommend in the US
but who do i talk to and what do i say if i were to?
you can easily kill people driving. learn to drive. if you think they failed you through no fault of yours, try a different place.
Dude just learn how to drive. Practice and study hard for a while, it’s not that hard.
Learning to drive has nothing to do with the driving test though.
It’s a monopolistic scam as they know they can deny a lot of people who have no option but to pay again.
