I've failed my driving test!

[minmari at hotmail.com]

This is my first post here.  How funny that it isn't even anything HP 
related.  :)  

I just wanted to be yet another person to chime in and say I too 
didn't pass my first driving test.  I too had the most hideous of all 
hideous Muggles as my tester.  Perhaps it was the same tester?  ;)  

I was flunked, and I am not making this up, because I made a right 
turn while there were people in the crosswalk.  Okay, I understand 
that it isn't good to be turning in front of pedestrians.  Believe 
me, I do.  However, the street I was turning onto was SEVEN lanes 
wide.  Three going one way, three going the other, and one 
center "suicide" lane.  There was one person in the crosswalk who was 
in the lane furthest from me, and he was headed to the opposite side 
of the street.

When my tester told me this, I sat there gaping.  I believe the only 
thing I could say was "Are you kidding?"  This horrible person 
actually responded back, "What would have happened if that pedestrian 
had suddenly turned around or jumped in front of you?"  From 60 yards 
away??  (BTW: the pedestrian was an ancient looking man who was 
walking with a cane.)

When I went back to take the test again (the next day), all they had 
me do was make right turns in a residential area.  Yes, I drove in 
circles for about 20 minutes.  The tester (thankfully someone new) 
was mystified because the report said I had trouble making right 
turns.  Sigh.

Everyone I know failed their first test.  Don't feel bad.

Mindy