Driver’s Test Gone Wrong

Sophomore, Sydney Segrell immediately failed her drivers test the first time she took it. “It was sad. He said I cut someone off,” Segrell said. “ It was pretty fast, I went out, turned onto the street, and turned back around.”   Ironically, Segrell has had no other accidents while driving, and is a safe driver on the road. She got her license the next time she retook the test, bu...

Sophomore, Elizabeth Woods, also failed her drivers test, mostly due to the rain. “I was making a right turn, and it was the day that it was really rainy and the water was covering the street. I didn't see that there were two different lanes, I thought it was one. I went out to the left more and ended up in the left lane which counted as a lane violation. That’s an automatic fail” said Woods...

Junior, Cole Bourne, took his first test in October of his Sophomore year. “I would say I failed because I didn’t prepare enough. I didn’t make any mistakes but the drivers testers look for the little things, so you can’t make any big mistakes and they don’t like you to swing a lot,” Bourne said.   “When I went home I pretty much knew what I failed and what I needed to work...

Sophomore, Ruby Hldack, also received an automatic fail the first time she took her drivers test. “I was taken through a construction zone and didn’t see a pop up stop sign that was on the ground, drove past it, and got an automatic fail,” Hldack said. “I’m fine driving, I was kind of surprised and annoyed but it’s fine,”  Hldack said.   She has her next appointment soon in which s...