As usual, the straight from the streets report is live and direct from New Jersey.
1. I now know why New Jerseyians do not know how to drive and observe the rules of the road. I had a discussion with a native New Jerseyian about New Jersey's road test. She told me that you don't actually go on the road for the "road test." I said to myself...no !#$%^ way is this true...I must have jumbled some of her words. So, I did some investigating and went to New Jersey's DMV website and found the following passage.
On the actual road test, a safety specialist will ride with you while you drive in an off-road test area or on a public road course.
The purpose of the road test is to make sure that you understand the rules of the road and that you can drive safely. If your car has a standard transmission, the examiner will ask you to demonstrate your ability to shift gears correctly.
The road test will take approximately 10 to 15 minutes.
New Jerseyians are lucky that I'm not the man in charge of the DMV cause at least half of New Jersey drivers would have their licenses revoked. A safety specialist (not an actual state trooper like every other state in US) rides with you in an off-road course (which is the parking lot of the DMV office). A person can only practice the proper rules of the road when a state trooper administers the test on the roads in New Jersey.
2. Tomorrow, October 11th, is the deadline to register to vote in New Jersey for the upcoming Gubernatorial November election between U.S. senator Jon Corzine (Democrat) and Doug Forrester (Republican). Tomorrow, I will be going to my town clerk's office to register and I pray I will have no problems. I will also be voting for the first time this November too.
3. I got a haircut last Friday at Wright's Place in Neptune, New Jersey. So, I'm rocking the Morris Chestnut look with the flashy looking goatee. As a young black man living in the United States, you need a couple of definites in your life. A good and reasonably priced black barbershop is always at the top of that list.
That's all for now...check back in a week or so for the next Straight from the Streets Report.
6 comments:
Actually in New York, you take your road test with an employee of the DMV also, but you do drive on actual city streets. They have semi-secluded areas in each borough so they can watch you signal, turn, park and whatnot. I also had a useless five hour safety class, which was actually a film at the driving school. If you can stay awake you get a certificate to complete your application at the DMV. My sister got her license up here in Mass. She almost jumped out and ran when she saw this 6'7" white male Statie bend himself into the passenger side to give the road test...LOL!
What's funny is when people come from NJ/NY to other states to take a driving test. At Hampton, all the New Yorkers were trying to get certified before going back to the big apple because, understandably, VA traffic is much lighter than NYC traffic. Plus, the test in Hampton was like a drive down a residential street and turning a corner. It was ridiculous.
Yep, that's true. My driving lessons were in Lower Manhattan during my lunch hour. What with all the pedestrians, buses and taxicabs, I never went over 30 MPH the whole time. My first time on the highway after I got my license was quite interesting. LOL! Also my father and my granddad were cabbies, so I learned all the WRONG driving habits (cutting folk off, leaning on the horn, crossing two lanes at a time, cutting through a gas station to avoid a stoplight) at an early age. :-}
in GA its the same way, we do not take the test on the road. i learned to drive on the expressway because i took lessons and my instructor was shady.
he would have me drive him around while he ran errands.
one time we went to Sears on the othre side of town so that he could buy his wife a refrigerator. another time we went to his wife's job so he could take her lunch!
SHADY!
@simonsays-you sure that was his real wife??? LOL
@simonsays...I'm thinking the same thing...
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