First let me paint the scenery for you. I was told to make a left turn across 4 lanes into a suburban area for the parallel park and 3 point turn. I waited for traffic to clear and than made my move, so far so good. When I actually get to the suburban road theres a large oil truck basically taking up the entire right lane right at the entance of the road. A car about 200 yards away is cruising up to us at 15 mph about.. Because of the truck my car was in the middle of the road, but I was clearly going to make it past the truck and move into the lane fully WAY before the oncoming car could come close. While I was in the middle though my examiner grabbed the wheel and litterally turned me into the oncoming lane and swerved me back and forth untill i got into the right lane. She than failed me for "being in the wrong lane" when SHE was the one who moved me into it. There was absolutely NO reason for her to grab the wheel.
Maybe it was my fault for not wanting to crash into an oil truck but I didn’t want to die. So the question is, who’s fault is this, was it actually my fault? more importantly what should I do if that ever happens again to not make a scene. My examiner didn’t tell me one thing on how to fix it she just said "we could have crashed if you didnt merge into your lane" when obviously I knew that and couldn’t merge because of the truck -.-
it sounds like youre desperate to get your license.
Remeber that energy, acceleration and deceleration times grow way out of proportion as speed increases.
It sounds like you should get more experience at all speeds,including some freeway driving, before attempting the license test. If you can estimate the change of energy associated with speeds around 60 mph then you will be much more skilled at doing so at speeds near and around intersections.
FInd/make a friend who can help you!
When approaching a commercial vehicle parked on the side of the road , you don’t just merely swerve around it and proceed. You are supposed to slow down to a crawl , check for oncoming traffic , signal and shoulder check to the left (to see if anybody behind you is swerving around you and the commercial vehicle) and carefully look for the operator of the commercial vehicle as you pass, just in case they are walking out from the front of the vehicle.
Since there was another vehicle coming , there is a potential space margin conflict that endangers not only you and the other vehicle but the commercial vehicle and operator as well.
The correct thing to do would be ,
– if there’s no vehicle approaching , you could just slow down to a crawl behind the commercial vehicle , signal , shoulder check (to the left) and safely go around it , keeping an eye open for the operator. Then shoulder check (to the right) and safely move back into your lane.
– If there is a vehicle approaching , since the commercial vehicle is on your side of the road , that’s where the space margin conflict is , it’s not the other driver’s problem. You stop , and wait for oncoming traffic to pass. When it’s clear you signal left , shoulder check left , move around the commercial vehicle keeping an eye open for the operator , then signal and shoulder check right and move back into your lane when it’s safe.
Sounds like you were just a little nervous and figured you had enough room , the thing is though if you have close calls on your road test you will fail. Now you have one test under your belt , you won’t be so nervous next time. Just take your time and if there’s a space margin conflict on your side of the road , be aware that you may need to stop , and wait for oncoming traffic to pass before you can proceed.
Good luck on your next test.