Disclaimer Posted January 24, 2010 Report Share Posted January 24, 2010 Read this in the ex-local paper.Started with this brief article: http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/article/20100124/NEWS01/1240301/1002/Mansfield-tough-on-driving-hopefulsThen you get to the nitty gritty data here:http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/article/20100124/NEWS01/100124001/1002/Data-Center--Failure-rates-at-Ohio-BMV-driving-test-locations?appSession=782192818001054&RecordID=&PageID=2&PrevPageID=2&cpipage=1&CPIsortType=desc&CPIorderby=Pct_driving_failI've always been a proponent of bringing Euro driving tests over here, but that'd open a whole new can of worms. Are the test centers too hard on drivers in some areas of the state, or are some centers overly easy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likwid Posted January 24, 2010 Report Share Posted January 24, 2010 My opinion is it's too easy around the board, but some counties just make it stupid easy to pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likwid Posted January 24, 2010 Report Share Posted January 24, 2010 And just as an FYI I took mine at Cuyahoga Falls... but that was over a decade ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted January 24, 2010 Report Share Posted January 24, 2010 Probably all of the above. High schools around here have dropped Drivers Ed. It all has to be done somewhere else for cash. Wonder if that has an effect. And it appears that most flunk parking? Dunno. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likwid Posted January 24, 2010 Report Share Posted January 24, 2010 What's sad is, parking isn't part of the test now. Righ around when I turned 15 they changed it to the cones. So now you start in a box of 4 cones with 1 cone in front of you about 1 car length. You have to pull up and parralel then back up... similar to parking but not the same imho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 What's sad is, parking isn't part of the test now. Righ around when I turned 15 they changed it to the cones. So now you start in a box of 4 cones with 1 cone in front of you about 1 car length. You have to pull up and parralel then back up... similar to parking but not the same imhoYep, that's what I took. I think it's a lot easier than parallel parking. I do remember my driver's ed instructor was pretty easy. It was supposed to be I think 2 hours of in car driving per day, but I'd usually get out after an hour, an hour and half. I don't remember my test at all. Both my driver's ed and test were done in Newark, 9 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likwid Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 what's funny is my driver's ed class taught us a trick for the cones... pull forward until the front cone is at your front pillar. turn the wheel 1 & 1/2 turn to the direction, when the cone passes your door return the wheel and go 1/2 turn the other direction... perfect EVERY time.They had us practicing on the last day, I recall doing this @ around 10-15 mph after 15 minutes of "practicing"... I took the test in my mom's 1st gen Land Rover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 interesting read, personally I think the driving tests should be harder. I took mine at Garfield where the maneuverability was high and I was almost apart of that statistic for doing it too fast and with one hand on the wheel. The guy told me he should have failed me for that but was impressed I guess? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashweights Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 all i see is racism in these tests. break down the demographics and you'll see. get rid of the driving test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likwid Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 interesting read, personally I think the driving tests should be harder. I took mine at Garfield where the maneuverability was high and I was almost apart of that statistic for doing it too fast and with one hand on the wheel. The guy told me he should have failed me for that but was impressed I guess?Didn't you take the test 2 weeks ago? I didn't know much has changed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey1 Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 all i see is racism in these tests. break down the demographics and you'll see. get rid of the driving test.Here we go......:popcorn::popcorn: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagr Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 Do the "harder" counties have a higher percentage of women and/or Asians? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 Didn't you take the test 2 weeks ago? I didn't know much has changed!lol shit no its almost been 10 years since I did it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 lol shit no its almost been 10 years since I did itEverybody on here says it's been about 10 years, wtf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheech Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 all i see is racism in these tests. break down the demographics and you'll see. get rid of the driving test.citation please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 Everybody on here says it's been about 10 years, wtf.well when I thought about it I realized that my math is of and it'll only be 9 years in a little over a month, but close enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 well when I thought about it I realized that my math is of and it'll only be 9 years in a little over a month, but close enough , mines about 9 years too haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey1 Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 Everybody on here says it's been about 10 years, wtf.Damn I must be an old fart it has been over 15 years for me. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad324 Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 , mines about 9 years too hahahaha eh just round it to 10 like the rest of us...too much beer and pizza does not make for good math skills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Speazy Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 I didn't miss any points on mine in Holmes county a whopping 8 years (give or take a couple months) ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likwid Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 20-30 single white male Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick37 Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 thanks guys for making me feel old, I took my test 20 yrs ago, FYI 2 of my children are about to take their driving test within the next month so stay off the sidewalks...LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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