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I actually have two driving license experiences. Took the school sponsored driver's ed class when I was 15, didn't bother with the learner's permit, and took the test within days of turning 16. Thanks to drivers ed I aced the written and did almost as well on the driving portion. Got tripped up on stupid parallel parking, of course. I lived in a small town at the time, where the hell was I going to parallel park?
Now when I went to UT I didn't have a car or a need for one, so I let my driver's license lapse. Didn't see the need to pay for something I wasn't using and my student ID was all the ID I needed in Austin. What I didn't know at the time though was that by letting my license lapse I had to take the test all over again when I later got out of school and had to start driving again.
So, the second time around I was 23 using a friend's borrowed car. Again, I aced the written portion but I barely passed the driving portion. I guess I got rusty after not driving for a few years, and of course parallel parking still vexed me.
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