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| 2006-10-27 |
| Driving test comes to crashing halt PORTAGE, Ind. - A young woman's goal of getting her driver's license crashed this week — right into the license branch. The 20-year-old woman was pulling into a parking spot outside the license branch when she hit the accelerator instead of the brake, Assistant Fire Chief Mike Bucy said. The car jumped a small curb and went into the building about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, tearing out a large glass window and damaging a door and low brick wall. Neither the driver nor the examiner, who weren't identified, were injured. Bucy said a person in the building sustained a hip injury and was examined by emergency medical personnel but declined to be taken to the hospital. Amazing Travel manager Susan Williams said she thought something had exploded next door. "We jumped up and we went to the door and saw the car half in and half out of the license bureau," Williams said. The building was closed for the remainder of the day, but reopened Wednesday. The young driver, meanwhile, failed the test. "I think it's fair to say the customer did not meet the required criteria," said Greg Cook, a Bureau of Motor Vehicles spokesman. Crash Test Dummy... |
| Posted by:Chinter Flarong |
| #8 The young driver, meanwhile, failed the test. 1,000,000 points off for entering DMV building without previously exiting vehicle. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-10-27 20:34 |
| #7 That's what happens when you get your lessons from The Jihadi School of Driving. |
| Posted by: DoDo 2006-10-27 17:29 |
| #6 "I think it's fair to say the customer did not meet the required criteria," said Greg Cook, a Bureau of Motor Vehicles spokesman. This is clearly profiling and discrimination, competence from incompetence. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-10-27 16:16 |
| #5 Lol, 2x4. It was brief, but memorable! |
| Posted by: Grunter 2006-10-27 16:09 |
| #4 Grunter, maybe the instructor appreciated her skill. It is not easy to drive in reverse through NYC. ;-) |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2006-10-27 15:59 |
| #3 Just nervousness- my wife, who can drive anything with a steering wheel, was doing her test in NYC. The examiner gets in, she puts the car in gear, and takes off- in reverse! Got the license anyway. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2006-10-27 15:33 |
| #2 The young driver, meanwhile, failed the test. Missed that sentence, Jonathan? ;-) I shan't tell trailing daughter #1 about this until after she passes her driving test in (hopefully) early December. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-10-27 14:51 |
| #1 Well don't leave us hanging -- did she get her license? |
| Posted by: Jonathan 2006-10-27 14:47 |