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drivers ed: do you need to study?
My friends have told me that you don't need to study for driver's ed..that it's all common sense and just plain easy.
Should I take their advice and not study? I've asked friends from other states and schools and they've all said that studying is pointless, but no one I know has had my driver's ed teacher before.
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Uh, no. You DO have to study. It's very easy to study, though. Just read your manual. All the test questions will be EXACTLY what it says in the manual. If you fail all your tests in class, your teacher will not sign the special little form that allows you to get your license. I speak from experience here! You need to know laws, consequences for breaking those laws, what to do when you're caught in a snowstorm--believe me, that last one is NOT common sense! It's a class just like any other class, so STUDY. But don't worry because it IS a very easy thing to study.
-Beulah
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Yeah it is common sense... but you'd be surprised... all those idiots that you see on the road not being able to follow simple instructions, and laws such as signs, speed limits etc... that is the result of not paying attention in drivers ed. :)
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well i would suggest just knowing the basics. ask someone who has already gone threw the test and knows what is expected. have them prepare you. dont stress over it too much tho.
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I would suggest studying for your permit test. The driving part is easy, but the test part (for we) was rather difficult. I though it would all be commong sense so I glanced through the book before my test. Most of the questions I got were percentages and number questions. Like what percentage of people in my location drive drunk and stuff like that. I even have one question where my instructer told me one thing but the correct answer on the test was something else (And the correct answer was in the book too!) so always read the book. Pay attention to detail, but don't skip over the other stuff. It'll all come in handy. As long as you memorize your signs (which is actually pretty easy after looking over them for a few days) it's not that bad.
The class was a cinch compared to the permit test I had to take though. I'll be honest with you, myself, and a few of my friends fialed the first time. Like I told you, I got a lot of percentage questions, you may get the easier questions. The second time I took it I had a really easy test (because duh, they have like 100000000 different copies)
I'd at least skim the book before taking the test. A lot of it is common sense, except the percentages and stuff- that was kind of tricky.
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There's Driver's Ed driving and there's real life driving. Driver's ed is very focused and they show u how to do everything to a T. After a while of driving on your own, you develop your own style of driving and driver's ed becomes a blur. Driving is not mostly common sense..it is ALL common sense, if you don't have the ability to make split second decisions then you shouldn't be driving. Try driving in Manhattan with 8 million people :-)
Study a little and you'll be fine.
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98% of all of drivers ed is common sense. BUT what about the road signs that don't make sense??? For example when I did my drivers test eons ago I whizzed through most of it then there were a few signs that honestly I would never have known in a million yrs i.e. the one for not carrying nuclear explosives on the highway!!I have never needed to know it but its there) In all honesty though what harm is there in reading through the book?? It will take you all of an hour or so and in the long run more knowledge will increase your safety when driving a car, trust me there are enough bad drivers out there!!!
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Yes, it is mostly common sense.
I know a good number of people pass without studying, but really, studying for it takes less then an hour. There really isn't that much information, just a few details to remember ("How far back from a loading or unloading school bus do you stop?" for instance) and isn't that time worth it to be sure you wont have to take it again?
Just read over your notes and then relax. It doesn't really matter who your teacher is, the tests don't leave any room for teacher interpretation or for the teacher to make it harder, the questions are typically just fill in the blank and multiple choice. You’ll be fine.
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You'll know what's common sense and what's not when you learn it. If you think that the material is easy, then don't study. If you think it's hard, then go ahead and study. You can't decide whether you're going to study or not before you are given any of the information. There's no reason to be trying to make this kind of a decision now.
My experience with Driver's Ed. was a good one. The material wasn't all stuff that I already knew and it wasn't all common sense. I found that it was basically just easy information that after hearing once I knew and didn't have to study. The only part that I had to study much for was the chapter about the parts of the car.
Don't worry about Driver's. Ed. There was this girl in my class that was not only a questionable driver, but she was really dumb too and she got like an 80. I know it depends on the teacher, but I would imagine that it's easy to get through just about anywhere. You seem like a pretty intelligent person, so be confident that you'll have an easy time with it and you probably will. :)
Good luck!
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i didn't study, and passed missing only like, two. it IS all basically common sence. but if you feel that you need to study, then study! listen to what you're telling yourself. if you feel it would be best to study, then do it. but basically, i tell my friends the same thing yours tell you, "it's common sence and you don't really need to study." but it's up to you. =)
good luck!
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