AuctionAce
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posted on June 28, 2003 10:02:54 PM new
My kid is getting ready to get his California drivers license and needs to take the writen test to get his learner's permit. When I was a kid my family kept all of their old drivers tests for renewals or getting the licenses and whenever someone had to take the test or renew their license they could bone up with the old tests.
We do not have any of the tests anymore so I thought someone may have posted some of the tests on the internet so I entered California driving test writen in the Google engine and found this great site that has a generator that creates small tests that you can take that contain all the current test questions on the California tests. It corrects all the 10 question tests and it's free!
http://www.vehicles4sale.com/
[ edited by AuctionAce on Jun 28, 2003 10:03 PM ]
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sanmar
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posted on June 29, 2003 05:44:04 PM new
Have him read the manual until he is ready to go blind, then you take the manual & ask him the questions in the back. Everyone of these will be in the quiz. Been there, done that.LOL
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AuctionAce
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posted on June 29, 2003 08:18:50 PM new
Why read the retarted manual when the test questions and answers are right there? I know when you father got very old he had a difficult time passing the writen test yet he never hardly had a ticket. This site is the greatest thing on the net. 
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NativeAmerican
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posted on June 30, 2003 08:08:07 AM new
Auctionace  Why would you want to teach your kid to cheat on test is that what you have done thru life also.
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neonmania
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posted on June 30, 2003 08:24:38 AM new
Since when is taking practice tests cheating? Perhaps you are mistaking the random generate for a copy of the exact test.
Mario Andretti - “If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.”
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AuctionAce
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posted on June 30, 2003 09:02:37 AM new
It's not cheating, it's studying the smart way as opposed to a poor method like reading the booklet. There are tons of SAT test booklets and that's the best way to study for those tests.
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koto1
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posted on June 30, 2003 11:00:38 AM new
That may be the "smart" way to study and take a test, but it isn't the "smart" way for trying to learn something in life. You read the booklet because it has a lot of useful information in it, and by reading it, hopefully it'll sink in. By studying the questions right off the bat, you will most likely pass the test, but will probably forget those things in the near future.
"Who's tending the bar? Sniping works up a thirst"
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koto1
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posted on June 30, 2003 11:02:08 AM new
And...there's a huge difference between the SAT tests, and a driving test. That's comparing apples to oranges.
"Who's tending the bar? Sniping works up a thirst"
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buyhigh
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posted on June 30, 2003 12:41:05 PM new
Took the test a couple of months ago. Might add that I am very senior and was too old to renew by mail which I had been doing all these years. Got the DMV booklet and one from AAA and all I can say is that it was the easiest test I have have ever taken in my life. You only need to read the rules and apply some common sense when you answer. Doubt that learning the answers to the questions given will benefit your son in the long run. He should develop some cognative thinking for future use instead of rote learning. I also agree that questions given on a SAT test and the ones the DMV gives have no relationship when it comes to comparison.
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AuctionAce
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posted on June 30, 2003 02:16:56 PM new
So it's not cheating to buy SAT test booklets but trying to learn the rules of the road via the 131 test questions is wrong? Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard but I think he did alright.
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buyhigh
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posted on June 30, 2003 04:53:45 PM new
What does Bill Gates dropping out of Harvard and becoming a financial success have to do with it? Sorry I do not get the connection. As far as learning the rules of the road through test questions, the purpose is to pass the test and that is it. Unfortunately if you learn it that way, having achieved your goal, you are apt to forget it afterwards.
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AuctionAce
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posted on June 30, 2003 05:55:59 PM new
Who says you're apt to forget it that way? I say reading the book is a waste of time and you'll forget it that way but the test questions are much better for retaining the information. Maybe it's a personal preference type of thing.
Gates didn't do the normal thing and found a better way to make LOTS of money. Maybe learning via test questions is a better way than reading a boring booklet.
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posted on June 30, 2003 06:28:31 PM new
Boring booklet? Is that how you regard it? Did you expect that reading rules and regulations would be an exciting pastime? Trouble is that is you if break one of thosde rules and get caught, it results in an expensive ticket not to mention what your insurance rates will be the next time you renew.
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AuctionAce
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posted on June 30, 2003 07:21:42 PM new
They just laid of 27 highway patrolmen. It's been months since I've even seen a CHP cruiser other than the donut shops. Are you saying that you can't learn for the tests? Think of each question as a paragraph summary.
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sparkz
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posted on June 30, 2003 09:19:05 PM new
Go for it. If he doesn't have time or inclination to learn the rules of the road and is involved in an accident in which someone is killed, he will have plenty of time in prison to read the booklet. Come to think of it, why pay the fee for a licence to begin with? Just do like 15% of the California population does (in my county, anyway), and drive without one. That way, the court has nothing to revoke except a period of time of his freedom.
The light at the end of the tunnel will turn out to be an oncoming train.
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kiara
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posted on June 30, 2003 09:24:27 PM new
It sounds more like you are taking the test and making the decisions and not your kid.
Here is the Department of Motor Vehicles home page and they also have sample tests.
Review the California Driver Handbook. It contains a lot of information and it may take you a few days to get through it.
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/interactive/tdrive/exam.htm
If you encourage him to do this the easy way you are setting him up to choose that path throughout his entire life. JMHO
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buyhigh
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posted on June 30, 2003 10:02:26 PM new
There might be fewer CHP but cities need revenue and their police won't hesitate to hand out tickets for driving infractions. Also wonder if you are encouraging your kid to forgo a higher education and using Bill Gates as an example that it is not needed.
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AuctionAce
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posted on June 30, 2003 11:27:31 PM new
Thank you Dr. Spock.
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