Man hits license center after passing driver's test

[meegbear]

Moments after he passed his driver's test on Wednesday afternoon, a man crashed his car into the glass doors of the license exam center in Collier, his startled instructor still in the passenger seat.

The car skidded clear into the building, where about 10 customers were seated in a waiting area.

Police said the man, in his 30s, had pulled into a parking space outside the Drivers License Center about 3:45 p.m. after taking the test in an area behind the sprawling Chartiers Valley Shopping Center.

"He thought he had it in park but he didn't," Collier police Sgt. Brian Halbleib said, and the car jumped the curb when he took his foot off the brake. "He panicked and hit the accelerator, and went through the front."

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http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10287/1095105-147.stm#ixzz12LViJTVS

[rocktivity]

1. I know someone who got into an accident right after passing her test

but at least she made it onto a roadway!

x(
rocktivity

[BootinUp]

2. To be honest, I'd have failed him for that.

needs more practice...

[RaleighNCDUer]

3. At which point the instructor said "On second thought..." nt

[damntexdem]

4. The written test or the driving test itself?

If it was the driving test itself, no matter what the instructor might have said, I suspect that the test was NOT in fact passed.

And if it was only the written test, then the driving test itself was in effect taken and failed.

;-)

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

5. Everyone celebrates Driver Training graduation differently ... nt

[Regret My New Name]

6. This is why MALES shouldn't be allowed to drive RED cars through DMV buildings...

wait what? :P

[struggle4progress]

7. "I still passed, right?"

[MisterP]

8. just took and passed my 2nd exam today (had to go 150 mi., so we went to

Joshua Tree)
don't worry, though, I'm not a manchild
THIS is a manchild

[KT2000]

9. I get this!

Took my niece to her drivers test and she did very well. I was impressed with her confidence even as I had to lean against the building because MY knees were shaking.
After she passed I gave her the keys to drive home and OMG - she was all over the road and making all kinds of mistakes. Maybe AFTER the test is the most dangerous time behind the wheel.

Poor guy - feel for him.