I'm Finally Legal

After months and months of illegal driving, I finally managed to get my driving licence. Just to get the licence, I had to go through various processes for about 3 months. And it was pretty troublesome.

The first thing I had to do after registering in my driving school was to go for a 5-hour lecture on road rules. 5 hours sounded like a day when my driving school told me about it. Luckily for me, the speaker had a lot of jokes up his sleeves and I really enjoyed my 5 hours in the lecture hall.

The next step after the speech was to take a test on road rules. The purpose of the 5-hour speech was to provide some guidance for the test. But, as it sounds in the previous paragraph, the person giving the speech filled our heads with loads of crap. Anyway, the test was quite easy and I managed to pass.

After passing the test, I had to attend another 5-hour speech a week later. This time, it was really boring right from the start. This speech was supposed to brief us about driving. I was feeling sleepy during the speech and barely paid attention. Fortunately, my driving school decided to take us (students from my driving school) back (illegally) during the lunch break.

Finally, I could start my driving classes. The rule was that I could only take my driving test one month after attending the second 5-hour speech. So, I had to space out my classes. I had the first 2 classes far apart and cramped my remaining 3 classes during the last week.

I really liked the person who was my driving instructor for the first 2 classes. When I told him I could drive, he taught me everything that I needed to learn for the test during my first class. During the second class, he just asked me to take him around to his house and to pay his bills.

I had my remaining classes in the exam centre in Kapar. Well, I was doing pretty much the same things there. I learned a few extra things from an instructor who gave me a 20-minute lecture on driving during my third class. During my fifth class, there was a trial test and I passed it pretty easily.

Next up was the real thing-my driving test. I was feeling pretty ok before the test except for the hill section. I don't know why but I was just a little worried. I sat in the car and tried to calm myself down. I did everything slow and steady and managed to pass the hill test. Once that was over, I knew for sure that I was going to pass the remaining parts.

After the hill test was the parking and 3-point-turn tests. That was quite simple and I passed them easily. After I was done with those, I had to take the road test, where I had to drive on the main road. Again, I was just driving slowly-not exceeding 50 km/h- which was very unlike me. Again, I passed the test. The best part was that I didn't have to bribe any officers like how so many other people (I just call them lousy) had done.

To be honest, I don't think what is taught in driving classes is enough for new drivers to take the roads. The kind of parking taught during the driving classes just don't apply most of times in real life. And, they don't teach the students how to face emergencies on the road. Maybe, just maybe, its a trick so that the government officers can make more money through bribes and tickets. Whatever their motives, I'm just happy I can finally drive without any worries while on the road......