Return-Path: Received: from gs69.sp.cs.cmu.edu by K.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa14670; 20 Nov 92 14:17:13 EST Sender: Jonathan Hardwick Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 14:16:38 EST From: Jonathan Hardwick To: bovik@CS.CMU.EDU Subject: drivers-licenses Something for the cars/drivers-licenses subdir: Rujith's description of the Washington test site is basically complete, but there are a few little wrinkles that can trip you up. First, they don't *always* take you through the course in the way he described, so don't plan on memorizing the route in advance (although knowing the basic layout from his map is helpful). Second, the serpentine stuff is supposed to be driven through at 8-10 mph; in other words, they want to test how sharply and accurately you can steer the car, rather than just "can you go really really slow and make nice gentle turns". Third, because the course is so compact, there's often not enough time for the instructor to say "at the next junction, we're going to stop and turn left" before you've already arrived at the junction in (say) the right-hand lane. They don't seem real concerned about this one, but if you can see a stop sign approaching and the instructor hasn't yet told you what to do, you might want to slow down a bit to keep your options open. Fourth (and most important!) there's a fake railroad crossing at the bottom of the course; watch out for this one... Jonathan H.