DC learner’s permit knowledge test failure

[Anonymous]

My kid, autistic, with LDs, and poor grades because he doesn't know how to study, passed the first time. Are you sure that he wants to pass?

[Anonymous]

My kid found an app that is state specific and just keeps asking you the question over and over. It’s just rote practice. Not sure they ever read the manual.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Those who are saying he's not ready because he failed are just jerks who have no idea. Obviously DC transplants who moved here to do the nerd work on the Hill. Anyway, the test does not match the practice tests. Both my kids made study guides and studied them up and down. You do have to know pretty much the whole manual. And to be really sure he knows this, two words: Dutch reach. Good luck!

They teach Dutch reach now? Color me impressed.

[Anonymous]

Both of you read the manual. You quiz the kid - do a little at dinner. Ask about signs and rules as you drive around. You should be doing this anyway to get the kid ready to drive.

[Anonymous]

He's not even trying except if he failed by one question. Go over it with him.

Out of curiosity, without studying my 14 year old, almost passed but missed it by 1-2 questions. The test isn't that hard.

[Anonymous]

It doesn't sound like he is really internalizing the information and understanding it. If he is relying on practice quizzes to prepare, he may be using test taking strategies to do those, which help you pass tests but not by internalizing the knowledge you're being tested on.

This is not a math test. There are solid reasons why it's important to know the things that are on the test. I had to retake both tests in 2017 because my license from another state had been expired for too long, and the knowledge test didn't have any gotcha questions or any real stumpers. If he doesn't know the correct answers to those questions, do you really want him driving a car?

[Anonymous]

If he’s in VA, he needs to complete the actual online test put out by the DMV. There are lots of online practice sites that give kids a false sense of confidence. The DMV one is the only practice test he needs to use. This is even better than reading the manual. He needs to get 100% on the signs portion. My son got all of this advice from his many friends who failed the 1st, 2nd or even 3rd time before they used the real practice test. If he failed 3 times he needs to take a class but it’s not as bad as it sounds, according to DS’s friends. Here you go- check to see if this is his online practice.
https://transactions.dmv.virginia.gov/dmv-manuals/#/sections/manual/1

[Anonymous]

^ me again and I couldn’t tell from OP if it was the DC test or her DC. Sorry if my Virginia info was not applicable.

[Anonymous]

He shouldn't be driving if he can't even pass on the first try. Maybe wait until he's older and try again. The knowledge test is equal to common sense. Failing 3 times says a lot about your son.

[Anonymous]

OP is it DC or dear child?

MD has plenty of online options to study. It was pretty hard for my daughter though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He shouldn't be driving if he can't even pass on the first try. Maybe wait until he's older and try again. The knowledge test is equal to common sense. Failing 3 times says a lot about your son.

Why are people like this on an anonymous forum? So ignorant and unnecessary

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He shouldn't be driving if he can't even pass on the first try. Maybe wait until he's older and try again. The knowledge test is equal to common sense. Failing 3 times says a lot about your son.

Not OP. You're a horrible human being to say this about another person, especially a minor.
I have been driving since the 80s & I couldn't tell you how many feet to start signaling, or what a Dutch reach is, or how many pounds a child should be to not be in a car seat.
Guess what? I've never once been in an accident.
It's not all common sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He shouldn't be driving if he can't even pass on the first try. Maybe wait until he's older and try again. The knowledge test is equal to common sense. Failing 3 times says a lot about your son.

Why are people like this on an anonymous forum? So ignorant and unnecessary

This isn't passing some useless class at school. It's to prepare a kid to take control of 2 to 3 tons of metal, glass and plastic hurtling down the road at 40 to 50 miles per hour. All the rest of us on the road are trusting the other drivers around us when we go out. The least the kid can do is be familiar with the rules.

[Anonymous]

Do the practice test with him. Is there vocabulary that's confusing? Right of way, yield to, accelerate.... Words and phrases that can be new for new drivers. Make sure he understands those words. And yes, read the manual. Quiz him on it to make sure he understands the actual concepts behind what he's reading. They may have headphones so the questions are read aloud to him - that might help with the new vocabulary and if he's nervous.

[Anonymous]

My LD son failed in VA. I then went through the entire manual with him page by page over a few weeks to make sure he was really learning it.

In VA you can ask for a paper test, that might help some kids.