Story time:
The first time I took my driving test, the evaluator said ‘pull out of your parking space’, which I did very precisely, stopping at the street where the test started.
Then he said ‘turn right at this street’, so I did – and made the semi-truck coming down that road lay on his horn a bounce a bit to avoid hitting me. I failed before we even started.
I was so focussed on his instructions that I lost all situational awareness.
I took more classes, then spent a few years as a delivery driver, so I actually learnt to be a very good driver. But my first test was abysmal.
I think we just hear about it more now, because people post stories they only told to a few people in the 80s.
For instance, I turn 55 this month and I failed horribly at first, but you’ve never heard of me.
Same age! Anyway, I think I remember one of my friends failing. One.