- That'll be you.
Yup, 90 minutes.
- There's a lot of hills in Salmon Arm.
- Yes, there are.
- And if you get a guy with a monocle, you're screwed.
I thought I lost the keys for a second.
- You ready?
Let's go get you a license.
- All righty.
(upbeat music)
My other co-worker, he also took his test in Salmon Arm,
and he said, "If you get a guy with a monocle,
"you're screwed." (drum hit)
- Where is that?
- Here in Salmon Arm.
- There's a guy with a monocole?
- [Virtual Voice] Ooooh.
- Apparently.
- I didn't see anybody with a monocle.
- [Charlie] He said when he took his driving test,
he had a guy with a monocle,
and they were saying before he took his test, yeah.
- [Rick] There's your 50.
- He was saying before he took his test
that the guy had already failed five people that day.
- They can't do that.
They can't do that.
It's not allowed.
There's something wrong.
If you're failing five people,
that indicates there's something wrong with the examiner,
or it was just a really off day.
Those are kind of myths that get circulated
amongst new drivers,
that they say, "Oh, this driving examiner failed everybody."
They can't.
They just literally can't.
They have to answer to somebody else.
They have to answer to a manager,
and if a manager's like, "Why am I getting complaints
"from six people that you failed six people in one day?"
- Yeah, that'd probably be an issue.
- Yeah, it would be an issue,
because the manager doesn't want to deal
with that conflict, right?
- [Charlie] Well, now I feel a lot better
heading into this test.
- We'll go up to that traffic light,
and then we'll go right.
- All right.
- And then you're doing the right thing
staying over to the right when you've got somebody
standing there on your left.
Better signal shoulder check.
Slow down, keep your space behind the car in front of you.
Construction zones are a bit tricky,
because you got to keep all this stuff going on, right?
- [Charlie] Yeah.
- Stop, stop, stop, stop, stay back.
You want approximately one vehicle length
between you and the vehicle in front, right?
- Oh, it didn't matter.
That lane closed anyways.
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What kind of street are you on?
- Three way.
- [Rick] No, that's the stop sign.
What kind of street are you on?
- [Charlie] A one way.
- [Rick] Yes, how do you know that?
- 'Cause there's no, it's too narrow
to be a two way.
- And cars on both sides are parked
in the same direction.
- [Charlie] Yeah.
- And also, it's a four way.
It's a conventional intersection,
but it's a three way, right?
- Yeah.
- So that means there isn't traffic coming towards you.
There's other indicators besides signs
telling you it's one way,
and that's the thing about traffic
is there's always ways to read the traffic,
and what other drivers are doing.
Shoulder check, shoulder check.
- [Charlie] Ah yes.
- Don't let that get you.
- Basically any lateral movement, shoulder check.
- Yes, any lateral movement, shoulder check
in the direction you're moving the vehicle.
Never assume that there isn't some knucklehead beside you.
- And then go for an odd angle here for a certain spot.
- Use your mirrors, but look out the back the most.
It doesn't have to be tight back.
It's better to stay out a little bit,
'cause if you strike a fixed object,
that's an automatic fail.
If you back in over there, and you hit the building,
automatic fail.
It's better to stay out a little bit.
Perfect, you're in the lines.
- Sweet.
- Let's go for a drive.
- Know how to check in for a while.
- You got to put the time.
- [Charlie] I wonder if the road's going to be affected
with the boatload of construction.
- [Rick] You got to deal with construction too.
- Yeah.
- Your job is to demonstrate
that you can control the vehicle,
and have due care control in changing traffic conditions.
Construction's changing traffic conditions.
We're going to go left at the controlled intersection.
Again, watching your signs.
Watch your sign.
What does that sign mean?
Right here.
- [Charlie] Crosswalk?
- No, that traffic sign.
- Oh, do not enter?
- Yes, so it means you got to go that way,
or that way, so we'll just go up this way.
- [Charlie] That's an aggressive driver right there.
- Yeah.
This person in front didn't know what they were doing.
They were trying to figure out what was going on, right?
- [Charlie] Yeah.
- Make sure if you wave to people,
you should use all five fingers.
Don't tell them they're number one.
Go, go.
You don't have to go over the line.
Just shoulder check.
Move tight against that line, and then go,
'cause they're in between the cars.
They're fine.
Got to go 50.
50.
Remember, being namby-pamby is just as bad
as being too aggressive.
- Limited visibility.
There's a lot of hills in Salmon Arm.
- Yes, there are.
We'll go right at this intersection.
- [Charlie] I was kind of scared to go around that cyclist,
'cause the hill was cresting.
- Yeah.
- [Charlie] Before the things.
- Before the sidewalk, there's no stop line.
And then creep up.
On the two ways, you want to creep up.
Go down to the end and do a U-turn, and come back.
- Looks like a mini cul-de-sac.
- Well, the trucks and the cars parked there,
which kind of makes it a pain in the butt.
- Yeah, you're right.
Oh, there's someone coming out.
- Yeah, so just stay tight here.
Go around beside the truck, and then the car,
and then come back out.
Signal.
Shoulder check.
- That is a slam.
(Rick laughing)
- [Rick] Somebody pimped out their Volkswagen.
- [Charlie] Yeah.
(Rick laughing)
Look at that shakotan exhaust.
(Rick laughing)
- That is a mean ride.
Shoulder check, signal, and move over to the outside lane.
You just want to kind of drift over as soon as it starts.
Yeah, excellent.
- Little bit past the line, but at least
we're not in the intersection.
- Yeah, no, that's exactly what you needed to do.
Had you proceeded through,
you would've failed your driver's test.
- I was thinking about it,
but this thing has good brakes.
I had a co-worker tell me that he failed his test
a block from the center, 'cause he was going to turn right
at an intersection, and the light was green,
and then it went yellow, and as it went red,
since he didn't stop when it went red to turn right,
he got failed.
- Yeah.
People say to me, that's a fairly prominent thing
on the channel.
People like, "I failed it.
"You can turn right on a red."
It's like, "Yeah, but did you come
"to a complete stop before you turned right?"
"Did you give way to all of the road users
"before proceeding?"
- Yeah, 'cause there's traffic going in that direction.
- Yeah.
Yeah, when you see that goofball cutting the corner
off like that, just hang back until they make their turn.
Actually, we can go left here I believe,
or go right here.
That way, that direction.
(Rick laughing)
Go the way I'm pointing.
(Charlie laughing)
- [Charlie] It works.
That's neutral.
That's park.
- Try hard for right.
- [Charlie] That's what it's meant for, right?
- [Rick] That's totally what it's meant for.
- This is going to be a bad one.
- No, you just park off that car.
Right there.
Stop, stop, stop, look forward.
Are you straight?
Straighten your wheel out.
One and a half turns.
There you go.
Now your wheel's straight.
Look out the back.
And stop there.
Don't push it, because like I said,
it's better to be out a little bit,
'cause see, your front end's in line with that car,
so you're fine.
It's perfect.
That's what you need.
Kay, you ready?
Let's go get you a license.
- All righty.
- Remember to breathe.
- [Charlie] In and out.
(exhaling)
- [Rick] That'll force your body to relax.
- [Charlie] Hopefully they don't mind the sweaty palms.
- [Rick] Yeah.
- [Charlie] Humidifying this car.
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