Like many newer riders, I had been neglecting to take my skills test to get my permanent endorsement. When Johnny Law finally pulled me over riding at night because he “happened to notice that I don’t have an endorsement” I figured it was time to stop screwing around and just get it.
I took the test yesterday and failed. I was doing really well until almost the end when making the sharp u-turn. I was going way too slow, and being nervous, I forgot to downshift to first or pull in the clutch and I stalled it. What do you you do when you stall a bike when you’re barely moving? Of course you put your foot down, stop the bike, and restart it.
Well, I’ll accept that I failed the test because I simply messed up, but I still think nailing me with one point for stalling, 5 points for putting my foot down, and 5 points for not completing the u-turn was a little messed up. I mean really, the only mistake I made was stalling the bike.
What pissed me off though was the attitude of the women that were administering the test. First of all, apparently if you were a woman taking the test and you all out drop the bike in the middle of the test, it’s cool to just start over….no failing.
The second thing was their rotten shitty attitudes – before, during, and after the test. Before the test – Mrs. Pleasant while rolling her eyes because I had apparently annoyed her by asking her to get up from her chair warned me to be there by 8:00 SHARP and if I was a minute late I would not get tested. That’s fine, about 12 of us showed up at 8:00 sharp. It’s just too bad that they couldn’t seem to roll their asses out to the course until 8:55.
The other thing was their stupid rules. One guy forgot his drivers license but had his temp. mototcycle license. In Ohio now, they look just like your drivers license and have your picture and everything. But…they sent him away.
Another guy was having a problem with his left rear turn signal…apparently the bulb blew just before the test. They refused to test him. WTF? Why? Turn signals are not even required on motorcycles. Also if your horn doesn’t work they won’t test you.
When I go to a doctor, I expect the arrogance, lack of respect, dumbass policies, and rotten shitty attitudes. But then, doctors don’t get paid out of my tax dollars, do they?
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Maybe that’s why if you go on the O.M.V. website and look up M.C. tests, etc there is a section about becomming a M.C. licence tester…sounds like they need someone with REAL M.C. experience… and if I’m not mistaken, it does say in the M.C. handbook that turn signals are required on Ohio M.C.s…also sounds like a bunch of women testers just looking for an easy job to do that they really don’t give a crap about…
Yeah, they’re real charmblossoms over there.
At age 46, I decided it was a good time for me to get my endorsement. My first attempt was with a “mean old bitch” at the old State Road BMV (Cuy. Falls) and she nailed me for my intermittent horn. I stuck around to see how the others would do.
On my second try, there was a guy riding a freaking scooter for the test. That didn’t seem very fair.
Anyway, we had an older gentleman for a tester that actually took a good 20 minutes to explain each of the tests before we started, then reviewed each one prior to doing it. I really appreciated this guy versus what I witnessed with the “mean old bitch” because of her lack of communcation skills, there was a lot of confusion, therefore a lot of fails.