I've been swamped with getting stuff in place before I leave for vacation, so although I'm dying to get my other entries published I just haven't had time to put the finishing touches on them.... grrr... At any rate, this one just had to be posted today to capture the moment. :P

So I had my first (and hopefully the last) special points exam at the North Versailles Driver's Licensing Center. Although I protest that the first 3 points I got for passing a red light is completely unwarranted, I did speed to get pass the yellow, so I plead guilty. The second 3 points I got was for ignoring a stop sign. I did not ignore the stop sign, but I did travel at 0.1 mph through the stop sign, so I plead guilty. I know to never do it again. But, what has happened has happened and now I had to take this stupid exam... *SIGH* However, when I opened up the booklet they had sent me I discovered, to my surprise, that the booklet wasn't filled with simple questions like "Do you stop when you see a 'stop' sign?", they're actually more to do with defensive driving and quick tips on real-world situations with diagrams and such. I actually learned a few things from the booklet and it gave me an opportunity to think more about defensive driving, so I was actually quite happy! However, the problem is not about the exam itself, but what happened afterwards

When I took the exam today I was told that I got 2 wrong. So I wanted to know which ones I got wrong. Not because I'm a stereotypical over-achieving Asian dork, but honestly because I wanted to know what kind of misjudgements I had made in regards to safe driving practices. I mean, if I got a question wrong, then it could very well mean that I'll make that mistake out on the road, right? That can't be good! So I asked the guy who was monitoring the exam to see if I can find out which questions I got wrong and review the exam booklet, but he promptly refused. I certainly understand that he must monitor this exam who knows how many times a day, so it's reasonable that he just wanted me to get the hell out of the exam room so he could take a break or something (I was the last one in the room). However, for the interest of safe driving, I don't see how this can be justified. Perhaps it's not part of his job description to inform drivers of safe driving, but I had hoped that he would be more cooperative in educating me further in terms of safe driving practices by letting me review my own mistakes. Ah, the irony...