{"id":1943,"date":"2010-07-16T06:39:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-16T06:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popnea.com\/blog\/popnea-vs-the-dmv\/"},"modified":"2010-07-16T06:39:00","modified_gmt":"2010-07-16T06:39:00","slug":"popnea-vs-the-dmv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/popnea.com\/blog\/popnea-vs-the-dmv\/","title":{"rendered":"Popnea Vs the DMV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A while ago I decided to take a motorcycle license, and it turns out it is easier said than done&#8230;<\/p>\n<div>About two months ago I had a scheduled appointment at the Department of Motor Vehicles to do the written test required. But I got sent back with my tail between my legs and a note stating I had a pending ticket and a failure to appear in court from 2006.  Thats all of the information I got, and a phone number to an automatic answer machine asking me if I wanted to pay the fine of $380 dollars. I thought it&#8217;d be ridiculous to pay $380 without knowing what I pay for so I got an appointment to appear in court a month later. <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In court I was told I got a fix it ticket of $20 for having a broken stopping light on my car. I remember getting this ticket, and I also remember fixing it and got an &#8220;Ok, you are good to go&#8221; from the police station in Manhattan Beach, but since I had no record of it, I had to plead guilty of the violation and pay the $380. Ok, so that sucked, but it cleared my record.<\/div>\n<div>After clearing my record, I got my motorcycle training done and all I had to do was the written test and I would have my license. <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The DMV website says &#8220;To allow you sufficient time for testing DMV will not be administering written or audio exams after 4:30 p.m.&#8221; So I made sure I got there at 3:30pm. It turned out it was a huge line and by the time I got to the register it was already 4:50 and was told the test area was closed but I should go over there to have my photo taken and if I were lucky they would let me take the test. <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I was lucky and they did let me take the test. I knew I had to take the regular drivers license test as well as the test for the motorcycle and was surprised when the gentleman pulled out a test, turned it over and scratched out the entire back, leaving half of the test out before handing it to me. I asked if that was it and he said yes. The test was super easy and when I returned to get it corrected, I questioned it;<\/div>\n<div>Me &#8211; I&#8217;m not sure this is correct&#8230;<\/div>\n<div>He &#8211; No, no one ever thing they got the questions right<\/div>\n<div>Me &#8211; No, but I wanted to do the test for the motorcycle<\/div>\n<div>He &#8211; Oh, OH, but there is no records of it on here (showing me the document I got from the other check in desk) she must have made a mistake. It&#8217;s to late for you to do that test today, but I will correct this one for you and you can come back tomorrow and do the other test, you wont have to stand in line, just come right over here before 4:30pm and you will be fine.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Great! He corrected the test and I got all questions right.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Came back to the DMV today to do the test and managed to get there right in time before they closed the gate at 4:30pm. I told them I was there to do the motorcycle test, gave them the document from yesterday that stated I had already passed the regular test. <\/div>\n<div>I was handed a test with 45 questions and I was allowed to have 8 questions wrong and still pass, there was a couple of questions where I had no clue what the correct answer was and a few where I was unsure, but the lady corrected it and I only got two questions wrong. <\/div>\n<div>Great I passed the test, now what, do I get my license?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Lady &#8211; But wait, you wanted to do the motorcycle test<\/div>\n<div>Me &#8211; Right<\/div>\n<div>Lady &#8211; But this was the regular test<\/div>\n<div>Me &#8211; But I did the regular test yesterday, I was supposed to do the motorcycle test today<\/div>\n<div>Lady &#8211; But this is the regular test, it says on here you passed it (showing the record from yesterday), I did not write this, who gave this test to you?<\/div>\n<div>Me &#8211; The gentleman that was sitting over there, the same thing happen yesterday, they gave me the wrong test and I was told to come back today&#8230; how many questions is there on the motorcycle test?<\/div>\n<div>Lady &#8211; 15, it&#8217;s really to late to do the test now (it was already 5:15 and they were supposed to give out the last test at 4:30 &#8211; and I was supposed to be somewhere at 5:45)<\/div>\n<div>Me &#8211; But, they told me&#8230; <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I&#8217;m looking at the watch and debating if I should come back tomorrow or just give up my dream of getting a motorcycle license all together&#8230; and she hands me the test.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>15 questions, I am allowed to have 4 answers wrong. I am super stressed, having a hard time focusing and have to read every questions 3 times to understand them. <\/div>\n<div>There&#8217;s 7 questions I am unsure of, some of which I had erased and changed my mind on.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I handed the test over to get corrected, exhausted, nervous and a little bitter. I got the first couple of questions right, then 4 in a row that was incorrect&#8230; OH NO! But then I got all the others right, and wohoo, I&#8217;ve got a motorcycle license! <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span  style=\"font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: -webkit-xxx-large;\"><span   style=\"font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_m_-2UlF4BdY\/TD_-nW-v4_I\/AAAAAAAAF1E\/_HsJ53zJlOk\/s1600\/Scan.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 281px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_m_-2UlF4BdY\/TD_-nW-v4_I\/AAAAAAAAF1E\/_HsJ53zJlOk\/s400\/Scan.jpg?w=1200\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494390022552413170\" \/><\/a>The real deal will show up in mail in 2-4 weeks.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A while ago I decided to take a motorcycle license, and it turns out it is easier said than done&#8230; About two months ago I had a scheduled appointment at the Department of Motor Vehicles to do the written test required. 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