For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for June 07, 2021

We have seen Mike go into thought bubble land on many occasions before, but you can’t do that when you are driving, even if you are doing it because your girlfriend broke up with you. Dead pedestrians will not care about Martha or Jason Finkbeiner.

so, mister from the DMV, does Michael pass?

Uh-oh. Keep thoughts of the breakup at bay until you finish the test and find out whether you will have to see the DMV tester again!

Still, it is a good test. For there will be days when you are stressed out over something and still have to drive safely.

It’s not over till the fat lady sings; take a deep breath & concentrate, Michael!

:’-(

I remember my driving test. I drove around one – yes, ONE – block, then parallel parked. that was it.

Michael, you’re in high school. Your break-up with Martha is not a big deal. It may seem like a big deal, but trust me, it isn’t.

It’s going to take a miracle to pass now. He would have to be…Magic Mike!!

He was a teenage boy and Martha is a fickle and shallow teenage girl. It happens.

Driving with the DMV guy does that to you!

Ah, he pulled a California stop.

Michael, you need to pay attention when you’re driving…

20 years later….

Manager{over P.A}: “Attention to orders. We have completed our evaluation of this business and regret to inform you of the following layoffs, which I shall now read in alphabetical order.”

“Patterson, Michael”

“That is all.”

Didn’t Lynn know how to draw side view mirrors? They’re missing again today.

Eyes and mind on the road always and better luck next time….

In NY he would fail just for the stop sign. We always watch out for those Ontario plates especially in the past year when they are not supposed to be here (CA closed the border). In the capitol I got a kick out of people ignoring crosswalks but in Ottawa, I one got a bemused laugh from the rule that people did not have to use crosswalks but simply raised their hand and darted out into traffic as that gesture supposedly gave them the right, In the many years since, whenever we see chipmunk raise its tail and dart across the road, someone says "their goes another Canadian.

Even after 45+ years, I still remember what I got wrong on my first driver’s test.

I didn’t pass the first time. : (

Harumph! You FAILED!!

Scary thought that all over America, right now, there are thousands of new drivers that got their Driver’s Ed experience watching Zoom videos!!!! =:o

I know I’m a day late and nobody will probably see this, but WHY would you “look behind” when making a right turn?

The failure rate in Ontario DMV stations range from 17% -51%.https://www.apnatoronto.com/road-test-failure-rate/

In California the pass range is 80% – 30%. In LA the pass rate is 40%.