If it makes you feel any better, 70% of people fail the knowledge test on their first try. Even though I have never earned lower than a B+ in school, I still barely passed the knowledge exam on my first shot, even though I studied.

I can relate to your concerns about not being able to drive, but for another reason. Mom, thinking that driving with any kid is dangerous, wouldn’t let me actually start driving until I had had some driver’s ed, and I couldn’t work that into my schedule until the summer after my senior year (which is this year). She thought I was too irresponsible to learn how to drive when I was 16, since all people are too irresponsible to drive when they are 16, in her opinion. I actually had time to learn how to drive then. So basically, Mom had to cart me around to all my activities during my senior year, which is lame, and I had to ride the bus to school (which is embarrassing when you are a senior, since nobody rides the bus when they are seniors). Now I’m going off to college in a couple of weeks, and I still don’t have a license. I’m probably the only one, other than the physically disabled. So I can relate to your feelings of being pathetic for not being licensed at this point.

But you will eventually be licensed, and you probably will have your licence before you go off to college (if that’s what you do), or soon thereafter. After all this embarassment, I finally have the ability to be licensed–all I have to do is turn in a log of hours of driving, and I get my license–I passed the road skills test and all. Just keep studying, and I am sure you will pass. I cannot say that not being licensed at this point isn’t going to irk the heck out of you, though.

But eventually I got it (and trust me, if I can do it, anyone can).

I know drivers who have had their licenses for 10 to 20 years who could not pass that test if it were placed in front of them right now.

It doesn’t have anything to do with how well or poorly you will perform behind the wheel or how intelligent you are. Study – alot – and try again. Keep trying and you will get it.

Perseverance is key. After you have your permit, no one but you will remember how many times you failed or passed.

I believe in you.. and I don’t even know you! 🙂

I’m not sure where you live, but here you can do practice tests on line, (check your DMV website)

Maybe you’re just stressing yourself out, visualize yourself passing. THINK POSITIVE!