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~~[MERIT]~~ · 10-16-2017, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

i think anyone in your shoes would’ve at the very least taken similar steps. i know i would. you did the right thing for your friend. like you said, the people are rightfully mad, but your heart was in the right place and it’s a risk you need to take. even if it wasn’t your friend, you just never know what mental state a person is in and i can’t imagine having to live with that “what if?”

It's like, what is a person's life worth? I asked that to the numerous people that I called asking for a ride, all of whom turned me down. I would just hope that if the situation were reversed, someone would care enough to do the same for me.

Trollheart · 10-17-2017, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by [MERIT]

I figured, better safe than sorry. If after everything she said, I did nothing and got a call the next day saying that she had taken her life, I couldn't take that guilt.

You're exactly right. I would have called a cab, but you definitely did the right thing. However I would talk to her afterwards and explain that she can't do that again. You won't be rushing to her assistance every time she feels low, and that (maybe) if it's real next time and she does kill herself, then she needn't blame you and come haunting you. You've done all you can, been burned by it, got in trouble with people INCLUDING HER and you're done.

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

i think anyone in your shoes would’ve at the very least taken similar steps. i know i would. you did the right thing for your friend. like you said, the people are rightfully mad, but your heart was in the right place and it’s a risk you need to take. even if it wasn’t your friend, you just never know what mental state a person is in and i can’t imagine having to live with that “what if?”

x2 but with the caveat above.

Plankton · 10-17-2017, 08:47 AM

Glad you're ok TH. I know it's cheesy, but it's all I got atm:

Trollheart · 10-17-2017, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

Glad you're ok TH. I know it's cheesy, but it's all I got atm:

Thanks man. Preciate it!

innerspaceboy · 10-18-2017, 04:40 PM

Quick background: I'd walked to my last several jobs for over a decade and had no use for a car so I let my license expire. LESSON: Never let your license expire. No matter how sure you are that you'll never need to drive again.

Fast-forward to the present. I've been standing in sh*t weather in Buffalo for the better part of a year for 3.5 hours a day trekking back and forth to my new job by a miserably underfunded and unreliable mass transit system that routinely cancels routes on a whim. I got a permit back in July and have been waiting out the 6-month stretch so I can take the course and a road test, buy a car and FINALLY start driving again.

Today, out of curiosity, I checked with the DMV and it turns out that not only am I not required to take driver's ed to replace my expired license, but the 6-month permit waiting period also doesn't apply to drivers over 18! That means that I could have been driving since last July!

I tried scheduling a road test but quickly learned that my situation is an extreme anomaly. The automated systems require me to enter the certificate number from my driving school because they expect me to be a 16-year-old kid. And there is no human number to call. When I finally got a number I went through 10-minutes of prompts and was placed 36th in the hold queue.

Five hours back and forth emailing the DMV and the road test agency and I've finally arrived at a theory that a copy of my Driving Record should be sufficient to prove that I am not a new driver and am exempt from driving school.

There are 2 ways to get a copy. The DMV pays a third-party to phish your info for the low, low price of $51 and they'll email it to you instantly.

Or I can fill out a DMV form, get it notarized, and purchase a money order for the $10 it costs to file.

And even after jumping through all those hoops, I have to mail it off to Albany and wait god knows how many months for my Record to arrive.

It's a miserably inefficient system, but I'm doing what I've got to do to make this happen.

The Batlord · 10-18-2017, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by innerspaceboy

Quick background: I'd walked to my last several jobs for over a decade and had no use for a car so I let my license expire. LESSON: Never let your license expire. No matter how sure you are that you'll never need to drive again.

Fast-forward to the present. I've been standing in sh*t weather in Buffalo for the better part of a year for 3.5 hours a day trekking back and forth to my new job by a miserably underfunded and unreliable mass transit system that routinely cancels routes on a whim. I got a permit back in July and have been waiting out the 6-month stretch so I can take the course and a road test, buy a car and FINALLY start driving again.

Today, out of curiosity, I checked with the DMV and it turns out that not only am I not required to take driver's ed to replace my expired license, but the 6-month permit waiting period also doesn't apply to drivers over 18! That means that I could have been driving since last July!

I tried scheduling a road test but quickly learned that my situation is an extreme anomaly. The automated systems require me to enter the certificate number from my driving school because they expect me to be a 16-year-old kid. And there is no human number to call. When I finally got a number I went through 10-minutes of prompts and was placed 36th in the hold queue.

Five hours back and forth emailing the DMV and the road test agency and I've finally arrived at a theory that a copy of my Driving Record should be sufficient to prove that I am not a new driver and am exempt from driving school.

There are 2 ways to get a copy. The DMV pays a third-party to phish your info for the low, low price of $51 and they'll email it to you instantly.

Or I can fill out a DMV form, get it notarized, and purchase a money order for the $10 it costs to file.

And even after jumping through all those hoops, I have to mail it off to Albany and wait god knows how many months for my Record to arrive.

It's a miserably inefficient system, but I'm doing what I've got to do to make this happen.

I was 18 or 19 when I got my license and just went down to the DMV and did the written test, failed, went back, passed, did my driving test, passed. That was the entirety of it. Way to suck.

The Batlord · 10-18-2017, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

I failed my driving test twice and should have failed a third time but I think they just didn't want to see me again

not the written that I passed without studying, common sense, I still can not drive for ****ttt

I passed my driving test first try but when pulling out of the DMV parking lot with my license I immediately almost clipped a motorcyclist.

Trollheart · 10-18-2017, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

I passed my driving test first try but when pulling out of the DMV parking lot with my license I immediately almost clipped a motorcyclist.

What were you doing with a gun?

The Batlord · 10-18-2017, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

What were you doing with a gun?

I'm an American. What wasn't I doing with it?

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 10-18-2017, 07:43 PM

idk how someone could fail their driving test. by no means am i good driver, but i aced that sunnuvabish.

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