I got a ticket last November, and I’ve been putting off taking the driver’s safety course. The certificate is due on Tuesday, along with my driver’s record, and I’m now taking the course. I opted for the overnight option, but I don’t really expect the certificate to be here tomorrow (because it is a weekend and I’m not going to finish the course until around 7 tonight). Also, ordered the driver’s record with the 5-7 day option last Tuesday, so it’s a toss up as to whether that’ll get to me in time. So I might end up missing my March 22, 2005 deadline… I wonder what happens then? I suppose even if they issue a warrant for my arrest, the most that will happen if I go in a day late is they will refuse to recognize the course, and make me pay the ticket. What a drag! Since that first ticket (it was actually two: one for cutting through a parking lot, the other for not stopping when exiting from said lot), I’ve spent > $300 on this, and I’d like to get it over with, so I can start having money again.

I’m posting this while taking the test on another computer (somehow, the software can detect when IE loses focus, and stops the clock that times the amount of time you spend on each page, so I have to use 2 computers). The test is set up so that I have to spend a certain amount of time on each page– like I really need 9 minutes on one screenful of information. Also, the questions are slightly retarded: what color robe is the judge wearing in the introductory video? And I signed up for the course using my sister’s car’s license plate number, because I don’t remember mine, and out of nowhere in the middle of the course, a question popped up, saying I must answer in 45 seconds, what is the number at the beginning of the street address where the car is registered to? I almost had an apoplexy, because I didn’t see our address on there, then I realized that the address of the apartment we used to live at was a choice.

5+ more hours of joy to go. Oh wait… it just forced me to take a 15 minute break. This just gets better and better.

Possibly relevant posts:

• I’m not a citizen without it (8/30/2006)
• Today’s Tests (2/22/2003)
• Switched servers (tangentspace.net is now at a new IP address) (9/17/2008)