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A character has to get a driving license or get one renewed.
However, they have a difficult time with a picky driving tester who will not accept any errors and makes the character nervous. As a result, the character fails the test and is despondent. With a pep talk and some tips from friends, the character gets the gumption to retake the test.
Often, during the test, [[Driving Test Smashers|a danger occurs that forces the character to make emergency maneuvers to escape the danger]]. The character is successful and the Tester is impressed enough to give bonus points in the evaluation for successfully dealing with a dangerous situation which means the driving test was completed successfully.
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== Literature ==
* [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''Pyramids'' showed the Assassins' Guild School final exam - here "driving" is replaced with "killing someone for money and getting away with it".
** Though in a driving test it isn't rumoured to be an immediate pass to kill the examiner. If you try and fail, there will be a loss of privileges. {{spoiler|Breathing to start with.}}
** Also notable because the protagonist decides to fail, {{spoiler|shoots his crossbow wildly, and hits the target. [[Springtime for Hitler|He passes]] but the examiner criticises the "modern flashy techniques".}}
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* Part of the pilot episode plot of ''[[Shit My Dad Says]]''.
* ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' features an episode where Sheldon is forced to get his license because Leonard can't drive him around and no one else ''will''. He manages to pass the written test by annoying the DMV clerk past the point of endurance and then attempts to practice via a realistic simulator rigged up by Howard. [[Hilarity Ensues|It does not go well]]. He eventually gets his learner's permit (offscreen) by the next season.
* Partially inverted in the episode "Wheelers and Dealers" of ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|Mash]]''. Potter is send to traffic school, conducted by Rizzo. Rizzo wants to pass Potter without Potter having to do anything, but Potter wants to play it by the book. After initially failing, he just passes the written test, but still needs to do a driving test. Again, Rizzo wants to pass Potter, but Potter insists doing the test. He gets an accident, but Rizzo passes Potter, because of how well he steered around the danger.
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