Results For My JPJ Test

Well, I'm glad to say that I passed my Driving Test last week. So relieved and excited that I almost forgot to blog about it. Spent the entire weekend driving around in my Iswara without fear of being stopped by the police. The funny thing is while not having a license, almost everyday there was a roadblock on some in that I passed but on the day when I got my license, all the roadblocks seemed to have stopped. Damn, really wanted to wave my new driving license at some JPJ Officer.

The test itself went very smoothly. At exactly 9am, the test began. We were initially given blue numbered vests to wear, mine was number 15 so I was the 15th person to be tested.

It began with the Hill Test. This time round an eerie calm fell over me and I began to perceive how simple the task would be even before getting into the car. After all, the slope is only 12 degrees. How bad could that be. After ascending, placing it on park, checking to make sure the tyres were on the yellow line and raising my hand, I smoothly got over the summit and went down without a hitch. But about a half dozen people failed this test, probably too nervous.

Then it was time to park the car. When I took over the car from the girl before me, she parked it too close to the side so I almost hit the culvet but managed to stop in time, adjust myself and parked the car well. Then went straight out into the Three Point Turn which also went smoothly. Was very relieved when the JPJ tester passed me the form.

After waiting another 10 minutes, it was my turn to take the can on the road outside. I was given Jalan B which was a long road, with three horrible traffic lights and a couple of lanes to changed. I was dreading Jalan B and was really scared at first when I got it.

The JPJ tester this time was very serious. Didn't even respond when I said "Selamat Pagi". He was quiet all the way and really freaked me out. The car that I got had a really long clutch. You know there were so many times when people warned me about the "long clutch" thing but never quite understood it until I experienced it. When I put the car into gear, I had to raise the clutch so high before it started to move. At first I thought I did not put it in gear properly and struggled with the gear for a while before I realized it. Damn, I lost a mark for that. Over all I got 17/20 so managed to pass that also.

To those who will be taking the JPJ test soon, all I can say is don't be nervous. It is actually very easy, most of the time it is our own fear that is the cause of the failure.

If you are in Melaka and need a good driving instructor, I highly recommend mine. His name is Norlizan and he can be contacted at 019-6542470. He is a very patient and helpful instructor and he will give you lots of tips and tricks to make passing easy.

The driving school is Semangat Intrajaya Sdn Bhd, located at Krubong.


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Good luck in you test.