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The Practical Driving Exam: Most Fun You Can Have on Four Wheels
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   Let's get a few things strait right off the bat. I hope they help you rationalize the pain and suffering this might turn out to be. The more you prepare, the more you work at, the faster this will be over. That is one of the goal of this web site. The test is not impossible, but you can't walk into it cold and expect to pass. I was told point blank that if I drove like people do on normal roads, I would not pass the exam.
    First, the mental game. This process is not an evaluation of your driving skill. If it were, they would ask you about your driving record and take into account such things as how long and in which countries you have driven. This gross lack of logic is not Ino's fault. They are just following the law.

     The driving test is a test of how well you follow a pattern on a closed course. Follow the pattern well enough and you will pass. Don't let the frustration of being failed on weird or strange errors get to you. You are not a bad driver, you just don't know the pattern yet. The driving test is not about how safe you drive or if you can put a car into a 4-wheel drift. It is like a big, un-fun game with some silly and odd rules. The sooner you learn the rules, the better off you will be.

     This bring us to our next point. Do your homework! Ask questions of those who have passed. This is a huge advantage. Take some driving lessons at your local driving school (about \5,000 for 50 minutes). Practice the stuff you learn when you are out driving. On the course everything happens very close together in quick succession. You need to remember it all. Practice, practice, practice.
    On your very first trip to Ino you will be given a map of the courses you might be asked to drive. Memorize them. The proctor who rides with you will give you no oral instructions about which way to turn, or how fast to go. Additionally, go over the course with someone who has driven them. The lines on the map do not correspond exactly to where the car will be at all times. Learn the tricks early and remind yourself of them often.

     Which course you will drive will be decided at 11:00 when you fill out some paperwork. You will then have time to walk the course and go over it in your mind. If no one is using the course you can get right to it. However, you are guaranteed one hour from 12:00 to 13:00.

   Before you get all uppity, Japanese people have about six or seven courses they could drive. In this respect, and really in this respect only, we have it easy.
Sample photo of Course A Unfortunatly my map of Course B is too annotated to be understandable. I would love a donation (hint, hint)
Since most government organizations in Japan have cute little characters to make their dull sites more interesting to teenagers and the more intelligent species of birds, no offense intended to either, I am pleased to present your Rough Guide to Ino driving site character...
Yellow Car-kun: Your guide to this site

Weight: ?  Born: July 18th, 2003, 3:39 pm  Blood type: 10-40W
Special skills: showing up really well when viewed from above on black roads
Aspirations: to expand into the third dimension

*As a automatic transmission car, Yellow Car-kun is desperatly seeking info. on any worthy manual transmission cars to complete his total dominace of the Ino driving scene. If you have any advice on how to pass the test in a manual transmission car, please let Yellow Car-kun know. You ideas or comments are welcome HERE

Yellow Car-kun also wants a new name, as Yellow Car-kun is just silly.
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