We are home... here are the driving test results

[Omaha Steve]

Yesterday I spent the day studying. I took the AARP Smart Driver Online Course. $27 well spent. I also had a lot of time on the Nebraska online practice test: https://www.nebraska.gov/dmv/practice/ I spent some more time on it this morning.

Marta dropped me off. Our son lives near the rehab, so they went shopping. I paid for the written test first. I did well for my age and diagnosis. Then I paid for the driving test. It was several miles of all kinds of situations. I made a few small mistakes. I was so nervous.
We finished the test. He handed me my report card. I passed, NO RESTRICTIONS!

I texted Marta to come get me. We took Steve to a celebratory late lunch. Not a cloud in the sky. The weather report did call for rain. By the time we were ready to leave, it was pouring rain. We got Steve home. Ten minutes after that, both our phones went into alarm mode. TORNADO WARNING! Then the hail hit. Twenty minutes of driving in light hail. We will check the car tomorrow for damage. The dogs hate thunder. They were glad we got home to calm them down.

It's been a day.

Thank you all for the support I received this week about my driving.

OS

The National Weather Service in Valley issued a brief tornado warning Thursday afternoon for much of Omaha and Council Bluffs as a severe storm moved across the area.

[IzzaNuDay]

1. Great news!

Glad you passed!

[JoseBalow]

2. Congrats!

[ret5hd]

3. is this prophesy? :

[AKwannabe]

32. Rec

From South Park Seattle!
Funny as FUCK!


Get INside!!!!

[delisen]

4. Congratulations & thank you for sharing. nt

[Tesha]

5. What a day!!!

Congrats on the test!

[LoisB]

6. Fantastic!

[SheltieLover]

7. Congrats, Steve!

Great job!

[Picaro]

8. Good for you!

[planetc]

9. Well done! You're such a useful DUer! You certainly deserved to have the tornado go somewhere else.

[erronis]

10. "It's been a day." - indeed! You are a model to most of us. Hope and perseverance and hard work.

Really like to read your posts and appreciate you being so open about your condition and status. I hope I can be the same.

[niyad]

11. Excellent news on your driving . So scary about the hail and tornado

warnings. Hope the storm passes quickly and without major damage.

[godsentme]

12. Very happy for you!

Congratulations! Glad you made it home safe and take care of the fur babies.

[FemDemERA]

13. Congratulations on the test!

Hope the storms pass quickly, with little damage.

[livetohike]

14. Congratulations! Thanks for the advice about preparing.

Glad that you all got home safely.

[littlemissmartypants]

15. Congratulations and thanks so much for sharing your good news!

I hope the car's alright! So glad you, Marta, your son and the dogs are!

Well done, OS!

We love you.

❤️

[markodochartaigh]

16. Congratulations!

And I'm glad that the storm wasn't as bad as it could have been. The plains certainly get some "driving" rain.

[love_katz]

17. Congratulations!

It sounds like a wild and nerve wracking day.
I'm super glad that you passed your tests and that you made it home safely.

[wordstroken]

18. The most important thing is that you passed the test -- and that you and your family are safe. Having said that . .

. . . now I can say . . .

Woohoo!!! You did it, OS, you passed with NO RESTRICTIONS!
Way to go!!

[KitFox]

19. Whew- home safe! Yay-The independence of no restrictions

driving. So happy for you! Thanks for the inspiration of your perseverance!😊

[stillcool]

20. wow! Best thing I've read all day!

Congrats.

[JMCKUSICK]

21. Congrats Steve, I'm thrilled for you.

[70sEraVet]

22. Good for you!

I would find it hard to start being dependent on other people to drive me places.

[hamsterjill]

23. Way to go, Steve!!!

Congratulations! Hopefully, no damage to the car.

[Be The Light]

24. Way to Go Steve!!!

Ya wanna keep driving as long as you can. Life is hard enough!

[FakeNoose]

25. Wow, I've really glad you passed and did so well on the test

I think this will give you a lot more confidence. Congratulations Steve!

[Karadeniz]

26. Wow! Way to go !!!!

[surfered]

27. Congrats. I know complete independence relies on a car.

[Chicagogrl1]

28. Congrats!!

Happy for you! 🙌🏻

[TommyT139]

29. Awesome! Thanks for the AARP course tip

I had never heard of the AARP Smart driver course (online or in person). Looks like people who take it often get a discount on car insurance. Plus, there are times during the year when the course itself is discounted.

https://www.aarp.org/auto/driver-safety/

So glad it was a good day for you, OS --- and that the storm waited until you were done.

[Omaha Steve]

48. I sent my certificate to my insurance agent

I should know by next week about any discount.

[c-rational]

30. Very good news 👍

Congratulations.

[AKwannabe]

31. ...

[magicarpet]

33. Oh good for you - aced it with flying colors.

You are so knowledgeable about driving rules now you could open a driving school for beginner teenaged drivers.

[Fla Dem]

34. Good for you!!! Carry on with your life!!!!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

35. Great news!

[calimary]

36. Congrats, Omaha Steve!!!

One more thing off your plate and onto the “DONE!” Column!

[liberalla]

37. That is fantastic! Woo hoo!!!

Congratulations!!

[Permanut]

38. What a day - a little of everything..

Congratulations!

[beveeheart]

39. That's great!!!

[peacebuzzard]

40. congratulations OS, yes, you did!!

I am really happy to hear this!!!

[Maj. Dude]

41. Great news indeed OS

This thread reminds me of the random drug testing that I was subjected to when I had a CDL. Our Supervisor would walk out to the crew room and call out the names of the drivers that were going to be loaded in a passenger van and driven directly to the testing facility.
I was randomly picked 4 times in the first month of implementation of the program.
I joked that they should test middle and upper management but, that didn't go well. The rest of our crew got a good laugh out of that though.
At a $100 a test, I figured that they wasted close to $3,500 on me during the 30+ years that I was employed there.
The middle and upper management 'car' drivers wreaked more vehicles than us, the truck drivers and heavy equipment operators.

[duhneece]

42. You are amazing!

You rocked it today, and what a dramatic day you’re having.
I’m so happy for you.
You are the only DUer who knows what all you did for me when I was a candidate. You mean a lot to me.

[HeartsCanHope]

43. Great News!

So glad for you and your family to arrive home safely, too. Happy travels!

[58Sunliner]

44. Yes!! Congratulations.

[MLAA]

45. CONGRATULATIONS!

[highplainsdem]

46. Yaaaaaay! Congratulations!

[Dorothy V]

47. So happy for you!

[Dem2theMax]

49. Yay! So happy for you, Omaha Steve!

[summer_in_TX]

50. So delighted for your good news, OS.

[Figarosmom]

51. Good going

[catrose]

52. So happy for you

[Old Crank]

53. Congrats

The biggest problem you now face is will your wife or others tell you you should put down the keys.
My wife and I have a pact to let each other know when we think the other is a danger on the road.

This leads to problems in most of the US where where options for nondrivers are a lot lower than in Europe.
My license is good until I'm 88, 74 now. Not sure I'll be driving that long. But I live in a place where I currently don't need a car and haven't owned one for almost 10 years. I imagine that an electric trike will be in my future for shopping and around town.

[Clouds Passing]

54. Hugs

[IbogaProject]

55. Good news

You should keep up with how to track that your facilities for driving are holding up. How long is this approval for? Just so you stay ahead of any issues awhile from now. But congratulations on still being good. Pennsylvania does a thing where 1-2% of drivers have to do a full retest every year. This is to provide cover if a friend or family nominates someone confidentially for driver evaluations.

[Omaha Steve]

59. I'm not required to go back for a recheck

But I'm sure there will come a time I will have to do this again.

[IbogaProject]

64. Awesome

Sounds like a formality w the diagnosis then rather than anything specific. Great news on being clear.

[iluvtennis]

56. Woohoo!

[orleans]

57. what a day you had! it sounds so stressful and exhausting. i'm glad

you survived it, glad you passed that drive test and the no restrictions is great.
that tornado warning & hail was probably the cherry on your cake of the day.
i hope you have a nice, relaxing day today (friday), and free of stress.

[1WorldHope]

58. Praise Be and congratulations!

Gotta love Nebraska weather. I was in Lincoln wishing the storms would miss us because my boy Booger (border collie) is terrified of storms. I'm sorry that every time it misses us, it hits you in Omaha. But yay for you passing your test!

[MontanaMama]

60. Yessssss!

I came here specifically to see if you would be sharing your results. This is the best thing I could read all day so I may stop while I, ahead. I am just so happy for you.

[TBF]

61. I was impressed with the DPS here in TX -

I was taking my teen for his license after passing the driving portion in a private school. The family in front of us was the same, except the boy didn't pass the on-the-spot vision test (she literally held up a big card from where she sat & he couldn't read the line she indicated - while I could read it myself and I was behind him). The clerk was professional and nice, said everything was processed and gave him a form instructing about needing the vision test - with a deadline a few months out. As long as he gets the vision test done and comes back with the optometrist signature, the license is ready to be mailed to him. It only took her a minute or two to run that test on all the applicants coming in, but it made me feel a lot better about being on the road!

[UniqueUserName]

62. Congratulations! Thanks for sharing.

You inspire.

[Evolve Dammit]

63. I knew you had it! Congrats!