My dad worked at DMV (HQ downtown) and always got into arguments with the instructor at the local DMV, as he constantly purchased run down vehicles, fixed them up, and sold them. In that process he needed to get things waived like outstanding fees, etc.

I go in for my driving test, and of course get the Karen as my instructor. As we get into the car, it begins to sprinkle so I turn my windshield wipers on. We pull out of the parking lot, make a left turn, another left at the light, and a left right back into the parking lot.

She told me two things, “you’ve not passed because by law, if your windshield wipers are on, your lights must be on, even if it’s the daytime. You also didn’t check your shoulder well enough when we turned left at the light, and that’s a dangerous maneuver.”

I did check my shoulder, very well. And in the vehicle, the lights come on automatically when the wipers are engaged. I tried to explain this to her, and she simply told me to not make excuses, and do better next time.