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From Our Staff: Railroad Crossing

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Living next to the train tracks is usually a sign of poverty, or at least living in a bad area. I, one of the staff members of MyDrivingTestCenter.com, live next to the tracks, but you can trust me I’m OK. However, there are some downsides, especially considering I live quite close to a crossing. Trains make SO-MUCH-NOISE. They all run on diesel, which means I have to suffer the sound of the engine and the sound of the wheels. Trust me, it’s not as fun as it sounds. There is also the sound of a railroad crossing which dings all day long.

However, what’s even more horrifying is the way people treat the crossings. When the red lights start flashing, most people will stop and wait until the train has passed, but not everyone. Some people prefer to risk death and save a few minutes. When the bell starts ringing, they just speed up to beat the barrier. Pedestrians don’t even rush as much – they just go under the barrier and run on the tracks. If they slip and fall they face certain death, but apparently they don’t care.

A Little Request

If you live near a railroad crossing, I urge you to drive safely around there. Remember: you can’t drive when there is a headstone above you. Nothing is worth losing your life. Drive safely, it will only do good for you.

During a driving test, don’t try to be a hero. Follow the rules of railroad crossings. Just wait until the train passes. It will definitely increase your chance of passing.

Our Guides, Discounted

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our guides are on sale

If you considered getting our guides but decided to avoid it right now, you might want to reconsider. Starting today, and for a week only, Pass Your Driving Test in paperback version and Pass Your Permit Test in Kindle version are now available for a discount.

The Kindle version now runs a countdown deal, which means its price is the lowest right now (February 5th), and will rise every 40 hours. The paperback version is offered for 20% less for the entire week. One week from now, on February 12, prices will go back to normal, and will probably stay there for a long, long time.

Why Offer Discounts on Our Guides?

We think that it’s good to offer discounts from time to time. Just like big stores provide discounts during special times (such as holidays,) we like to do it too. For example, the very first version of Pass Your Driving Test was published on February 2008. Yes, nine years ago. Sounds pretty impressive

Additionally, we would like to offer a chance to give back to loyal followers of this website. Yes, it’s very young, but sometimes you just have to be lucky enough to find something when it’s new. If you know someone who will benefit from this discount, feel free to share this.

How to Get Your Discounts?

It’s super-easy. If you want the Kindle version, follow this link and just enjoy the discount price. If you want the paperback version, use this link, which leads to CreateSpace. There, on the checkout page, use the code UZLXV2TZ. It won’t work on Amazon, so make sure you order from the right website.

Get these discounts while they last. After that, they’re gone!

New Government Test Sites for Self-Driving Cars

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Google self-driving carsSelf-driving cars are still under development, but already create a huge hype. Their tests have been going on for years, and more and more cars of this kind go on the road every year. On his last day on the job, former US Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx created a list of test sites for self driving cars.

What Self-Driving Cars Mean To Us

These cars raise an interesting question: how will people be licensed to use them? On the one hand, it’s a fully autonomous machine. There is no need for human intervention in most cases. On the other hand, current self-driving cars always have a human operator who can take control whenever necessary. Will it still be necessary when development is complete? It’s hard to be sure.

It’s interesting to think about the role of the DMV in a world of cars that drive automatically. A good guess might be that a license will still be necessary, but with less strict demands and rules. The age of being in a car alone will probably decrease, and the written test will have entirely different questions.

For now we’ll just have to wait until development is complete and hope that these cars will be as safe and as easy to operate as possible. It will be a great revolution, and we just have to sit back and enjoy it.