Thursday, April 24, 2008
It is really an unlucky day for me... well, didn't make it for the test again... cos of the stupid bike... had a bad feeling when i was given the bike, so wanted to change but i'm afraid will be blacklisted by the testers... & thats the result for keeping mum about it... the bike was perfectly fine until i reached the decelerating lane (ie the right most lane for right turning), preparing to move forward to make a u-turn... guess what? the engine stalled, & i couldn't start it.. i strongly believe that the fault doesn't lie with me.. i am 100% sure i stopped at gear 1, & i didn't let go of my clutch even for 1 second... the engine stalled immediately when i close my throttle (accelerator)... normal: closing throttle will give engine brake & if stopped at junctions, closing the throttle, but still holding on to the clutch WILL NOT STALL THE ENGINE!!! damn it.... got penalised for delay in moving off... whats worse is the IDIOT, INCONSIDERATE & IMPATIENT DRIVER behind me HONK ME!!! *^$^%$#^%&^&.... AAAGGGRRRHHH...... i was wearing the "ON TEST" tag, & thanks ar... for doing that panicked me!! i was already panicking when my bike couldn't start, & YOU MADE IT WORSE!!! i quickly move off since i see the right turning gree arrow was flickering, & that caused me an immediate failure... we're not supposed to turn when the arrow flickers, cos it'll stop flickering soon... yup, stupid me to get affected by that IDIOTIC, INCONSIDERATE, IMPATIENT driver... the bike stalls again when i made use of the engine brake to slow down my bike before turning into the minor road at the HDB area... was stucked there for a long time cos i couldn't start my bike... & it was raining so heavily today... quickly moved off when i can finally start the bike... but it stalled again when i closed the throttle again to make use of the engine brake to slow down at the junction, preparing to do a right turn... the only lucky thing that happened to me today is that the vehicle (van) behind me is kind enough to notice that i'm on test, & he wasn't following close behind me, or else i believe i'd be in hospital now, & he didn't honk me unlike the guy earlier who drove a car... big deal?? my sis owns a car too... to avoid causing a huge jam, i pushed my bike to the side to try starting but to no avail... was worried & panicking cos the tester had been observing me at the bus stop, & when he was about to walk over to check on me, one of the driving instructors on duty came... he took some time to start my bike... & after he managed to start it, i just merely did a lane change & close throttle to stop at the junction, the bike failed again...
the instructor had no choice but to exchange me bike in order not to cause inconvenience to other drivers on road... i was told that i'd definitely fail... sobz... & i really did... after clarification with the tester, he said the bike problem caused me to fail too for not completing my test route... its really a bad day for me... warm up session also picked a faulty bike... aarrghhh...
4/24/2008 08:34:00 PM*