Story time:
The first time I took my driving test, the evaluator said ‘pull out of your parking space’, which I did very precisely, stopping at the street where the test started.
Then he said ‘turn right at this street’, so I did – and made the semi-truck coming down that road lay on his horn a bounce a bit to avoid hitting me. I failed before we even started.
I was so focussed on his instructions that I lost all situational awareness.
I took more classes, then spent a few years as a delivery driver, so I actually learnt to be a very good driver. But my first test was abysmal.
I pulled onto the wrong side of the road while doing a three-point turn. Like 3 or 4 times in a row. He was losing it.
BUT at the end, he dropped my license/learner’s permit into a slot in my dashboard (gone for good without removing the dash) and felt guilty. Pretty sure that’s the only reason I passed by exactly one point.