Chapter 50: The Driver's Test

Frankie had Ryan out driving through the inner city of Los Santos, Ryan was doing a good job. He was stopping at stop signs, and red lights, he knew when he had the right a way and when he didn't. Frankie was impressed with Ryan's driving skill, he looked at Ryan who was behind the wheel "Good job man, you're doing great." Frankie told Ryan. Ryan stopped at the red light at the intersection "Thanks man, I learn fast." He replied. The light turned green and Ryan drove on, he was driving through Davis, heading north. Frankie noticed his gas light was on so he had Ryan stop at the gas station, they pulled in and stopped at the pump. Frankie put his card in the slot, and Ryan pumped the gas. When they had filled up, they got back in the car. Ryan put it in drive, and left the gas station. They drove to Rockford Hills, up Whispymound Drive and into the hills. Ryan was doing a good job driving the car, an 18 wheeler was in the opposite lane. The truck come onto their lane, Ryan panicked and drove to his right off the road. Frankie flipped the trucker off, the 18 wheeler honked and drove on.

Ryan and Frankie stayed on the backroads going to the sticks, they had reached the outskirts of Sandy Shores. Frankie had Ryan drive through the small town, Ryan did and he stopped at the stop signs and tried to maintain his handling of the steering wheel. They left Sandy shores, and headed south back toward Los Santos. They drove down the hill and were back in Rockford Hills, Ryan made a left and drove toward East Los Santos. He stopped at a red light, he looked over to his left. There was two Vagos in a Rapid GT just like Frankie's, he started revving his engine signaling he wanted to race. Ryan did likewise, Frankie looked at the boy with confusion "You ain't racing in my car, hell no!" Frankie told Ryan. Ryan quit revving and drove on when the light turned green.

Two days later it was time for Ryan's driver's test, Frankie had Ryan drive to the DMV. He parked in front of the building and walked in, he approached the counter that said Driver's Test on the sign. The woman standing there was a tall overweight black woman, she looked at Ryan and Frankie "What?" she asked them "I'm here for my license test." Ryan replied. The woman snapped her fingers and a man walked out from behind the counter, he was tall medium build wearing an LSPD t shirt, and black cargo pants. He walked outside with Ryan and Frankie, they got into the car Ryan got behind the wheel and the man sat in the passenger seat. "Okay, back out slowly." The man told Ryan, he started the car and put it in reverse. He backed out slowly and cut the wheel right, and turned into traffic. "Okay, go up two blocks and make a right." The man told Ryan, he straightened out the wheel and put the car in drive. He did what the man said and drove up two blocks. He stopped at the stop sign and turned on his turn signal. When he saw it was clear he made a right "Okay, go to the intersection and make a left turn."

Ryan drove to the four way intersection on the street, he stopped at the stop sign and turned on his blinker. He waited until he had a window and made his left turn, the instructor started writing on his clipboard. "Ok, see this empty driveway. Pass it up stop, and back up into it. That's a turnabout." Ryan listened to the instructor, he did his turnabout and drove back the opposite way. "Okay go straight at this intersection, and we're going to parallel park." Ryan stopped at the stop sign, and made sure he had a window. He drove straight onto the next street, he saw a car sitting on the side of the road. He turned on his blinker and backed up. He cut his wheel all the way to the right as he backed up, when he got into position he cut the wheel all the way to the left. He backed the car up and straightened out the wheel when he got it in place, he pulled up an inch and parked the car. The instructor wrote on his clipboard "Good job, now let's drive back to the DMV." He told Ryan. Ryan backed up an inch and pulled out, he drove the car back to the DMV where Frankie was waiting outside for him. The instructor stamped Ryan's paper and handed it to him "Congratulations kid, you passed." Ryan smiled as he took his paper. He walked inside to the DMV to have his picture taken, they printed off his card and handed it to him. Ryan and Frankie drove home happy he passed.