Jaywalkers are Dead Meat

On Monday I renewed my driver's license. I moved to Utah from Iowa over two months ago, and they say you are supposed to update your license within 60 days. Oops. But, more importantly, I wanted to register to vote, and I couldn't do that in Utah with an Iowa license. So of course, I waited until the very last day possible before it was too late (Oct. 6).

Because my old Utah license had expired, they made me take a written test. Ugg. I'm almost 32, haven't had a ticket since I was 18, never been in an accident (knock on wood) and I had to take the written test. It had 25 questions, and I actually took it on a touch screen computer. I was well prepared - my 3 year old, who had to come with me, was safely watching SuperWhy on my iPod (two episodes of SuperWhy are downloadable for free from iTunes; you're welcome). The test is open book, and I was thinking, "What kind of questions are these going to be? Do I actually need a book?" Thankfully, most of the questions were common sense kind of questions, like "True/False: If you drink three beers in an hour, you will be considered legally drunk, and you will remain drunk if you drink one beer per hour after that." But for a few I needed the book, like, "How many feet away from a stop sign can you park?" I didn't know if it was 30 or 50 (I still can't remember, but at least I looked up the answer in the book!)

After I took the test, I got my results: 24 our of 25. I scrolled until I found the question I got wrong, and I had to laugh out loud. I had missed the word "not" in the sentence.

It was a true/false question. I entered true.

The question was: "It is not against the law to hit someone who is crossing the street without using a crosswalk."

Apparently, in between making sure Aidan was content with SuperWhy and trying to flip through the stupid book to find out what to do when the light turns from red to green and I'm approaching the intersection (that question was tricky!), I didn't notice the "not." So I guess in my subconscious, it's okay to hit jaywalkers.

Moral of the story: Don't go crossing the street in front of me. I might run you down.

P.S. I just found out that the SuperWhy episodes aren't free under "episodes," but there are two free episodes if you type in "superwhy podcast" on the top right corner of iTunes where it says "search iTunes store". And there is a Marth Speaks episode for free, and my kids like that show. Here's how you find it: iTunes, TV Shows, PBS Kids, Martha Speaks.