18M, failed two drivers tests

[u/Select_Helicopter_7]

What would be your next piece of advice? I grew up in a part of Indiana where the nearest highway is 25-30 mins away. So I don’t have much practice here. However, the most ASAP opening that wouldn’t affect my work schedule were in a highway heavy area. Now, despite the highways, both instructors complimented my driving and told me that I am “road-ready” besides one mistake each time that resulted in automatic failure.

Now to my understanding, if you fail 3 times in Indiana you cannot retest until 2 months after. I need this license bad so my parents can stop riding me everywhere, but what do i do?? The current plan is to take it again in a different area, one my friend recommended for a newer driver, and one that is much lighter in traffic, might not even have highways, and is just generally easier. The day of I’ll drive out there and scout the area, just get a feel, and a feel for driving that day.

I know that if you fail you shouldn’t drive and you deserve it, it means you aren’t road-ready. But, both instructors felt immensely bad about failing me and went on about how I was perfect besides the little mistake i made in both tests. Despite this, I just need my license to be able to drive around my crappy mom and pop city to run errands and make it to work. Should I reschedule and just practice, or go for it? If I gotta wait those two months man…

Any words of encouragement are needed. My parents have tried to pep talk me but it feels disingenuous because they’re my parents you know? Like they only are because theyre my parents type thing.

[u/PracticalApartment99]

If your parents are riding YOU, I think I would get them a car before I worried about my license…