driver's test

so i am now an indiana state resident and so i have to get an indiana state drivers license and change over my car registration and register to vote and all that jazz.
so on thursday, mom and i figured we would check one more thing off my to-do list and get that darn license out of the way. in indiana if you want to get a license, even if you are 75 and have been driving for 63 years, you have to take a written exam, so i had printed out the manual weeks ago with grand plans of reading it. however, life got busy and the manual had never gotten read and so i threw it into my purse as we headed out of the door to go to the BMV (bureau of motor vehicles) - as we drove, mom decided to skim the book and read some of the high points to me - our favorite was the following section (which has us in stitches):
Chapter 6: Accidents and Emergency Situations
Plunging Into Water
If a vehicle plunges ino the water, it will usually float several minutes before sinking, allowing a driver or occupants to escape through an open window while still on the surface.
If your vehicle plunges into water, do not attempt to open a door. The weight of the water will make it nearly impossible to open a door and water will flood the passenger compartment through the open door.

• Survive the crash. Use the passenger safety or restraint systems such as seat belts whenever you are driving.
• Remove your seatbelt.
• Open a window. Even automatic windows will open, unless the impact is so severe that it damages the electrical system. Note: They did not indicate what to do if you do indeed have an impact so severe as to damage the electrical system.
• Organize passengers in the front seat. Get children out of rear seatbelts and child restrains, asking older children to assist the younger ones. Move passengers to the front seat as calmly as possible. Note: I am glad they indicated to do so as calmly as possible because otherwise I would have been hysterically screaming, "Kids, get the bleepity bleep bleep up here and Johnny bring your sister"
  
• Exit the vehicle and move to the roof. This will keep you as dry as possible , and even in the moving water you can ride the vehicle like a boat for a short time. Once on the roof, call 911, and locate the nearest dry land, which is usually the path the vehicle took to the water. Note: I wonder if I should obtain a watercraft license for my car just in case it becomes a boat. Also, I feel like I should call 911 prior to climbing on the roof (I've always been a one marshmallow type of person) and lastly as dad pointed out, if you get enough air, the nearest land may not be where the car came from.
• Swim for shore only as a last resort. If emergency personnel or other assistance have not arrived b the time your vehicle sinks below the waterline, you may be forced to swim. Many times the water will be shallow enough to keep the roof above water, or just below the surface, allowing you to stand on it indefinitely. Note: I don't think that standing on top of my submerged car indefinitely would be much fun - the novelty would quickly wear off!
  
• Never re-enter the vehicle to gather your possessions. This will only put you back in harms way. Note: Dear Genius Mr. Indiana Driver's Manual Writer, what if my cell phone is still in the car, you didn't specify to take that with me in step 5!

Anyway, as we drove to the test, we giggled about this section, but as luck would have it out of the 50 questions on my test, there was one on this very topic. Also included on the test were hazardous road conditions, cell phone rules, and how far prior to a turn to put on your turn signal if driving over 50 mph - all things my mom taught me on the drive. You could miss 5 questions and pass - I missed 5 but as it turns out I missed only 2 and bubbled 3 wrong! Guess that fast test taking doesn't work too well when I don't have a standardized scantron with the letter in every bubble!!!
The two I missed are different from Pennsylvania and I still think I am right!
However, I passed and that's what matters - now unfortunately, they couldn't print out my card and so they have to mail it to me - so they seized my PA license and gave me a crappy piece of paper license that any idiot could forge (word on the street is that it won't be enough to prove I am over 21 but they assure me a police officer will accept it if he pulls me over).