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warot · 07-25-2006, 05:37 PM

Haha, here's how I got my American driver's license, which is a JOKE.
First step, do the theory test. Since I haven't lived here before I was 18, I didn't have to go take any classes. I just had one of those small handbooks and found sample problems online. That wasn't too bad... I'm just more used to the metric system, that's all. So I passed that no problem.

Step 2, is to actually take the driver's license. I don't have a car, so I borrowed my roomates which was an automatic. The test took 10 mins, drove around the block. Stopped at a stop sign, at a red light, took a few turns, then went back to the DMV. That was IT. Didn't even have to do parallel parking. This is in Blacksburg Virginia though, a small college town.

Now, I'm allowed to drive a manual car... good thing I already knew how to drive before. Crazy thing is, my license was valid in South Africa. That's how little experience people have these days.

07-25-2006, 05:37 PM	#9
warot Devotee Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,572 Thanks: 53 Thanked 175 Times in 90 Posts	Re: Driver Education in Countries. Haha, here's how I got my American driver's license, which is a JOKE. First step, do the theory test. Since I haven't lived here before I was 18, I didn't have to go take any classes. I just had one of those small handbooks and found sample problems online. That wasn't too bad... I'm just more used to the metric system, that's all. So I passed that no problem. Step 2, is to actually take the driver's license. I don't have a car, so I borrowed my roomates which was an automatic. The test took 10 mins, drove around the block. Stopped at a stop sign, at a red light, took a few turns, then went back to the DMV. That was IT. Didn't even have to do parallel parking. This is in Blacksburg Virginia though, a small college town. Now, I'm allowed to drive a manual car... good thing I already knew how to drive before. Crazy thing is, my license was valid in South Africa. That's how little experience people have these days.