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That you think it's easy to pass drivers tests in the US is a joke.

yladiz 8y ago
It actually is a joke how bad some tests are. In a lot of cities in Florida your test is done in a parking lot with no real world driving with other cars, and it omits a lot of things, like parallel parking. Ideally licenses should be able to be transferred across states, but tests like the majority of ones in Florida mean drivers from there may be inadequately prepared for driving in some other states like CA.
- mcv 8y ago
  I really hope this is an exaggeration. Still, the US is not the only place with very mixed standards for driving tests. I once heard that the easiest way to get a Dutch driving license was on the Caribbean island of Saba, where you'd get your license if you could drive around the central square without causing an accident. I knew someone who got his license there, and he didn't dare to drive a car in Netherland. Fortunately he had a Dutch motorbike license.
  - TylerE 8y ago
    Here in NC, the road test was maybe 10 minutes long, in very light traffic. No parallel parking. The written portion of the test consisted of sign identification and a few very easy multiple choice questions. I did this when I was 15. That as almost 20 years ago. Have never, and will never, need to do anything else.
  - yladiz 8y ago
    It's not an exaggeration. Taking a look at Hillsborough Country[1], two of the three DMVs have "on-site test tracks". 1: http://www.hillstax.org/services/services-driver-licenses.aspx http://www.hillstax.org/services/services-driver-licenses.as...
    - TylerE 8y ago
      The biggest problem, to my mind, is that there is no process for retesting. IMO you should have to re-take the test every 5 years starting at 50... and maybe ever year starting from 70 or 75.
magduf 8y ago
Your comment is ignorant and insulting, since you're basically calling him a liar. My US driving test was a joke. I pulled out of a parking space, pulled up to a road, took a right turn, drive 100-200 feet to an intersection, took a right turn, then took another right turn into the same parking lot I had just left, then parked. That was my entire driving test.
- jimbo1qaz 8y ago
  The original comment is ignorant and insulting, since it's implying I'm incompetent enough to have failed a joke of a test twice.
  - magduf 8y ago
    The original comment never stated that all driving tests everywhere in the US are all a joke. Believing that is ridiculous: the US is a big place and things vary dramatically from locality to locality.
    - jimbo1qaz 8y ago
      "Drivers tests in the US are a joke." is referring to arbitrary driving tests, and implies any driving test (including the two I failed) is a joke.
      - magduf 8y ago
        The guy is correct. MY driving test was a joke, and other people have testified their tests were a joke too. Therefore the statement is correct. He never said ALL driving tests in the US are a joke. It sounds like you're taking this personally, and have some kind of issue because you failed two driving tests.

It actually is a joke how bad some tests are. In a lot of cities in Florida your test is done in a parking lot with no real world driving with other cars, and it omits a lot of things, like parallel parking. Ideally licenses should be able to be transferred across states, but tests like the majority of ones in Florida mean drivers from there may be inadequately prepared for driving in some other states like CA.

mcv 8y ago
I really hope this is an exaggeration. Still, the US is not the only place with very mixed standards for driving tests. I once heard that the easiest way to get a Dutch driving license was on the Caribbean island of Saba, where you'd get your license if you could drive around the central square without causing an accident. I knew someone who got his license there, and he didn't dare to drive a car in Netherland. Fortunately he had a Dutch motorbike license.
- TylerE 8y ago
  Here in NC, the road test was maybe 10 minutes long, in very light traffic. No parallel parking. The written portion of the test consisted of sign identification and a few very easy multiple choice questions. I did this when I was 15. That as almost 20 years ago. Have never, and will never, need to do anything else.
- yladiz 8y ago
  It's not an exaggeration. Taking a look at Hillsborough Country[1], two of the three DMVs have "on-site test tracks". 1: http://www.hillstax.org/services/services-driver-licenses.aspx http://www.hillstax.org/services/services-driver-licenses.as...
  - TylerE 8y ago
    The biggest problem, to my mind, is that there is no process for retesting. IMO you should have to re-take the test every 5 years starting at 50... and maybe ever year starting from 70 or 75.

magduf 8y ago

Your comment is ignorant and insulting, since you're basically calling him a liar. My US driving test was a joke. I pulled out of a parking space, pulled up to a road, took a right turn, drive 100-200 feet to an intersection, took a right turn, then took another right turn into the same parking lot I had just left, then parked. That was my entire driving test.

jimbo1qaz 8y ago
The original comment is ignorant and insulting, since it's implying I'm incompetent enough to have failed a joke of a test twice.
- magduf 8y ago
  The original comment never stated that all driving tests everywhere in the US are all a joke. Believing that is ridiculous: the US is a big place and things vary dramatically from locality to locality.
  - jimbo1qaz 8y ago
    "Drivers tests in the US are a joke." is referring to arbitrary driving tests, and implies any driving test (including the two I failed) is a joke.
    - magduf 8y ago
      The guy is correct. MY driving test was a joke, and other people have testified their tests were a joke too. Therefore the statement is correct. He never said ALL driving tests in the US are a joke. It sounds like you're taking this personally, and have some kind of issue because you failed two driving tests.