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There's no such thing as a "US driving test." There's a separate driving test with separate standards for each one of the states and territories and DC.
by brianpgordon 8y ago
There's no such thing as a "US driving test." There's a separate driving test with separate standards for each one of the states and territories and DC.
- wcarron 8y agoDo you not think I know this? Sometimes less precision for the sake of flowing conversation is worth it. HN can be absurdly pedantic some days.
- brianpgordon 8y agoSo why are you making a sweeping claim about all US drivers tests, given that you only took one of them? The one you took was clearly bad. The process I went through in Maryland is apparently one of the tougher ones. 30 classroom hours, 6 hours one-on-one with an instructor, 50 hours daytime driving with an older licensed driver, 10 hours nighttime driving, and then you can take the written and driving tests (which require you to parallel park). After that you can drive on your own but still can't have any non-adult passengers and can't drive past midnight or your license is suspended for a year. After 18 months of driving with no moving violations and no other criminal convictions, you finally get a real driver's license. The whole process takes a couple of years.