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You might be overestimating how hard it is to get a license in the states. My test was literally pay private driving school operator $50, pull onto a four lane

You might be overestimating how hard it is to get a license in the states. My test was literally pay private driving school operator $50, pull onto a four lane road, change lanes, change lanes back, turn right three times to get back to the road, turn left, park successfully between the lines nose in, …and here’s a piece of paper for the DMV to give you a license. Maybe ten minutes, and have never had anyone check to see if I still know the rules in the 20 years since. I’m sure it has gotten harder in some places, but we really don’t ask for much of new drivers.

Neywiny 5mo ago
Not just the test though. In some states you need approaching 100 hours of signed off driving with an experienced driver (honor system though) and a certified course
- dghlsakjg 5mo ago
  What state? This source seems to indicate that 70 hours is the extreme upper limit, with some states allowing as few as 6. https://www.iihs.org/research-areas/teenagers/graduated-licensing-laws-table https://www.iihs.org/research-areas/teenagers/graduated-lice...
  - Neywiny 5mo ago
    Ah. Good fact check. I swapped the numbers on minimum community service hours to graduate high school and this. But I think my point still stands that you can't just walk in and take the test
Munksgaard 5mo ago
Having taken a license in both Denmark and the states, the test in the states was laughable in comparison. In Denmark, there are like 20 mandatory lessons, wet-surface practice, a theoretical exam and a practical exam, both of which people routinely fail (because they're hard). In the US, I paid 20 bucks, drove around the block, parked and received my license.
xboxnolifes 5mo ago
In hindsight, getting my driver's license was uncomfortably easy in the US. We crammed the answers right before the written exam as a class, I did 8(?) hours driving with an adult, and the practical exam was 2 left turns, a k-turn, 2 right turns, and parallel parking between 2 cones.
dzhiurgis 5mo ago
It's 2,500-3,500 Euros to get a license in Germany. I heard someone paying 6-8k tho.

Neywiny 5mo ago

Not just the test though. In some states you need approaching 100 hours of signed off driving with an experienced driver (honor system though) and a certified course

dghlsakjg 5mo ago
What state? This source seems to indicate that 70 hours is the extreme upper limit, with some states allowing as few as 6. https://www.iihs.org/research-areas/teenagers/graduated-licensing-laws-table https://www.iihs.org/research-areas/teenagers/graduated-lice...
- Neywiny 5mo ago
  Ah. Good fact check. I swapped the numbers on minimum community service hours to graduate high school and this. But I think my point still stands that you can't just walk in and take the test

Munksgaard 5mo ago

Having taken a license in both Denmark and the states, the test in the states was laughable in comparison. In Denmark, there are like 20 mandatory lessons, wet-surface practice, a theoretical exam and a practical exam, both of which people routinely fail (because they're hard). In the US, I paid 20 bucks, drove around the block, parked and received my license.

xboxnolifes 5mo ago

In hindsight, getting my driver's license was uncomfortably easy in the US. We crammed the answers right before the written exam as a class, I did 8(?) hours driving with an adult, and the practical exam was 2 left turns, a k-turn, 2 right turns, and parallel parking between 2 cones.

dzhiurgis 5mo ago

It's 2,500-3,500 Euros to get a license in Germany. I heard someone paying 6-8k tho.