CaliforniaBride

Got it yesterday. Well, my temporary one at least. Waheyyyy. It's official, I CAN drive around the block in a straight line!

Bob

nice...so how longs the temp for?

CaliforniaBride

It says it's an Interim Driver's License (aaarrghhh! with an 's' not a 'c')

It expires on 11-28-04

eimeo

Congrats !!!

Hey where are you located in Cali ?

Bob

Not a long 'ne then...how come so short? ead related or somin?
still yet to bother myself, but then UK one good fora year in maine...
well until get greencard, then have 30 days, that's what i was told, that's what I'm sticking to...and can't see paying for a new license if i end up in a new state and all that...only need it to get booze anyway...

eimeo

It is a temporary one, it is just a piece a paper until her actual card comes in the mail.
She should get the actual card in about 2 weeks.
If the temporary one expires before she gets the actual card she would have to go back to the DMV to see what's up.

inquisitive40

I keep wondering about the US driving test. is it really that easy compared to an Irish or UK driving test? Seems a lot of people here have been passed by just doing a very short test VERY unlike the Irish test that I took over 20 years ago.

I often think about having to retake a full test here and it makes me VERY nervous.

Patrick

eimeo

Mine was really short, just have to go through stops, stop lights, intersection, change lane, I think that's about it, I didn't even have to go on the freeway altough they might ask you to do it if your testing is near one.

Compare to the French license it was really easy, I think european license are way more difficult to get, but you also get it for life and there are basically no round abouts in the US either...

Bob

depends on the states...supposedly maine is a tougher one...wouldn't think it by the quality of the drivers here though...

Bob

showhegan...the entire town is a round about...and there are some nightmare ones' in augusta, not quite as bad as hemel hempstead though...
certainly rare...people don't know what to do with them, i;ve seen a couple people just drive through with their eyes closed....very scarey...

eimeo

This is definitely scary.
In Tahiti they began building round abouts about 4 years ago, there were absolutely none before and there are some everywhere now !!!
So you can imagine with all the people that got their licenses without learning about them it is really scary, they go in the wrong lane, don't exit when they ...
I am really amazed that there are not more accidents !!!
They actually built one the wron way (wrong inclinaison) and a truck took it too fast and rolled over.

As for California no round abouts their so it is pretty easy !

Bob

More traffic lights though, and there annoying, always red as I get to them, as if someone's watching me and "oh, it's him again, lets go red"...

eimeo

It seems like it someday (especially when you are late), but hey I'd rather be late than never arrive

ian-mstm

As an amusing aside... when Sheila moved from Michigan to Kentucky, she had to take both a written test and a road test before she got a KY license. When I moved from Canada to KY, I wasn't asked to take a road test or a written test - not even an eye exam! I showed the lady my NS license and she gave me a KY one! Go figure!

Ian

Bob

very true...lights still suck when you see a row of 'em all turning red just for you though