Ned Brickley

On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 15:50:28 +0000, UKintheUSA
<member30258@british_expats.com> wrote:

    >Hi there,
    >We live in NH too! Where are you located?
    >First of all in the state of NH you are required to have your EAD and SS
    >number. I would suggest that you contact the Division of Motor Vehicles
    >in Concord NH and get a drivers test book. This is free of charge.
    >She'll need to study it well and then after she can answer ALL 100
    >questions in the back of the book she can go down to DMV in Concord and
    >take the written test. After that, assuming she passes it, she will
    >take the driving test. My husband studied the book for a few weeks
    >before he too the actual test. The cost was only $50.00 and he was in
    >and out with his temporary liscense in an hour or so. I would strongly
    >suggest that the day you plan on going that you be there when they open
    >at 8 AM as it can be really busy at other times of the day and she may
    >need to be there for hours. You go in and go to the Non US Citizen
    >window which is on the left. Very simple process. She will also need
    >to bring her passport, marraige liscence, EAD card and SS Card. If you
    >have any questions, feel free to ask us! Good Luck!

We're in Nashua. My plan is to get her basically comfortable with the
handling of a car, (She oversteers badly), then turn her over to a
professional driving instructor.

I do know about going up to Concord and the paperwork we will need. I
think the next time I get a copy of our marriage certificate I'll get
several extras.

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Ned

Ned Brickley

On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 10:18:39 +0000, ScousePete
<member12910@british_expats.com> wrote:

    >> Hi:
    >> What about the clutch? As far as I am concerned, you haven't taught
    >> anyone to drive until it is to drive a stick shift -- in San
    >> Francisco. [Apologies to Bill Cosby -- but his "Driving in San
    >> Francisco" sketch was so right on the money].
    >> ;)
    >And of course in the UK if you take your driving test in an automatic
    >all you are allowed to drive are automatics. If you take your test in a
    >manual (stick/standard) you are then licensed to drive anything.

Hmm, that brings up an interesting question...
How the heck do you shift with your left hand??
(I'm militantly right handed)

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Ned

scrubbedexpat099

So am I, much prefer to hang on to the steering wheel with my dominant hand.

I bought a 'stick' shift a few months back, never having considered the issues with gear change. I have always driven automatics here.

It took some time to become accustomed, somehow the gear stick being moved away from you seemed the odd bit.

I have only seen a driving school car a couple of times, judging by the driving test standard, not a line of business that I would have thought generated much work.