This person has already started the process, how much faster could they get?

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I thought the ticket/citation for not driving on a Calif license when required is expensive.

Responding to: CHP will either not care or give you a minor slap on the wrist.

It can be..and CHP arent the only ones writing license tickets and towing cars....

Again, its about being reasonable...in the process is fine...it will show up when they run the drivers name for a DL..

The "ticket" for having an out-of-state license when you should have a CA one is a fix-it ticket / correctable citation. You have to get a CA license within 30 days and pay a $25 "transaction fee".

Driving with no license at all is a different story, and probably quite expensive.

Well if they pull him over surely he can say he's already started the process and should have a piece of paper to show that.

They may be under financial pressure to impose a big fine now in other cases, though, yes.

One small, and slightly off topic, piece of advice for the OP.

Get out of the habit of referring to California as "Cali" now! (in US parlance "Cali" is the name of a Colombian drug cartel not a state ...)

... and don't even think of calling a certain city in Northern California "San Fran" (or, even worse, "Frisco")

Yeah, really.

San Francisco is "the city". San Jose is "over the hill". Santa Cruz is "into town". Highway 17 is "a freaking nightmare".

Back on topic.. I recently passed my licence in California.... Was in the same situation in reading the California handbook and got confused.

Basically, I hired a car from UK using UK licence for 4 weeks... which was long enough for the SSN to arrive, at which point, I headed straight to the DMV to register for a Driving Licence. They took note that I had a UK licence and granted me a temporary US licence upon passing the written test and sight test.

The temp licence lasts for 3 months at which point, I booked an appointment for a behind the wheel test which was 1 month away. In the meantime, with the temp licence, I was able to buy a car and have it insured both under my wife and I's name. Once you have the insurance certificate and car title, you are legally allowed to drive on the California roads.

On a side note, if you can't produce valid car insurance document and temp driving licence paper, you can't take the behind the wheel test. The other part was that the car must pass the examiner's inspection, the usual MOT type checks.

Once, done, driving test is a breeze.

HTH.

THANK YOU!!!

Rather: In the meantime with the temporary licence, I was able to buy a car and have it insured, both under the name of my wife and I.

If you imagine using the sentence "I's going to the shop, Mum." It doesn't quite work. Perhaps it's all that Californian sunshine!

Dreary me. I apologise for being off-topic.

Rather: In the meantime, with the temporary licence, I was able to both buy a car and have it insured under my wife's name and mine.

Note: If you're going to correct someone's punctuation/grammar/spelling, best to be sure it's correct. No charge.


I agree.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled program.

Ian

Hi:
This was my plan,
1.Pass the written test and drive a rental car for few weekends (passenger a valid CA lic)
2.Book driving test
3.Take the rental car for the test.
4.Hope to pass, if not friend drives me back.

Now, is rental car not acceptable for behind the wheel test?

On the handbook, a rental can be used in the behind the wheel test so long as the relevant paperwork are present.

Thx! I will dive into those details then...

Just refer to San Fransisco as.."that strange place up north"...