snowbunny

Me too....

I have been stressing over this; it's been difficult for Toon to deal with this company and believe me, what he wrote is the tip of the iceberg on how they (mis)treat employees (that's my opinion).

I kept noticing weirdnesses when he'd talk about things but I put it down to his lack of experience in interviewing American-style. I kept saying, "Why are you doing x when you haven't talked about y yet????"

So those wondering where he's been -- now ya know.

He also did the sneaky thing of dragging me to Home Depot when I was pissed as a fart.... after the England-Portugal match. I'd been putting off going after work cos I was tired. Ever try picking out a paint colour while you can't focus? I think I did pretty well considering.

antjen

Congrats!!

Ant

Toontje

I had to do that with the bus.

The gap they told me to park in had the lenght of a street.

Roadster280

Congrats! I went on the last day before Christmas last year, hoping there would be no line. And there wasnt. As you say, test was easy. Breaking the law though is a BIG no-no here in GA. Speeding being the common one. The test center is in a shopping center, and the reversing exercises are done in the parking lot, which has a 10mph limit. No problem for the exercises, but driving out onto the roads at 10mph! I got marked down for doing 25 in a 35, but it was not a failure.

The only bad (sad) part was handing over my UK licence for the GA one. Oh, and the funny looks when renting a car in the UK when I show my GA licence, but with a UK accent!

Congrats again. Cheaper insurance shall be yours!

Elvira

What on earth did you do that for??

This is the first time I hear of anyone relinquishing their UK licence for a US one....

gruffbrown

Odd one that.

Roadster280

It's the law here. It's an exchange. I had to surrender my UK one. No great loss really, as I can just exchange the GA one for a UK one if I ever go back.

Ray

I though her name was Beryl ...

gruffbrown

Ethel

Ray

Not actually true ... Thay can really only exchange theirs for another State one .. Your belongs to the DLVC .. you should not have parted with it ...

Elvira

Hopefully he will have kept a UK address of sorts, so he can order a replacement licence for the one he has clearly "lost" . Because I don't think Swansea will "exchange" his GA one for a new UK licence...

Which reminds me: I still have one of those old paper licences - how easy is to get one of them fancy new photo ones?

Roadster280

From the DVLA:

Moving to another country
If you move to another country, you should check with the driving licence authorities there for information about driving and exchange of licences. If you return to GB from a non-EC/EEA country and are not in possession of a GB licence, you may:

drive for up to 12 months on your foreign licence,

apply for a duplicate of your GB licence on payment of the appropriate fee

And from the Georgia DDS:

Applicant must surrender all previous driver’s licenses, identification
cards, and instructional permits to the Examiner.

I'm satisfied that a) I'm within the law. b) I can get my UK renewed if I need it and c) They werent going to give me a GA one without surrendering my UK one.

Ray

It no great problem ...but the georgia law applies to American licences ..remember they really don't acknowledge other countries exist ..

Roadster280

Life is just soooo much easier with US ID though. The computers are interlinked between the DDS(DMV), insurance companies, county tag office and the police. So if you get stopped here, they tell YOU if you are insured, licenced and current with vehicle tax and emissions.

So if I get stopped, the policeman would expect me to turn over my GA licence, not a UK one.

When I bought my car, I didnt have to show any documents to get it tagged, just pay the $20 fee, because the computer had all the info they needed.

Mind you, the insurance companies automatically grass on you if it lapses, as happened to a friend of mine.

Ray

Emmisions ..we have none of that in FLA...