international driving license
Jul 11th 2006, 2:46 am
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Re: international driving license
Originally Posted by Angry White Pyjamas
I find fake smiling and being heavily sarcastic at the same time works very well...
Jul 11th 2006, 2:48 am
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Re: international driving license
Actually, the person at the DMV office who marked my written test seemed really surprised that I got all the questions right. I don't think anyone had ever done that before. Must have really made her day 
Jul 11th 2006, 3:26 am
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Re: international driving license
Originally Posted by Angry White Pyjamas
I find fake smiling and being heavily sarcastic at the same time works very well...
ah well i should learn to keep my trap shut
Jul 11th 2006, 3:42 am
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Re: international driving license
Originally Posted by englishnurse
sounds like good advice to me, the woman has only been in usa 6 months, i think it was the fact that i dared to argue with her despite the fact she was a moderator which pissed her off the most to be honest.
ah well i should learn to keep my trap shut
ah well i should learn to keep my trap shut
Better watch yourself with the mods here then. Nasty, unfriendly lot they are...always sending out insulting PM's...oh dear is this the nastiness thread?
Jul 11th 2006, 4:03 am
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Re: international driving license
Originally Posted by Rockgurl
Get used to it. Seriously, I'm always getting into trouble over here in the US because I dare to exert my own personality. To get on in the USA you need to learn how to smile a big fake smile and agree with everyone, and act like nothing's too much trouble. The old English sarcasm will go down like a lead balloon here. It's been a hard lesson for me to learn and it's taken me 3 years to learn it, but I think I understand how to play the game.
Jul 11th 2006, 4:04 am
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Re: international driving license
Originally Posted by englishnurse
sounds like good advice to me, the woman has only been in usa 6 months, i think it was the fact that i dared to argue with her despite the fact she was a moderator which pissed her off the most to be honest.
ah well i should learn to keep my trap shut
ah well i should learn to keep my trap shut
Jul 11th 2006, 4:25 am
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Re: international driving license
The driving part is also absurd. I had to reverse out of a parking spot, making 5 right turns (" a block") and parking parallel to the kerb.
Thats how easy it is to get a license and is also why american drivers are some of the worst. Would love for someone to do a study/show where they put american drivers through a UK sytle test (let them drive on the right) and see how many pass.
Thats how easy it is to get a license and is also why american drivers are some of the worst. Would love for someone to do a study/show where they put american drivers through a UK sytle test (let them drive on the right) and see how many pass.
The trooper then said "I told you to do a 3 point turn - you just took 5".
I turned to him, smiled, didn't use the handbrake when changing direction, turned the wheels while stationary, crossed my hands when turning and did it in 3.
"Fine, you've passed", he said.
I laughed my arse off all the way home - my Dad was a driving instructor in the UK and would have failed me immediately.
What was even more fun was that my USC wife technically had to move my car from where I'd parked to enter the RMV to where they started the tests (they'd taken my provisional license so technically I wasn't allowed to drive at that point). The only problem was that she doesn't know how to drive a manual and this didn't seem like the time for a first lesson so I had to drive it over when the instructor wasn't looking
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Jul 11th 2006, 4:26 am
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Re: international driving license
Originally Posted by eepgmik
When I did mine in MA there was snow so when we came to the 3-point turn the road was too narrow for me to do it properly (i.e. not turn wheels while stationary, etc), so I took 5 points not 3.
The trooper then said "I told you to do a 3 point turn - you just took 5".
I turned to him, smiled, didn't use the handbrake when changing direction, turned the wheels while stationary, crossed my hands when turning and did it in 3.
"Fine, you've passed", he said.
I laughed my arse off all the way home - my Dad was a driving instructor in the UK and would have failed me immediately.
What was even more fun was that my USC wife technically had to move my car from where I'd parked to enter the RMV to where they started the tests (they'd taken my provisional license so technically I wasn't allowed to drive at that point). The only problem was that she doesn't know how to drive a manual and this didn't seem like the time for a first lesson so I had to drive it over when the instructor wasn't looking .
Martin
The trooper then said "I told you to do a 3 point turn - you just took 5".
I turned to him, smiled, didn't use the handbrake when changing direction, turned the wheels while stationary, crossed my hands when turning and did it in 3.
"Fine, you've passed", he said.
I laughed my arse off all the way home - my Dad was a driving instructor in the UK and would have failed me immediately.
What was even more fun was that my USC wife technically had to move my car from where I'd parked to enter the RMV to where they started the tests (they'd taken my provisional license so technically I wasn't allowed to drive at that point). The only problem was that she doesn't know how to drive a manual and this didn't seem like the time for a first lesson so I had to drive it over when the instructor wasn't looking
.Martin
Jul 11th 2006, 4:36 am
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Re: international driving license
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
Are you David Baddiels brother?
Jul 11th 2006, 4:58 am
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Re: international driving license
Originally Posted by eepgmik
When I did mine in MA there was snow so when we came to the 3-point turn the road was too narrow for me to do it properly (i.e. not turn wheels while stationary, etc), so I took 5 points not 3.
The trooper then said "I told you to do a 3 point turn - you just took 5".
I turned to him, smiled, didn't use the handbrake when changing direction, turned the wheels while stationary, crossed my hands when turning and did it in 3.
"Fine, you've passed", he said.
I laughed my arse off all the way home - my Dad was a driving instructor in the UK and would have failed me immediately.
What was even more fun was that my USC wife technically had to move my car from where I'd parked to enter the RMV to where they started the tests (they'd taken my provisional license so technically I wasn't allowed to drive at that point). The only problem was that she doesn't know how to drive a manual and this didn't seem like the time for a first lesson so I had to drive it over when the instructor wasn't looking .
Martin
The trooper then said "I told you to do a 3 point turn - you just took 5".
I turned to him, smiled, didn't use the handbrake when changing direction, turned the wheels while stationary, crossed my hands when turning and did it in 3.
"Fine, you've passed", he said.
I laughed my arse off all the way home - my Dad was a driving instructor in the UK and would have failed me immediately.
What was even more fun was that my USC wife technically had to move my car from where I'd parked to enter the RMV to where they started the tests (they'd taken my provisional license so technically I wasn't allowed to drive at that point). The only problem was that she doesn't know how to drive a manual and this didn't seem like the time for a first lesson so I had to drive it over when the instructor wasn't looking
.Martin
Jul 11th 2006, 5:02 am
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Re: international driving license
Originally Posted by englishnurse
does anyone knoe if i need an international drivers license?
i am moving to az in sept
there seems to be a bit of conflicting advice
anyone?
i am moving to az in sept
there seems to be a bit of conflicting advice
anyone?
Jul 11th 2006, 7:31 am
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Re: international driving license
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
Better watch yourself with the mods here then. Nasty, unfriendly lot they are...always sending out insulting PM's...oh dear is this the nastiness thread?
Jul 11th 2006, 7:40 am
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Re: international driving license
Originally Posted by englishnurse
i know, i come here to be abused i like it lol
You'll fit in just fine then.
Jul 11th 2006, 7:41 am
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Re: international driving license
Originally Posted by Partystar
hahaha, wow, he does look like him!
Jul 11th 2006, 7:44 am
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Re: international driving license
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
Luv the pic....your son is such a cutie pie.
