Just passed my driving test...
Mar 13th 2009, 1:41 am
#31
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Re: Just passed my driving test...
Then you've got the driving test, about a half hour usually, but anything from 20-60 mins. usually you have to drive on the dual carriageway, or somewhere where you hit 5th gear, and it's got to be in a manual unless you want a restricted license. You've got to do at least 3 of the manoeuvres that includes an emergency stop, 3 point turn, a proper parallel park between cars, a reverse corner, a hill start, a 50 foot straight reverse.
I nearly failed my test because I pulled over to the right lane leading up to a roundabout too early.
Mar 13th 2009, 2:02 am
#32
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Re: Just passed my driving test...
Mar 13th 2009, 2:49 am
#33
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Re: Just passed my driving test...
Almost NO USC's could pass the UK test. Add to that, if you pass the test in an automatic, you only get to drive an automatic. Need to take test in stick shift, so can then drive either.
UK:
Hill starts.
Emergency stop.
Test takes, more then 30 minutes (I took mine 41 years ago, so now longer & tougher)
Drive on real roads, real traffic, real pedestrians.
UK:
Hill starts.
Emergency stop.
Test takes, more then 30 minutes (I took mine 41 years ago, so now longer & tougher)
Drive on real roads, real traffic, real pedestrians.
Mar 13th 2009, 1:42 pm
#34
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Mar 13th 2009, 2:53 pm
#36
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Re: Just passed my driving test...
I've found some very good deals on Automatics in the UK, maybe they can tell I'm just a returning Ex-pat.
Mar 13th 2009, 9:09 pm
#37
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Re: Just passed my driving test...
LOL, I had forgotten the mirror, sygnal. maneuver!!
The three point turn is getting your vehicle to end up pointing in the opposite direction by using forward/reverse and NOT touchhing the curb, you can only move forward/reverese three times! Sounds easy now, but at that time, it was a buggar to do! lol
The three point turn is getting your vehicle to end up pointing in the opposite direction by using forward/reverse and NOT touchhing the curb, you can only move forward/reverese three times! Sounds easy now, but at that time, it was a buggar to do! lol
Reg. Frank R.
Mar 15th 2009, 6:42 am
#38
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Re: Just passed my driving test...
When I came to MS I had a hell of the time with the DMV thinking I was some shady character because I had a deed poll document showing that my immigration documents and passport were in different names to my birth certificate. To get my license I had to go to the Highway Patrol HQ and speak with a fraud investigator.
After almost an hour of explaining to him what a deed poll was and that there was no real process for changing your name in the UK, he agreed to let me have a license. He was so tired of dealing with it all he just signed all the paper work so I didn't even have to take a test, they issued a license there and then for me.
I like to think I am one of the least qualified legal drivers on the roads of MS today, license without knowledge
After almost an hour of explaining to him what a deed poll was and that there was no real process for changing your name in the UK, he agreed to let me have a license. He was so tired of dealing with it all he just signed all the paper work so I didn't even have to take a test, they issued a license there and then for me.
I like to think I am one of the least qualified legal drivers on the roads of MS today, license without knowledge
Mar 15th 2009, 3:00 pm
#39
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Re: Just passed my driving test...
So here we have it, her home after one week !
Mar 15th 2009, 4:32 pm
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