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Re: More driving questions
Found this -
For example, the state of Kansas will issue a Kansas license with no test beyond their vision test to persons holding valid licenses from Germany, France, or Canada. and - U.S. States with Full Driver’s License Reciprocity GERMANY - No test required Alabama Arizona Arkansas Colorado Delaware Idaho Illinois Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Michigan New Mexico Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Texas Utah Virginia West Virginia Washington (state) Wisconsin Wyoming Puerto Rico U.S. States with Partial Driver’s License Reciprocity GERMANY - Only written test required - no road test Connecticut Florida Indiana Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Nebraska North Carolina Oregon Tennessee District of Columbia I assume by definition that if it is not neccessary for drivers from these states to take a test in Germany, German license holders will not need to take the US test. No luck for UK drivers though :thumbdown: |
Re: More driving questions
Originally Posted by Kar98
(Post 7897663)
Well, reciprocity don't mean jack. You can drive up to one year with a German license, as long as you're a tourist; in most (I wanna say all but don't know that) state. But as soon as you take up residence in a state (take a job or rent an apartment), it's only a few weeks that you're allowed to use a foreign or out-of-state license (Texas just changed that period from 30 to 90 days).
In Oregon and Washington you can do straight swap with a German license. No test required. They treat it as a license from another State. |
Re: More driving questions
Originally Posted by robin1234
(Post 7897010)
Don't worry about the road-test. A recently dead corpse could easilly pass the New York test, probably the same in most states.
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Re: More driving questions
Originally Posted by Norri
(Post 7897894)
Found this -
For example, the state of Kansas will issue a Kansas license with no test beyond their vision test to persons holding valid licenses from Germany, France, or Canada. and - U.S. States with Full Driver’s License Reciprocity GERMANY - No test required Alabama Arizona Arkansas Colorado Delaware Idaho Illinois Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Michigan New Mexico Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Texas Utah Virginia West Virginia Washington (state) Wisconsin Wyoming Puerto Rico U.S. States with Partial Driver’s License Reciprocity GERMANY - Only written test required - no road test Connecticut Florida Indiana Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Nebraska North Carolina Oregon Tennessee District of Columbia I assume by definition that if it is not neccessary for drivers from these states to take a test in Germany, German license holders will not need to take the US test. No luck for UK drivers though :thumbdown: |
Re: More driving questions
Hi
When I lived in Idaho, due to my husband being Military I did not have to have an American License. As long as I had my UK driving license and my military ID I was fine. We have moved to NC and that is different I have to get a NC license, still not taken it to be honest! ooops. Need to do it. |
Re: More driving questions
Originally Posted by paddingtongreen
(Post 7898865)
A recently dead corpse is also a recently live corpse, I think:blink:
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Re: More driving questions
Originally Posted by CelticRover
(Post 7897780)
Once a person converts from temporary residency to permanent, the state usually requires it's new resident to obtain that state's driver's licence within a prescribed grace period.
So a non-immigrant (non-student) visa holder moving to NYS still has to get a local driving licence if s/he wants to drive there within 30 days. Or, to put it another way, just because you don't have a green card, it doesn't mean you don't have to get a licence if you want to drive legally and you live in place X. http://www.nysdmv.com/resident.htm http://www.nysdmv.com/license.htm#driversmoving |
Re: More driving questions
None that I know of. Kind of makes sense since we drive on the opposite side of the road I guess.
I drove on my UK international licence for a little over a year before getting my US license for which I needed a SSN (required in PA, assume it's the same in others). FWIW the test was scarily easy - I hope new drivers have to take a tougher test. My test went like this: * Sight test * 20 questions of extreme ease * Show that I can operate the lights * Parallel park (was about 4 inches from the kerb, asked if I could do it again and was told that it was fine) * "Please drive to the stop sign and turn right. Drive to the next stop sign and turn right. Take the next road on the right. Pull over to the right hand side of the road". * "Congratulations, you've passed!" I was surely expecting some more manouvers or questions when I pulled over to the side of the road. Not only was the test lacking in basics that are included in the English test, emergency stop, hill start, 3-point-turn etc, I didn't even have to show that I knew how to turn left! |
Re: More driving questions
Originally Posted by Rumplestiltskin
(Post 8209471)
None that I know of. Kind of makes sense since we drive on the opposite side of the road I guess.
I drove on my UK international licence for a little over a year before getting my US license for which I needed a SSN (required in PA, assume it's the same in others). FWIW the test was scarily easy - I hope new drivers have to take a tougher test. My test went like this: * Sight test * 20 questions of extreme ease * Show that I can operate the lights * Parallel park (was about 4 inches from the kerb, asked if I could do it again and was told that it was fine) * "Please drive to the stop sign and turn right. Drive to the next stop sign and turn right. Take the next road on the right. Pull over to the right hand side of the road". * "Congratulations, you've passed!" I was surely expecting some more manouvers or questions when I pulled over to the side of the road. Not only was the test lacking in basics that are included in the English test, emergency stop, hill start, 3-point-turn etc, I didn't even have to show that I knew how to turn left! *Show Green Card (been here since May 2009), UK Licence, Current Car Insurance *Take EASY PEASY eye test *Do easy multiple choice on-screen test GOT LICENSE! Didn't have to take a road test apparently 'because I have a green card'?! Even though the road test would have been on a disused airfield... this is why I WORRY about drivers here in KY! Accidents EVERYDAY en-route to and from work! |
Re: More driving questions
Originally Posted by dbj1000
(Post 7899193)
Nice to see you taking pedantry to new heights paddy. Keep up the good work!
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Re: More driving questions
I've got my driving test on Saturday morning. Hope it doesn't snow and that they let me use the car. Husband crashed into another car last weekend and had to repair the front bumper with tape as most of the left bumper was either on the ground or hanging off!
I am bloody awful at parallel parking. Actually I am rubbish at parking. Have no spatial awareness. :o |
Re: More driving questions
Originally Posted by ajcmals
(Post 8209486)
I got my KY drivers license a couple of weeks ago. Mine went like this:
*Show Green Card (been here since May 2009), UK Licence, Current Car Insurance *Take EASY PEASY eye test *Do easy multiple choice on-screen test GOT LICENSE! Didn't have to take a road test apparently 'because I have a green card'?! Even though the road test would have been on a disused airfield... this is why I WORRY about drivers here in KY! Accidents EVERYDAY en-route to and from work! |
Re: More driving questions
Originally Posted by Ginblossom
(Post 8209504)
So could someone from say MO just roll up at the DMV and get a license, then return to MO and swap it for a MO one?
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Re: More driving questions
Originally Posted by Ginblossom
(Post 8209504)
So could someone from say MO just roll up at the DMV and get a license, then return to MO and swap it for a MO one?
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Re: More driving questions
Originally Posted by lansbury
(Post 8209511)
The answer to the question I think you are asking is no. You have to prove residence in a State as part of the license issuing process.
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