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Originally Posted by WolfpackS2k
It's insultingly easy to get a license here in the US. It's downright criminal that you take tests that a monkey can pass and then all of a sudden you can drive around in a 5500lb SUV. Things you don't have to do to get a license:
-drive on an interstate (our high speed roads)
-learn what to do in a spin/slide
-panic brake, to understand how ABS works
-parallel park (required in some states but not mine, NC)
-drive in the rain
-drive at night
Instead our lazy government thinks they can keep regulating cars to be safer and safer, making them heavier and more expensive. Meanwhile the basic driver's test hasn't been updated since before the interstate road system was built.
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That's really interesting. Thank you.
(On a sidenote, in some Swiss writing tests from getting your driving license, it may happen to spot questions like "what's the correct amount of space you have to keep between your car and a tank?" Yes, a tank!)