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Let me tell you what my licensing procedure was like... Posted by turrbo [Email]  (#8)  [Profile/Gallery]
(more from turrbo) on Mon, 27 Mar 2006 22:09:44
In Reply to: First .we get serious about licensing in general, ChuckD [Profile/Gallery]
, Mon, 27 Mar 2006 09:23:13
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The Permit Written Test:
Yes, I know that you stop at a stop sign and that pedestrians have the right of way, thank you. And I will NEVER EVER need to know what the licensing regulations are for someone who does't pay child support on time.
Driving School:
A complete joke. 2 weeks in a classroom with an ancient retired high school history teacher man with a shakey head who looked like he couldn't control a pencil, let alone a car. That was followed by what was supposed to be 6 hours of observation and 6 hours of driving, but turned out to be more like 3 hours of driving and no observation.
The Road Test:
Trooper was late, so after the car inspection, I back out of the space, leave the RMV parking lot, pull onto the adjacent residential street, do a three-point turn and return to my space in the parking lot. "Good job, son."
Now sure that was great for me, and I do happen to be a very good driver (no accidents, no tickets in the almost 5 years), but I could have been the worst driver in the entire world and the Trooper would never have known based on that 5 minute test.
I'm a big fan of advanced driver training, and really wish it could be a mandatory requirement before taking the road test. Additionally, the quickie road tests need to go. If the state can't spare enough State Police to do the tests (not sure if this applies to all states), then the test should be administered by a civilian RMV worker. And it should include highways, high traffic areas and, ideally, something like a skidpad or something from an advanced training course.
Pushing the age back might help a little bit (because believe it or not, there is a big difference in maturity between a 16 year old and an 18 year old), but more training and better testing is much more important.
_______________________________________ ¯_(ツ)_/¯ -turrbo My babies: 1995 9000 Super CS 2001 9-3 SE Convertible (gone but still in the family) 2004 9-3 Aero Convertible (sold but in good hands) 2007 9-3 Aero SS 2008 9-3 Aero Convertible
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