Monday, September 22, 2008

Easy Driver

Today a trip to the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) earned me the right to drive on Californian roads with an experienced driver in the cars. Watch out CA!

It required some ID, a picture, a thumbprint, a signature, and the completion of a 36 question, multiple choice test. Now, as most of you know, I have had only a cursory knowledge of the holy code of driving in Britain, and even less of the Californian driving code. I could probably take a decent shot at the theory test in Britain, who knows? What I am aware of is that after about 2 hours of reading the driving handbook (skipping roughly half of it) and some short but useful driving commentaries from my godfather, I scored 34 out of 36 (30/36 was the pass mark). One an admin. question - SR 1 forms, anyone? The other was an honest mistake - mobiles whilst driving are allowed for emergency calls. The test required some very basic knowledge and a bit of common sense. With 3 answers for each question, one obvious to rule out, I guess it could almost be done by luck. Now just to actually learn how to steer a car around the monstrous American Boulevards...

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