Despite improvements, driving in America remains extraordinarily dangerous

Re:Despite improvements, driving in America remains extraord... by tzs on Saturday July 04, 2015 @01:39PM (#9830873)

The shortness of your driving test may have been partially due to your already having been licensed in another jurisdiction. I believe that some states test new drivers more extensively then they test experienced drivers.

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Re:Despite improvements, driving in America remains extraord... by UnoriginalGuy on Saturday July 04, 2015 @01:54PM (#9830936)

When you move from one state to another state, that is definitely the case. I would have had to just take a written test and then would have received my license.

International individuals are almost always required to take the full driving test simply because driving is so different in other countries and a lot of stuff doesn't apply to the US.

I too learned in the UK, and when I moved to the US I still took driving lessons for a few weeks before taking the test because driving on US roads is dramatically different from the UK and there is a lot of little nuances to get used to.

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Re:Despite improvements, driving in America remains extraord... by kodis on Saturday July 04, 2015 @02:00PM (#9830952)

Maryland has recently eliminated the parallel parking test from their driver's exam. In my experience, this was the only part of the test that required any significant amount of practice.

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