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That you have to do all of that for a driver's license is wild... physical and psychological evaluations?! For a drivers license?!
No, the examiner acused me of having an intelectual disability, just because I'm autistic.
as i stated above. He is an idiot, say straight up to him : "you do not know what an intellectual disability is" and, to their next sentence, answer that you'll be damn fine with lawsuit.
Autism not being described as an intellectual disability in the entire field of medicine that's close to an autowin
I will never see him again, so it isn't worth it. I will just easily pass the psychological tests.
If I sued him, he would probably win, since he could actually afford a lawsuit.
This is for a regular drivers license, yea? The only way those evaluations make sense to me is if you were getting some kind of license to race on closed circuits/tracks.
Sorry you gotta deal with it, regardless!
Yes it was a regular driving test.
Do you think the US system is better? Just let anyone and everyone drive 3 tons machines at speeds that would have been impossible to reach in any public mode of transportation 100 years ago?
I mean, the US has driving tests and written tests you have to pass....People don't walk into their state's Department of Motor Vehicles, say "1 license to drive please," and walk out without anyone checking to see if they're competent to drive a non-commercial vehicle.
Arguably they need to test people again once they're seniors, when mental decline can start. But that's another subject.
The easiest test I've ever received was the written portion of a US driving test. I'm sure the average American would need no more than ten minutes of study to pass it. I regularly observe US drivers either willfully ignoring what they know from the test or having forgotten it entirely. Everything is bad here but for transportation I wouldn't be surprised if it were the worst in the developed world.
Even in Slovenia, I don't recall anyone remembering anything from their tests and we have to do a theoretical, practical test and a medical evaluation.
Yeah, no. A drivers license in the United States is much more like a participation trophy at this point. The testing process mirrors that.
For the whole country or just some states. Because there are 50.of.thek.with their own laws
Not everything is about the US, despite them living rent free in your head, apparently. Also, that's not at all how it works in the US. But dont let the truth get in the way or your hate boner.
It pretty much is how it works with how easy to get your license in some States!
And some provinces, too