Madbrad200@sh.itjust.works to Casual UK@feddit.ukEnglish · edit-22 months agoIt might not be uh, peak performance, but I passed my driving test (roughly 1.5 years of lessons, 1 per week, ~£5000 on lessons)sh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down12
arrow-up181arrow-down1external-linkIt might not be uh, peak performance, but I passed my driving test (roughly 1.5 years of lessons, 1 per week, ~£5000 on lessons)sh.itjust.worksMadbrad200@sh.itjust.works to Casual UK@feddit.ukEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squarebaines@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoif only automatic transmissions made people know and obey traffic laws, not run red lights or drive drunk but my point was about the weakly enforced education component and how relatively easy it is to get a license in the US so even if he struggled the fact he was required to show minimum competence instead of simply processed through is my point
minus-squareFlax@feddit.ukMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoIn the UK, you need to show quite a bit of competence to pass. One of the hardest tests in the world.
minus-squarebaines@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoyep but we Americans get mad when told we are not exceptional and our drivers are under trained
if only automatic transmissions made people know and obey traffic laws, not run red lights or drive drunk
but my point was about the weakly enforced education component and how relatively easy it is to get a license in the US
so even if he struggled the fact he was required to show minimum competence instead of simply processed through is my point
In the UK, you need to show quite a bit of competence to pass. One of the hardest tests in the world.
yep but we Americans get mad when told we are not exceptional and our drivers are under trained