Cars and driver licences

Katie

Laura in USA you can drive anything up to 26,000 pound without additional license. It’s pretty messed up that someone can drive a huge bus sized motor home with no extra training.

Laura

Katie I thought it's more about hydraulic/pneumatic brakes

Katie

Laura generally up to 26,000 has hydraulic brakes, but if it does have air brakes and is under 26k your fine. Over 26k varies by state. Some allow you to 44k with no training. It goes by the state your license is in, not the state you intend to drive in. Most of the ones that have air brakes are over 26k.

https://thegoodthebadandtherv.com/2016/04/11/need-special-license-drive-rv/

youdontknowme

Angelina yes i understood that. but i didn't understand how many of them have to be done with a driving instructor and how many can be done with the parents.

Like in many countries with a few big cities and massive amounts of nothing between them, you could, in theory, do all your lessons with family members, but lessons with an instructor "count more"; 1 hour of driving with an instructor counts as much as three hours of driving with a parent. At least for the Australian state I looked up (NSW).

Angelina

Jonas Sure, that must be v. hard to hear, but again, it's great keyholding!! 😁

it would have been great key holding if this had been agreed beforehand, so i see it more as a threat of further tightening

youdontknowme

ah ok, it seems a bit complicated to me because this is not allowed in germany

Foxies

Sin

No problem understanding that here. 🤣 But then again your lot did stray from here (or did we boot you out? I forget 🤣 )

Joh

Angelina yes i understood that. but i didn't understand how many of them have to be done with a driving instructor and how many can be done with the parents.

As far as I know it is not necessary to have any lesson with an instructor.

Vanessa

Joh

Surprising!

It would be useful,at least for the basis of driving...

Avery koala

Very cute!🙂

Sin We get Quokkas so that balances everything out in the cute department.

I didn't know these;they're cute,too,yes!🙂

youdontknowme

Angelina Nor most of the EU, but even here in Europe, some of the less densely populated countries, like Finland, have some sort of program where you can learn to drive without relying on instructors. Really all depends on how much empty space your country has.

Sin

youdontknowme Really all depends on how much empty space your country has.

lol it might come as a bit of a surprise but we actually have cities here in Australia! It's not like we drive into the outback to practice our driving.

We do a written learners test, and once we've passed that we have to clock up a certain amount of hours before we get a provisional licence. It would cost a fortune to do all of the driving hours with an instructor. So we learn to drive on actual suburban roads and freeways just like everyone else. It's just that ours have kangaroos on them occasionally!

LazyGoat

youdontknowme Really all depends on how much empty space your country has.

I don't think the amount of empty space has really anything to do with it, rather the government regulations and such. Although most of our "cities" are rather small (around 20k - 50k) on the big perspective... Maybe it has more to do with the fact, that we are better drivers that average 🤣 (more WRC and F1 champions per capita than any other country!)

Sin ours have kangaroos on them occasionally!

And ours have moose and reindeers! Very rarely, even another cars have been reported to be seen, but I'm a little sceptic of those reports...

Angelina

youdontknowme eally all depends on how much empty space your country has.

then i don't need to hope for any relief in germany, the number one bureaucratic country. 😂

youdontknowme

Sin I know, but it is a fairly observable pattern that countries with less population density tend to have easier paths towards getting a license. Just like the USA. They have some of the largest metropoleis in the world, yet also many rural communities where the only way to get around is by car. I was not trying to suggest that there are extra options to learn how to drive because you are unlikely to run into other people.

Joh

Sin It's just that ours have kangaroos on them occasionally!

But unlikely in the cities where most of the learners drive.
I found it very scary to drive through the country in the evening and see the big red kangaroos near the road on the grass. If one of them jumps into your car ....

Avery

Sin It's just that ours have kangaroos on them occasionally!

How about koala bears. They are just about my favorite animal.

Max9

Joh you always need to be able to break immediately when you drive.

Sin

Joh I found it very scary to drive through the country in the evening and see the big red kangaroos near the road on the grass. If one of them jumps into your car ....

Yep they're such moronic creatures. At night they see the light from your headlights and they jump straight into your path. Driving at dusk on country roads is a recipe for disaster.

Max9 you always need to be able to break immediately when you drive.

You won't even see them coming! They bound in from the sides of the road through heavy bush and BAM!

Avery How about koala bears. They are just about my favorite animal.

Nah we cooked all of them in the fires last year. They barely even exist now. :-(

youdontknowme

Max9 But depending on how close to the car they jump out, you might not be able to brake in time. Which is the reason why we tend to have lower speed limits in cities than on highways, and even lower speed limits near schools.

Max9

youdontknowme that's true. You must never drive faster as the situation allows it. That's why there are fences among the Autobahn. To prevent deer from jumping on the road.

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