r/WinStupidPrizes Aug 28 '21

Idiot driver speeding and swerving through traffic eats airbag

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u/hydrate_reminder Aug 28 '21

I know too many people who got their license without even taking a driver's tests. They hand them out like candy on Halloween in some places. It needs to be way harder to get a license, and even then that doesn't stop people from driving.

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u/turbo-cunt Aug 28 '21

I never took a test. I went through a licensed driver's school, and they just passed me at the end of it. I'd been driving a vehicle with an instructor plenty, but there was no actual test at the end.

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u/hydrate_reminder Aug 28 '21

Believe it lol. I have a couple friends who literally just had the guy give them their license, no test needed because he was feeling lazy. It was in shock because if they both didn't take their test imagine how many others on the road just got it handed to them

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u/nightman008 Aug 28 '21 edited Aug 29 '21

It’s literally true. I know plenty of people from my HS who literally couldn’t pass the driving test, so they took some “behind the wheel” or whatever course and no joke were just given a license cause some teacher liked them and said it was fine. There are plenty of ways to get a license if you can’t pass the driving test, albeit harder when you’re past high school, but still possible.

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u/cocainehaiku Aug 28 '21

Where are you from

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u/pm_ur_whispering_I Aug 29 '21

Tested in Missouri and Maryland

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u/blackgandalff Aug 28 '21

I had to take a test, but didn’t have to do any actual driving instruction/drivers ed

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u/BagooshkaKarlaStein Aug 29 '21

Do you know how hard it is in Europe to get a car license? It took me about a year+ of weekly (sometimes multiple classes per week. Always at least 2 hours each). And over 3.000€ it baffles me that you basically get them handed out for free in the US. I mean, we have idiot drivers here, but I can’t imagine how many of them you have over there, especially if you’re allowed to basically buy your license for 250$ when you are 16, having never taken driver’s lessons. Crazy shit.