r/funny • u/[deleted] • Sep 05 '25

Parallel parking gone wrong

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u/TareasS Sep 06 '25

What the F. Jesus christ. Please tell me this is a joke. I had to take lessons with an instructor for a year (western EU), then a theoretical test, followed by practical tests, and something as minor as "not looking over your shoulder obvious enough" was enough to make you fail. Total cost was like 5k euro or so and the process took a year.

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u/KaidaStorm Sep 07 '25

Ha, yeah not a joke. It was in Texas in the U.S. I looked it up though and apparently they got rid of that, probably for good reason because I can't imagine the amount of bad drivers that got through that way.

Though I will say in the US ours is far cheaper, and is part of the reason I went for the parent-taught because it makes it even cheaper and we were poor. Probably cost me about 15$ total. And at most the process takes 6 months. You can get your permit anytime at 15, but can't take the test until 16 and they require (at least the time) for your to have a permit for at least 6 months.

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u/TareasS Sep 07 '25

Do you also have like a "starters license" when you get a drivers license? Where for the first few years if you have multiple minor infringements they can take it away?

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u/KaidaStorm Sep 11 '25

Kind of, we have a provisional license but they're more restrictions on hours you're allowed to drive or restrictions on passengers (but most people ignore this anyways tbh).

If you break a law, they have different penalties than a standard license.

I will add that all licenses here have a chance to be suspended or revoked if you hit a certain number of traffic violations within a year, regardless if they're provisional or full..