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Originally Posted by Henbaka
Nyo & MMM: Bloody expensive eh. No wonder so many of my japanese friends don't have a license haha. Back home most people drive for like 2 years on a learners permit with their parents, and then take a few lessons before taking the exam (hopefully passing). Not the way over here in Japan ? (and yeah I could just ask a friend here, before someone bashes me for that, but it's not that important that I would call and wake someone at 3 am =D )
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The Japanese course exam is actually very hard. They rate with extreme detail - one tiny screw up on the test and you fail. The thinking is that if you can`t even remember to do it properly when you`re being tested on it, then there is no way they can trust you to follow the rules when you`re not. Hence, if you don`t actually take real classes and get a lot of serious practice under your belt, the chance of passing the test is extremely low. That`s something that drives foreigners in Japan mad when they try to just breeze through the test - they don`t realize that "I`ve been driving for 10+ years!" doesn`t mean anything if you can`t even follow the rules properly in a test environment.
My aunt is a driving instructor in the US, and I have to say - having gotten my license in Japan through the regular Japanese route of driving school then test... I am seriously SHOCKED that they allow 90% of the people over there (the US) to get a license.