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Comment author: alienist 06 February 2015 02:33:39AM 6 points [-]

Probably not the way it's done in the USA (from what I gather, drivers' licences are basically being handed out like candy), but the way it's handled in most European countries - requiring comprehensive education, practical exercise and independent examination on trafic laws, behaving in traffic and operating a car.

In the USA you also need to pass a test that includes both an exam on traffic laws and a road test. As far as, handing them out "like candy", true you generally don't hear of people who couldn't pass the test, but do Europeans regularly have problems passing the exam?

Comment author: MathiasZaman 06 February 2015 09:55:53AM 2 points [-]

do Europeans regularly have problems passing the exam?

The particulars of the exam will vary from country to country, but Belgium supposedly has one of the more lax ones and even here you routinely hear of people failing their driving exam. I actually looked it up because of your question and according to wikipedia:

  • About 47% of the written (theoretical) exams are successes. It's hard to say how many people fail, since you can try several times (and fail all of them).
  • Around 56% of the road tests are successful. Again, people can take multiple tests per year if they fail (although this is limited somewhat in that you need to spend time and money after failing every second attempt).
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