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> What country are you in?
I believe Marlene was in Canada. Eh.
> One thing to bear in mind is that, as far as I know, there is no compulsory
> driver training in the USA.
In every state I've lived in, driver's ed was part of the standard curriculum
in high school, usually for students aged 15-16. Here in Illinois, schools are
required by state law to teach it. Naturally, it's the bare minimum of
training, but it does exist.
For those moving to the US, most every state requires you to pass a road test
the first time you get a license (this sometimes applies when moving between
states as well). The problem is that road tests aren't required very often
after that, sometimes only after you accumulate several traffic tickets, or
reach a certain advanced age (75 or 80).
Training in the US could be a lot better, but it's as much a problem of
enforcement as anything else.
> Driving here (USA), and driving in Germany my
> take is that in Germany almost everybody is playing by the same set of rules...
> but here in the USA few are.
My take is that the rules in Germany are ruthlessly enforced, and the training
is longer and more detailed. Most drivers in the US play by the rules, but it
seems that some folks do get fuzzy on just what the rules are.
> To wit, try starting a thread on the proper way to enter a controlled access
> highway. The result will be a very long series of contradictory rants.
Since bikes are banned from controlled-access freeways in most US states, why
bother
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