They actually have 2 classifications for the "B" DL? They can't make things easy, can they.LoneStar wrote:If you choose to test on an automatic, you are not qualified to drive a stick. If you do the manual...you are qualified for both.
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I am sooooo very sorry if you can't understand or appreciate my sarcastic facetiousness.
Sounds entertaining. Is there somewhere we can sit around with a few cold ones and enjoy the spectical?ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:You can choose auto or manual.chkwoot wrote:Is the crappy Camry an automatic? That would be really shitty if they stuck new drivers in a manual!ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:There are pro’s and cons to both.slavedog wrote:Good info there. I am looking at following Lone Star and doing the ten year test process.
However, if in the next few days it turns out that I can get a one year license from an agent, it will be tempting to just do that.
The test isn’t expensive and isn’t that difficult. The app is decent but there are questions on the test which aren’t on the app. Also some questions are badly translated & just don’t make sense - you just need to memorise the ‘right’ answer.
If, as lonestar says, you are prepared for a few trips then you’ll be ok. If you want to roll up pass it and be on your way then you’ll be incredibly frustrated. The day i did my test, it was all foreigners (unsurprisingly 80% Chinese). Out of 20+ people I saw do the practical test i only saw 3 or 4 pass. Saying that, quite a few of these people simply couldn’t drive - I’ve no idea how they thought they would pass.
One irritating thing is that you can’t do the test in your own car. You must do it in their crappy Camry. For someone who is tall this is a real pain in the ass as you can’t adjust the mirrors - in some of the cars anyway. So, whilst the manoeuvres are pretty simple, if you can’t see properly then they become much more difficult.
Most Chinese people bizarrely seemed to choose the manual, it was hilarious watching them attempt the hill starts.
Fail. Fail. Fail.
One Chinese woman failed within 15 metres of the start. She was in the car less than a minute
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Is there anywhere in the KOW where we can't?slavedog wrote:Sounds entertaining. Is there somewhere we can sit around with a few cold ones and enjoy the spectical?ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:You can choose auto or manual.chkwoot wrote:Is the crappy Camry an automatic? That would be really shitty if they stuck new drivers in a manual!ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:There are pro’s and cons to both.slavedog wrote:Good info there. I am looking at following Lone Star and doing the ten year test process.
However, if in the next few days it turns out that I can get a one year license from an agent, it will be tempting to just do that.
The test isn’t expensive and isn’t that difficult. The app is decent but there are questions on the test which aren’t on the app. Also some questions are badly translated & just don’t make sense - you just need to memorise the ‘right’ answer.
If, as lonestar says, you are prepared for a few trips then you’ll be ok. If you want to roll up pass it and be on your way then you’ll be incredibly frustrated. The day i did my test, it was all foreigners (unsurprisingly 80% Chinese). Out of 20+ people I saw do the practical test i only saw 3 or 4 pass. Saying that, quite a few of these people simply couldn’t drive - I’ve no idea how they thought they would pass.
One irritating thing is that you can’t do the test in your own car. You must do it in their crappy Camry. For someone who is tall this is a real pain in the ass as you can’t adjust the mirrors - in some of the cars anyway. So, whilst the manoeuvres are pretty simple, if you can’t see properly then they become much more difficult.
Most Chinese people bizarrely seemed to choose the manual, it was hilarious watching them attempt the hill starts.
Fail. Fail. Fail.
One Chinese woman failed within 15 metres of the start. She was in the car less than a minute
I am sooooo very sorry if you can't understand or appreciate my sarcastic facetiousness.
I doubt they will revert back to the old agent system.
Congratulations. You’re part of a small expat 10 year licence club!
I’ve been told (by the fixer who did mine) that all 10 year licences can be renewed at AEON mall. Let’s see.
Congratulations. You’re part of a small expat 10 year licence club!
I’ve been told (by the fixer who did mine) that all 10 year licences can be renewed at AEON mall. Let’s see.
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Is the 10 year still available, or is it now 5 year max ?
Whats the cutoff age for applying. I heard over 60yo cannot ?
Whats the cutoff age for applying. I heard over 60yo cannot ?
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How strict are they on a hill start? I’d like to do the manual test, but using some shitty car with a burned out clutch and no hand brake on a hill start could be annoying.ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:You can choose auto or manual.chkwoot wrote:Is the crappy Camry an automatic? That would be really shitty if they stuck new drivers in a manual!ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:There are pro’s and cons to both.slavedog wrote:Good info there. I am looking at following Lone Star and doing the ten year test process.
However, if in the next few days it turns out that I can get a one year license from an agent, it will be tempting to just do that.
The test isn’t expensive and isn’t that difficult. The app is decent but there are questions on the test which aren’t on the app. Also some questions are badly translated & just don’t make sense - you just need to memorise the ‘right’ answer.
If, as lonestar says, you are prepared for a few trips then you’ll be ok. If you want to roll up pass it and be on your way then you’ll be incredibly frustrated. The day i did my test, it was all foreigners (unsurprisingly 80% Chinese). Out of 20+ people I saw do the practical test i only saw 3 or 4 pass. Saying that, quite a few of these people simply couldn’t drive - I’ve no idea how they thought they would pass.
One irritating thing is that you can’t do the test in your own car. You must do it in their crappy Camry. For someone who is tall this is a real pain in the ass as you can’t adjust the mirrors - in some of the cars anyway. So, whilst the manoeuvres are pretty simple, if you can’t see properly then they become much more difficult.
Most Chinese people bizarrely seemed to choose the manual, it was hilarious watching them attempt the hill starts.
Fail. Fail. Fail.
One Chinese woman failed within 15 metres of the start. She was in the car less than a minute
It’s a simple stop at the crest, brake, then start off again.
It’s either a 1 or 10 year now.
It’s either a 1 or 10 year now.
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I dunno what they consider a fail. The folks I saw failing on the hill starts were atrocious.Miguelito wrote:How strict are they on a hill start? I’d like to do the manual test, but using some shitty car with a burned out clutch and no hand brake on a hill start could be annoying.ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:You can choose auto or manual.chkwoot wrote:Is the crappy Camry an automatic? That would be really shitty if they stuck new drivers in a manual!ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:There are pro’s and cons to both.slavedog wrote:Good info there. I am looking at following Lone Star and doing the ten year test process.
However, if in the next few days it turns out that I can get a one year license from an agent, it will be tempting to just do that.
The test isn’t expensive and isn’t that difficult. The app is decent but there are questions on the test which aren’t on the app. Also some questions are badly translated & just don’t make sense - you just need to memorise the ‘right’ answer.
If, as lonestar says, you are prepared for a few trips then you’ll be ok. If you want to roll up pass it and be on your way then you’ll be incredibly frustrated. The day i did my test, it was all foreigners (unsurprisingly 80% Chinese). Out of 20+ people I saw do the practical test i only saw 3 or 4 pass. Saying that, quite a few of these people simply couldn’t drive - I’ve no idea how they thought they would pass.
One irritating thing is that you can’t do the test in your own car. You must do it in their crappy Camry. For someone who is tall this is a real pain in the ass as you can’t adjust the mirrors - in some of the cars anyway. So, whilst the manoeuvres are pretty simple, if you can’t see properly then they become much more difficult.
Most Chinese people bizarrely seemed to choose the manual, it was hilarious watching them attempt the hill starts.
Fail. Fail. Fail.
One Chinese woman failed within 15 metres of the start. She was in the car less than a minute
I met several people who believed that they failed all westerners first time so they could squeeze the cost of the resit out of them. Then they are much less strict on the resit.
A few years back you could have paid $10 and guaranteed the pass but that is no more.
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Speaking of the handbrake... during my lessons back home I got swapped from a VW Passat to a Mercedes. The latter has the parking brake mounted as dashboard handle/floor pedal combination instead of the usual handbrake near the gearshift. There was a lot of cursing that day.How strict are they on a hill start? I’d like to do the manual test, but using some shitty car with a burned out clutch and no hand brake on a hill start could be annoying.
I'll have an attempt in Thailand somewhere this year. Biggest problem is driving on the wrong side of the road and remembering to keep the handbrake off when parked
Not sure they still teach on a closed off section without any real traffic experience. At least in PP I sometimes see the driving school vehicles mixed within the normal traffic. (not that the end result is much different...)
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I didn’t actually realise that.LoneStar wrote:If you choose to test on an automatic, you are not qualified to drive a stick. If you do the manual...you are qualified for both.
I know what you say is correct for the U.K. (or certainly used to be true) but looking at my Cambo license I don’t see anywhere specifying auto or manual.
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I just repeat over and over in my head “stay left, look right. Stay left, look right.”kiiniaew wrote:Speaking of the handbrake... during my lessons back home I got swapped from a VW Passat to a Mercedes. The latter has the parking brake mounted as dashboard handle/floor pedal combination instead of the usual handbrake near the gearshift. There was a lot of cursing that day.How strict are they on a hill start? I’d like to do the manual test, but using some shitty car with a burned out clutch and no hand brake on a hill start could be annoying.
I'll have an attempt in Thailand somewhere this year. Biggest problem is driving on the wrong side of the road and remembering to keep the handbrake off when parked
Not sure they still teach on a closed off section without any real traffic experience. At least in PP I sometimes see the driving school vehicles mixed within the normal traffic. (not that the end result is much different...)
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Back in the 70's to get a new drivers license in San Francisco, they take you in a manual car to Taylor street, ( the steepest street in SF), make u stop half way towards California street and than get to the top
its a bitch to work three pedals with 2 feet.
Got to know what ur doing...'
its a bitch to work three pedals with 2 feet.
Got to know what ur doing...'
If you have another country drivers license no driving test & written test required for a Thai license...I'll have an attempt in Thailand somewhere this year.
It says it on the licence under “Special conditions”.ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ wrote:I didn’t actually realise that.LoneStar wrote:If you choose to test on an automatic, you are not qualified to drive a stick. If you do the manual...you are qualified for both.
I know what you say is correct for the U.K. (or certainly used to be true) but looking at my Cambo license I don’t see anywhere specifying auto or manual.
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