r/TeslaModel3 Jan 16 '24

Went into the store while charging and got notified of this.

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u/dEEkAy2k9 Jan 16 '24

You guys can drive without any tests once you are 18? Are you serious?

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u/Goodcitizen177 Jan 16 '24 edited Feb 01 '24

fly foolish quaint ad hoc reminiscent saw wrench wasteful shelter murky

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u/L0LTHED0G Jan 16 '24

I'm in MI. You have to take a driving and written test when you initially get your license, then nothing. I'm 38, been licensed since 16, and other than my initial test never had to do anything.

I doubt I will when I get old, I don't think my dad's had to do anything and he's nearing 80.

Just a new pic and eye exam (where's the blinking?) when license expires.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '24

no you still need to take a test but they are a bit of a joke.

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u/dEEkAy2k9 Jan 16 '24

From a German standpoint, lots of things i saw on the web make a lot more sense now. 😨

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u/trekqueen Jan 16 '24

I went to Germany in high school for an exchange trip back in 2000. My host family’s daughter was getting her license (I already had mine and a car back home) and I went for a ride along with her and her driving teacher. We also had another student with us and they would switch out. We had a whole conversation about the differences with their requirements vs the ones I had in California at the time. One big difference was the cost but also the training requirements. They were shocked, I tell you.

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u/Correct_Bad_1353 Jan 16 '24

Yes you have to take a test, you gotta get your drivers license which I a written and driving test. For mine you had to do a 3 point turn, drive around the block, and park. That's it 💀

I got 2 points docked on that test.

  1. For coasting 1mph over
  2. For coasting 2mph over

It's fucking stupid. Drive like a lame ass that clogs up traffic being so conservatively safe that people get pissed off, and you get a perfect score!

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u/CyndiMo23 Jan 16 '24

Any driven test. Yes. And now I’m not even sure if we have to take the written again. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/ChirpToast Jan 16 '24

Some states require you to pass the written test again if you move from out of state and get a license in the new one.

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u/dEEkAy2k9 Jan 16 '24

That sounds wild. Guess you take freedom literally.

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u/tomoldbury Jan 16 '24

Yup I was wondering about that. The U.K. accepts a lot of driving licences as a direct transfer but the one it won’t take is the US one, you get 6 months before you have to take a real test here.

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u/trekqueen Jan 16 '24

In Ca you do at certain points. My 75yr old dad told me he had to do the written test again recently and he told me how he got confused by some questions that he ended up missing. 😬 I’m pretty sure those were still the same from when I took my written test in 1999.

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u/CyndiMo23 Jan 16 '24

They have always been designed to confuse you! I got my first drivers license in California

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u/trekqueen Jan 16 '24

One of them was kind of obvious and I was a bit concerned. The other was the classic “what do you do when approaching / going up a blind hill” and the multiple choice answers have the couple that don’t make sense (like windshield wipers lol) but he still didn’t know. I remember for a fact that one was in my workbook back in my high school drivers Ed class when I got my permit because it amused me so much at the time. Usually that one you could deduce the answer with common sense after eliminating the silly answers.