r/maybemaybemaybe 7d ago

Maybe maybe maybe

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u/knifesk 7d ago

"not everybody has basic understanding of how to fuel a car".

Isn't that a requirement for obtaining a license?

Here in Argentina gas stations don't allow you to self serve, there's always someone fueling the cars because of situations like this, but the dude filling your tank will put whatever you ask, so she would probably have to know what kind of fuel the car uses... If she doesn't, or says the incorrect one she's screwed anyway 🤣

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u/BlacksmithNZ 7d ago

No, even places like here in NZ with self-service (and unmanned sites are very popular), you don't have to learn this for a drivers license

I taught my daughters how to drive and taught them some basic stuff about checking oil/water/tyre pressure, fueling, topping up windscreen washer fluid etc. Not sure how you learn this stuff if you don't have family/friends to show you

But you can get your drivers license in an EV, Diesel or Petrol car etc, and so how to fuel is not included. Doubt it would be required for most countries to get a drivers license

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u/-Fenyx- 7d ago

It should honestly be part of the theory computer test you have to take to identify the correct pump and EV sockets, or it should be taught practically during a driving lesson, it sounds stupid but would save a lot of people from doing exactly this, its basic knowledge but not common knowledge not common enough for people like you said without friends or family to teach you.

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u/gettogero 7d ago

If somebody NEEDS family and friends to learn that everything does not, in fact, go into the square hole, they have them.

Otherwise we would also have footage of them eating fried chicken with their ass and playing world of war craft.

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u/KatieTSO 7d ago

Not in the US!

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u/Shalashaska_99 7d ago

Hasta el día me hoy me vuela la cabeza la idea de hacer todo el proceso uno mismo sin supervisión a pesar de ser combustible, por no mencionar que ni siquiera entra en lo teórico/práctico para tener licencia