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schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

Are you sure you will be allowed to drive a manual car in Romania with your American license if you didn’t take the test with a manual car? I live in a different European country and here if you take the test with an automatic car, you are only allowed to drive automatic cars. You should research this.

It’s definitely different from an automatic car and requires more concentration. Once you get used to it, it’s not difficult. I was older than you are now when I learned to drive at all (which I did on a manual car) and managed it anyway.

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OhmsLawn@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
US licenses don’t differentiate. There’s no way to tell by the license which transmission you used on the test. Shouldn’t be a problem.

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- thebestaquaman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  For that exact reason some countries (my country included) don’t accept an American license unless you do a test here first.
  
  Though IIRC, that applies for both manuals and automatics, because American drivers education isn’t really trusted here.
  
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  - bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    With the Geneva convention on Road Traffic they must recognize it, at least for visitors. However you are probably right if OP tried to move there and get a local license, they’d need to retest.
    
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  - 0ops@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    That is totally fair because I literally, and I mean literally, drove around the block for my American driver’s test. My entire test:
    
    K start the car and turn right out of the parking lot onto the street
    
    Turn right at the stop
    
    Turn right at the stop
    
    Parallel park right there
    
    Pull back onto the road
    
    Turn right at the stop
    
    Turn right at the stop
    
    Turn right into the DMV parking lot and park anywhere
    
    Congratulations, you passed!
    
    This was in a residential area too, so I never went above 25mph/40kph
    
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    thebestaquaman@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Exactly: I have friends that got a drivers license in th US, and the education/test is honestly a joke compared to what they require here, and it clearly shows in the number of driving-related deaths.
    
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distance@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
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- Another_username@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  When I was in Romania last year the rental company (enterprise) wouldn’t accept my US driver license…not sure if it is Romanian law or company policy though.
  
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  - distance@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
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    Another_username@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Ah missed you said you have your international drivers permit. You’re good then, and there’s a lot of country road in Romania to lean on…I say give learning manual a shot :)
    
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- thebestaquaman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  You might want to check the details here: I know that in some European countries, you’ll have trouble renting a car at all with an American license unless you pass a driving test in a European country first to get certified. In fact, in several countries I don’t think an American license is valid at all until you pass a test. It’s probably worth checking out the details for Romania.
  
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