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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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0ops@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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