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Personal experience: how I passed on the rights in America

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When we first moved to California, we didn’t plan to delay obtaining local rights (you can read the history of my immigration here). And literally in the first couple of weeks we learned what was being done and how. We thought, let’s prepare a little and go to take the exam. My husband downloaded the traffic rules onto his computer, and since I don’t like reading from a laptop, I went to the nearest DMV office and picked up a printed version of the rules in the form of a convenient booklet. This book is convenient to read while lying by the pool, sitting on the ocean, or before bed. DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) - an organization that deals with all matters related to vehicles - the issuance of rights, registration of vehicles, etc.

But then this and that, and we somehow forgot about the need to get a license. We just drove on our Russian pseudo-international license. And then, after some time, we returned to this issue, since we were already planning to buy a car, and in general - how much we could save. I don’t have information about how locals who have never driven at all get a license here, whether there is something like our driving schools, etc.

For foreigners, the algorithm of action is as follows. To obtain a driver's license, you must pass two exams - a knowledge test (written or computer-based) and a driving test. At the same time, the test for knowledge of the rules can be taken not only in English, but also in other foreign languages. Of course, in Spanish (it’s like the second state language here), Russian, Chinese, etc. It’s unlikely that all the languages ​​of the world are there, but America is a country of emigrants, and therefore almost everyone has a choice.

We signed up for the theoretical exam in advance via the DMV website in about a couple of weeks. At the appointed time came to the office, located in a nearby town.

We filled out the form, got the numbers and waited for our turn. The people in the office itself were sooo much, and it is unclear how long it was necessary to wait. And then another girl took and fainted. All around her gathered, in five minutes the ambulance arrived. In short, everything is again, like in the movies.

Since it was all a stone’s throw away from us, we gapered a little and almost missed our turn, which came up very quickly. But fortunately, did not miss. Everyone came to his window, where we were registered.

Right here, you need to take a vision test - just hang on the wall three sections of letters, five rows of letters each. And the registrar says which row you should read.

After passing the test, you pay $ 33 and go in the direction of the place where the rules knowledge test is taken and passed. All of the above is in one big hall - that is, here you get the numbers (in one window), register here (in the other), take photos here, and pass the test here. This is the stand, which leads to the queue for photographing (camera station), and the second window is for those who have already passed the test.

They take pictures on a blue background, after which they give a piece of paper with a bar code, and with it you pass the stand to take the test. The rack looks like this:

Honestly, I do not like horror to prepare for exams. I had a lot of different things, and supposedly there was no time left for preparation. But on the last evening my husband stood over me as a guard, so that I would not be free and prepared. The most joke was that I knew almost all the rules, but when I read the tickets, I did not always understand what they wanted from me. And my husband urged me to take the test in Russian. I have a syndrome of excellence, because of which I could not afford it. But having made 10 errors instead of 6 permissible on the eve of the test (all in the 36 test of questions), I realized that, probably, I should pass it in Russian.

And in the DMV after we were photographed, the woman said that we can go borrow any computers to choose from. We took two neighboring computers, but it turned out that the computer test has only two languages ​​- English and Spanish. And if I want to take it in some other language, I have to ask for a test printed on paper. I returned to this woman and asked to give me a test in Russian. She asked me to wait a bit, because now she was busy with others eager to get right. And then I realized that this is a sign, and I need to go and pass in English. And since the husband will be behind the next computer, he will tell me if that.

Actually, I went. And she passed, making all the 4 errors. And my husband also passed, but I had absolutely no doubt about him. And we, happy, got temporary rights and went home. In total, the whole process took us no more than an hour from beginning to end. Everything is arranged very conveniently, clearly and quickly. Once again, the bravo system of organization.

Just in case, I give resources that have helped us in the preparation.
1. С DMV site You can download the electronic version of the rules.
2. DMV has your channel on youtube.com, and among all of their videos it’s very easy to find a video with the rules of the road (Rules of the Road). These videos are worth watching once - and everything becomes more than clear.
3. And to see examples of the written tests themselves, in the same youtube.com type california driving written test 2014 - options will be million. These videos also helped us a lot when preparing!

After some time, we appointed a driving test. Having two appointments on 8: 00 for my husband and 9: 30 for me, we arrived at DMV (local traffic police) for 8 in the morning. The queue was very long ...

And if we handed over the theory in a nearby town, then we decided to drive in the same city where we live. Firstly, I am in that area every day — I go to English classes. Secondly, it was closer to us to train there. Did we train? Yes, one time 15 minutes.

In general, 8 hours of the morning, on the thermometer + 14. Now I understand why uggs are sold in stores, local people wear them in + 14 ???? The procedure for registering for the exam is very simple. You come to the 18 number box and present the following documents:
— a piece of paper stating that you passed the theory;
— a piece of paper indicating that you can return it in the car you arrived in (a la a certificate of ownership);
- car insurance.

Yes, here for the driving test you arrive in your car. In this case, "own" does not mean that which belongs to you. You can rent a car that is rented. It is only important that the moment of the rental agreement is that you can take the exam on it.

In general, we checked in and drove to the starting point. It looks like this:

Driving tests start under this visor, and cars that are registered are then checked in the next line. Both queues are served by the same people. In the morning, two aunties worked, alternating turns - one exam, one check, one exam, one check. Overall, everything is pretty fast. But the recording regulations are not followed.

When it's your turn, the instructor comes out to you. First, acquaintance, then checking the working condition of the car. They ask you to turn on the wipers, turn signals, lights, brakes, high beams, hazard lights, horn and handbrake. After this, it is necessary to demonstrate knowledge of the signals that, in the event of a turn signal failure, are indicated by hand - “right”, “left”, “stop”. After that, you are given a driving test score sheet that tells you how many mistakes you can make. And - let's go for a ride!

Ride in general, not very long. For example, Ruslan went to 8: 26. And he returned to 8: 37. That is just a little bit. I definitely went longer. Minutes 15-20. And my trip was a little nervous. And the instructor with whom I traveled was an extremely inhospitable person. By the way, male instructors were not noticed at all.

But we both successfully passed the tests, the results of which gave us such a plan of paper, which noted what type of route we had, what we checked, what we coped with and so on.

The driver’s license is not issued on the spot. He, like many other things in this country, is sent by mail within a couple of weeks. For now to go to us with a piece of paper in which it is written that it is our temporary driver's license.

For those who are going to take. Somehow, on arrival at Instagram, I had a whole discussion about the fact that those who drive behind the wheel for a long time have more risks not to pass the first time. Like, experience and self-confidence can interfere with the successful delivery. What you definitely need to take a local instructor, who will tell you what's what. Of course, a lot depends on the personality, but in general I don’t believe in this theory. I believe in a person and his awareness in a given situation.

Of course, if you come from the bay-floundering, you have every chance of failing. But it is worth spending at least one hour to learn a YouTube video on demand. driving test dmv california 2014for example, here this the full official version - and the rights are in your pocket.

By the way, you can take 3 times without any complications. True, for the last 2 you have to pay $ 6 for every next attempt. That is, today did not pass, came tomorrow. Tomorrow did not pass, came the day after tomorrow. If the day after tomorrow did not pass, wait for the punishment))) The official website does not really say what will happen if the 3 time did not pass. May require instructors to take for training.

I note only a couple of features that are very much paying attention. It is necessary to constantly scan the surrounding space. When rebuilding always turn over the shoulder. Stop at the stop sign. It seems to me that in the ordinary driving life we ​​follow these rules not so rigidly, and therefore it makes sense to start training these skills in advance.

That is exactly what my husband did. And I admired him. But she did not do that. To turn over my shoulder, especially on the track, in general, I consider it more a dangerous technique than a safe one. But we both passed.

Original article published in personal blog Maya Buriakina and reprinted with permission of the author.

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