Wow, but you would have to be really BAD to get stopped in Thailand. On a scale of 1-10, 1 being the worst, Thai drivers are like a 2. I'm American, I drove around Thailand for 9 months, never came close to getting a violation!
@@sammyd7857 It would depend on your violation. Running over a Thai native might cost you 10,000 baht. A Government official would perhaps be 50,000 THB.
Do you know how I got my first chinese driving license back in 07? At that time there was no english test availabe. So my assistant was sitting in my chair, I was beside her watching her as she answered the questions. She passed the test with 90%+ and so I got my driving licenses. Good luck to all foreigners nowadays getting your license.
@@XSebi0815 🤣 ... that's just the kind of out of box creative thinking that Chinese are looking for, to recruit you as spies and professors in their Ughyur 're-education' 'universities'
Wow Winston you have shaken out my memories with this episode .... As a laowai I drove a VW Jetta in Tianjin back in 2004. I was on a cultural exchange and was being treated to wonderful local sea food meal when my entire party, including interpreter and government official got hammered and passed out ... No one told me I couldn't drive in China until later ... Now that was back before the auto boom but it was still China with crazy ass drivers ... what I came to understand was - use that horn, slam the brakes, don't make eye contact, and think only of yourself as a driver ... The lady who owned the car had also "paid" for her license and actually drove the car into the front of the Tangu #1 school building ... but since she was the government "eye" at the school everyone just looked the other way ...Anyway, stay AWESOME and prepare for your new family member coming soon ...
No, they are very hard. Even harder than the western one. I obtained my licence from the west because it's too hard in China. But the thing is that hard doesn't mean better. If you put so many unnecessary task or questions for the driving test. It certainly won't improve your driving skills which is what Chinese chine driving test is about. western licence seems pretty straight forward and easy. But it lets you have good practical skills and help you understand the importance of following rules like indicating before changing lanes, always fastening seat belt,blind spot check and so on.
@@fyjmvggh5409 That's just one of the reasons for rampant corruption, I think. When you set the standard so high to a point that it's close to impossible, people are going to be desperate and do whatever they can to get a license, then the officials will just use that as a bargain.
@@wisdomleader85 The reality is, the CCP doesn't really want its people having driving licences. It wants you to stay in the area it wants you to work in and being able to legally drive makes it easier for you to move around the country unhindered.
The driving in China is AWFUL. One of my drivers literally drove down the middle of the highway straddling both lanes for miles, and thought nothing of it. Another one ran every single light, cut off every car, and even beeped at a cop to get out of his way, then passed him at over 100mph. I could go on.
My experience was very different to yours. I got mine in Chongqing in January of this year. I got official translation done over we chat and sent to me in the post, took about 48 hours. The written test has been in improved dramatically It looks like they actually got someone to write the questions properly, and those weird questions are gone. No one doing the test for me. License picked up half an hour later. Whole thing cost me less than 300 yuan,and not counting translation time took me a morning. All above board. There really is no need to bribe someone.
My license process in Haikou in 2016 matches yours. Convoluted finding the official translator, and the "health check" was ridiculous (pay 10 yuan to look at a color blindness test). But all on the straight and level.
@@olivereckert2492 Also wenn du knapp 3000€ fürn Lappen bezahlt hast und mehrere Monate dafür gebraucht hast, hast du dich entweder ziemlich dumm angestellt oder wurdest mächtig verarscht...
Yep, the difference between the throroughly corrupt world and the mostly uncorrupt world. A Mexican friend of mine was considering paying off American cops when caught for speeding. (Yeah, you do that, and you will end up in a lot more trouble! The U.S. ain't Latin America.)
@@syntaxerror8955 over 100 officials caught corruption in Japan,Fukui province from Eiji Moriyama -consultant for Kansai Electric company .He died in March.According to Arashi/Mainichi newspaper
"If you run over a pedestrian with your car, you should a) stop and call the police; b) stop and call an ambulance; c) run over the pedestrian several more times to make sure they're dead."
Nonsense. Most of USSR had barely any cars as you needed a "purchase license" to buy a car. I remember walking around, air was clean and hardly a car in sight.
If he belied that, he was an idiot. I was in China as well, and everything with officials was official in the official buildings. They were always kind to me.
Yes that was the only way back in the days: I know people who did the test 6 or 8 times before be able to pass: it's not that you don't know the answer; you don't understand the question.. the English version was total rubbish like translated from a software..
In any country, you can get a fake document for some money. This guy has been propagating against China for a living. Even an idiot can be sure of a fact that China has the strictest law of driving and execution of road crimes in the world. With so many checkpoints of traffic police and surveillance cameras, one every two or three kilometres even on the country roads, how could you survive without making any offenses or by skipping the checkpoints as a daily driver, unless you never drive with the counterfeit license and keep it as a souvenir.
it is totally LEGAL, as in case of an accident, they will want to watch the video from the written test. you can buy "real" licenses at police stations, for 1000RMB which in a poilce stop will be real, but if you have an accident, they will find out you never did the test. (there´s NO video evidence of you, doing the test) 3 categories of licenses 1. fake ones (dangerous, as every cop will see it immediately in a traffic check) 200-500RMB 2. real license (taking a picture at a police station and they hand out one real license, without test) 1000RMB (in case of an accident they will find out and you will be f**ed) 3. real license, + real test (with help of a cop or officer answering the questions for you and you being on the video) 6000RMB prices 4 years ago.
@@jpjay1584 my wife had number 2 when she came to Australia in 2004. I'm not sure if 3 existed then. Price has gone up. I think she paid about about 150rmb for hers. Whatever was 30 AUD at the time.
Now it's very easy to have a license. From my own experience (02/2019) as owner of a French driver license, I found a recognized translator at the door of the traffic administration building. the translation is done in 5 mins. Then I give all documents to the officer, passed an eye examination. Then the I have a exam session in 4 days. I passed, it was very easy. A different time from yours maybe?
Chinese driving behaviors are changing, it’s getting much better now. At least in Shanghai, I went back last month, I can tell that’s a huge improvement, still not enough but it’s a good sign.
You can buy a driver's license in Vietnam for about $50 USD, without ever taking a test. All you have to have is a driver's license from your home country. Here, you could get endorsed to drive a small bus, car and a motorcycle, when you are only qualified to drive a small passenger car back home.
In the last three years, driving standards in Shanghai have improved noticeably; but I have still given up on everyday driving and sold my car because, as a Westerner (with a legitimate China Driver’s Licence) I am still too much of a target for corrupt police officers and the 碰瓷.
I've had 12 different countries drivers licences ...not paid for one. The only current one's are New Zealand, Australian, South African, Mongolian and German..all others have expired.
It's actually about the same price in Quebec, Canada. I paid like 1100 $ for classes to be eligible to pay to take a written exam...to be eligible to pay for a driving exam...then you got youre actually license fee which is another 100$.
In Soviet Union, people could not pass written test, nor driving test, unless they paid a bribe to the traffic militia (GAI). It had to be paid through a mediator, who took his share of the money. Trying to bribe without the mediator would have gotten you arrested for bribery. If you did nor pay, and tried to do the test, you were told you failed, even if you answered correctly to all the questions. Driving instructors told, whom you had to pay. Everyone in this business were involved in the scheme, and they got their share,
in austria you'd pay 2200 Euros for a license. 18 driving lessons and a punch of theoretical lessons are mandatory. On the theoretical exam you'll get 80 random questions out of a pool of 1500 (also on computer). If you pass that you are allowed to go to the actual driving exam which contains theoretical questions about the car (what does it mean when engine light lights up in the dashboard e. g.), a parcour (slalom, parking backwards, parking sideways etc.) and driving on the road. When you pass that you get a temporary license for 12 months. In these 12 months you have to do 2 perfection driving lessons (where a teacher evaluates your driving and gives tips) and 1 driving safety training (takes 8hrs).
I got my Chinese licence last year when I was in Suzhou as a student. I have a full British licence, it must have taken at least 5 trips to the DMV on the opposite size of Suzhou. I took the test in English, I think the questions have somewhat improved but there were still a few silly ones "Can you watch a movie whilst driving?" etc... It might have been a whim but I passed first time and got my licence the same day. There was a Korean guy there, who'd taken the test seven times and hadn't passed. The only thing that annoys me most is how easy it is to get points with all the cameras and stupid rules. I got a speeding ticket and 3 points in Nanjing. Suzhou police wouldn't deal with it and I had to trek all the way back to Nanjing to sort it out. It's a pain in the arse to get but for the road trips alone it's worth it!
I took the test only once and passed it the first time in 2005. Did not have to bribe anyone. The test questions were stupid, but after studying, it was not an issue.
Not a joke at all. In the mid 1980s when I first got my license in the state I lived in at the time the test to get your permit (before being licensed) was very easy. Two questions have always stayed with me. One was Seatbelts are for A. Keeping your groceries secure when driving. B. Helping to keep you safe in an accident. C. Keeping your car warm in the winter. That was one. The other was for the distance to keep between yourself and a fire truck. A. 500 feet. B. one mile. C. 20 feet. Those have stayed with me for over 30 years. I wonder if the test is harder or easier now. *:-)*
Winston I know how you met your wife I know how you rent your chinese house. I know how you got your bike. I know how he bought your Chinese car. I know how you bought your driver's license. Wow I need a life. I know you more than my brother.
In Japan, you have to go to some private driving a school for a month at least or longer and take both paper exam and a driving test held by local polices. The test and exam are not so expensive but the driving school costs at least over 2000 US dollars. Those schools accept old ex policemen part time lecturers who retired from police and they give you great tips to pass the exam and test because they used to make it . You can take the exam and test without going to a driving school but it is half very difficult for beginner to pass them and only for those who lost their licensee because of penalty for violation or accident. Without license, you can only drive in your private land like farms so normally you don’t have chance to practice without going to a school. The exam held by police in Japan, itself is very impartial.
@Dennis Helgi Hellou bro, there are too many bad records of south africa and south africans worldwide. The names are completely rotten, what South Africa is without China? Did your nearest neighbour America help and cooperate with you better in that short distance? Think about it??? people like Serpentza didnt try to get his opportunities from his nearest RICH brother but traveled far to get help from POOR China yet he shamelessly stabbing China back everyday. People like that is not better than a dog, a dog WILL royal to whom gives him foods. Be little of others won't carry up yourself better. You know how good is African government, you should stay and make your living in your own country and 5 fingers pointing at your own government to raise its standard, South African will be south african with people like Serpentza and those has a bias thinking like him. GO BACK, getting your opportunities from your RICH brother America.. And return there if Trump government gives you a sense of SUPREME belonging with his white supreme ideas. A poor country who just walked out hardly from the path where western 8 countries co-invasion century ago with their drug business, which poisoned & killed the people of China. These are the FACELESS and MORALS FACTS of western people. Poor country like China is not where you think YOU HAVE "A" FACE to get help from!
@Ashley Haadt The problem is that he is in China yet he stabs China. To be honest here, Communism is not a easy path to go, I'm 100% sure China government won't find communism is suitable to foreigner too, neither communism can be embraced easily by any society, communism is an very holly idea without superstitious but in the other hand it is the challenge of human greeds, hence the party has the biggest challenge than any other democracy party in the world. Their fighting of corruption is within itself in the hierarchical form via a very complex processes "backdoor", like a petient fighting with his own cancer. Unlike in a democary country, once a corruption is detected, the whole group of people walked away with the $ and there come another idiot to try their luck. China has many news didnt publish to the world, the party changed a great deal since the leading of president Xi, many corrupted officers attempted to kill Xi before. There were mass fighting & killing overnight between Hainan police special squad and military in Beijing where the polices controlled by the corrupted Ex president attempt to rebel. Many corruption in the military never people dare to touch were demolished by Xi during his presidency. Many shocking news would never come to your ears if you were not a overseas Chinese who used to sniff these from the Taiwanese insider channels. The people of China may not be able to tell it than we do, in the China communism, government is a profession that non professioner shouldn't act smart to pin point here and there if this is not your field. Things go as simple as this.
If you have connection or knows a guy who have connection in goverment traffic office, you can buy a driver's license even if you don't know how to drive.
@@busancun Sure money can buy lots of stuffs, but is it right or fair if you cause a car accident without having a normal learning procedure? Imagine I'm a local bussiness man rich enough to bribe local government officer to illegally tear down your aparment and build my facotory in your place and you have nowhere to get help. Policeman don't give a shit about you. Lawsuit not gonna work. If you talk too much, I put you in jail. Is it right? Because that's what happened every day in China. And have you seen any of that happended in US or Europ? I'm not talk about some stupid basic common sense, I'm talking about something really serious in mainland China now.
Fun fact. In Switzerland ( not sweden!) you pass your driving license test. And you get it.....drumm roll... FOR LIFE ! Yes, yes indeed ! you can pass your test at age 18. then wait 80 years to buy your first car and go for your first legal drive at age 98. But wait, it gets more absurd ! Law just passed, that you can now take practical test on a automatic transmission car, and if you pass, you get license to drive manual transmission ! But if i drive my bycycle on sidewalk the police will fine me. Having someone who drove for 10 hours total with an automatic transmission in 1947 can drive a 1200 horsepower Bugatti Veron absolutely legal. Mind blowing.
The standard of "driving" in China is appalling. Not sure if it's the worst in the world, but it's certainly a strong contender. You cannot even drive for one mile without seeing dangerous driving ... One of the worst things I've seen is people miss their exit on the highway and start reversing towards oncoming traffic to reach their intended turn off ... instead of continuing towards the next exit and turning round ... not to mention the amount of times you see random rickshaws just pull out in front of you without any warning, or a dust encrusted scooter with a family of 8 riding on the back of it just magically appear in front of you and cut across 5 lines of traffic. Even bus drivers drive like idiots. And everyone has a fetish for honking their horn when it is totally unnecessary, adding noise pollution to the already chaotic, almost suicidal experience. Added to that, most people in China seem to think it's perfectly safe to use their phone while driving ... and they often type text messages on WeChat while driving. I have been a passenger with people who will use their knees to control the steering wheel while having both hands on their phone, sending totally pointless texts to their friends, while not giving a flying fuck about the fact they are endangering not only their own lives, but the lives of the other people in the car. If you value your life, then just don't even bother driving in China, until people there can learn to drive PROPERLY, and learn what an indicator is, and that reversing down a highway towards traffic doing 70mph could possibly be a LITTLE bit dangerous. Furthermore, if a pedestrian steps out in front of your car and you hit them by accident, then you're going to have to run them over a couple more times to make sure they're dead ... (if you don't want to spend the rest of your life paying obscene compensation to the "victim", that is) ... Because even though it was THEIR fault for stepping in front of you without looking, it will be YOU who is "guilty" for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Driving in China just feels like you're in a real life version of the old Playstation game "Destruction Derby". However, just across the East China Sea, it's a totally different ball game. The Japanese are very good, considerate drivers. They follow the rules of the road splendidly, and it is a pleasure to be on the roads exploring Japan. You will feel perfectly safe cruising around Nihon. Hopefully in the future, Chinese drivers will pick up some of those good habits from their Asian relatives 😎
I live in the UK and my mum told me how my dad got his driving licence in the 1950s as a national serviceman, there was an exemption to taking the driving test if a letter from the army could be presented stating that someone had learned how to drive in the army, common practice was to go to the sergeant/ corporal in charge of such matters and give him a couple of packs of woodbines (cigarettes). He was a terrible driver up until the day he died.
That all messed up intersection shot is unreal. I'm surprised there aren't more accidents there, or maybe there are; but just not reported. RU-vid needs to add a laugh button. LOL
About the VISA, you cannot have local driver license in BC Canada with a 10 year tourist VISA as well. You need a study or work VISA instead. I think this is quite common world wide.
We are not a prison colony. We are a nation. 24 k, have you seen an overseas person drive. It is scary. Sign says 80, drive at 110 with no consequences.
@@arberchabot8760 Whats your point? Do even realize that ALL Japanese cars are COPIES of American Manufacture? Your comment tells me that you are a millennial moron. Bet you were not even born in 1980. Oh, yeah, and BTW, it was the US that defeated the Japanese in 1944. Then subsequently REBUILT the Country with American taxpayer dollars.
I must say that I found this story up lifting it was told in a light heart-ed way. My wife when she came to the US she was already a good driver, after she when over the required documentation and was ready for the test I hired a Chinese lady to speak to her for her verbal test. My wife got a 100 percent. I discovered after the test that the lady I hired had given her all the correct answers in Chinese and the lady that was giving the test only spoke English so she did not have a clue as to what was being said. When my wife was ready she took the drivers test with a Chinese lady in the car speaking to my wife telling her what she had to do and she passed that as well. The only difference from your story to mine was the country, by time I got my wife's permanent drivers license I had over $700.00 in the license. So it was a little cheaper than yours. Getting her on my car insurance was another story and that was not cheep as well. Fun with Chinese yes.
mmmm.. you got taken... In 2005 when I moved there My wife and I just went down to the DMV? and I showed them my USA drivers licenses and paid 200rmb for 3 years no test. Now its 2019 and my licenses has been renewed for another 5 years and I am 67.
I had a very impressive Zaiirean (Mobutu-era Congolense) driver's license. A morocco leather booklet with very impressive stamps. It allowed me to drive anything. It cost me $20 baksheesh. Most (probably almost all) driving Zaiireans didn't bother.
here in ontario a bunch of chinese got in trouble for running fraudulent licenses selling them for cash to other chinese. pretty sure they worked for the gov so the were legit licenses just received illegally
They(not just Chinese people) will get jobs overseas in government and other places where they can help their people get the papers they need to thrive in said country!
Yep! It's common to see part of zebra crossings in China to be used as some sort of parking space. (Here in Sweden, you would fast get an expensive ticket if you parked within 10 meters from a zebra crossing.)
I was in Luxor Egypt and it is so crazy how they drive, when it's dark they drive with no lights until they se another car then they turn on the lights but after they past you they turn the lights of again.
In the State of California people from China can drive legally as long as they don't meet permanent residency requirements and the Chinese license is still valid. This is why some of the drivers are so bad here as well.
Got mine last year...did it all myself...sat the test cold the first time...failed by 12 points...figured where my trouble questions were...studied...went back...failed by 6-8 pts...studied again....went back and passed...about 300 RMB to take the test one time...all the translation materials ...they give you addresses at the DMV...
I got my Chinese Driver's license 2015 in Lanzhou without an agent, and in total paid less than 400 RMB for it. It's a bit of a hassle to get all necessary documents but I don't think it's that difficult. Although some questions in the exam were poorly translated, you can easily remember the correct answers after answering all questions from the database once. I think it's about 1000 questions in total of which 100 are selected randomly for the exam, and if you answer correctly 90 you pass. I studied a couple of days for the exam and passed it on the first try.
My driver license exan in Saudi Arabia went like this: I came at 9am to the exam station We where all on touch screen terminals taking the exam, when you are done you see you result (I passed) At the corner of my eye I can see one of the proctors help one guy with his exam, another one failed and the proctor just came repeated the exam and helped him pass ! At the practical exam all I had to do is to drive 5 meters and brake.. that's it ! 11am the same day I got my license
That's why I appreciate that he said the gov is cracking down on cheating and that the cheaters are trying to find new ways. Video title is also fine. Actually a bit non-specific because everybody pays for it, so kinda 'buys' it. We know what is meant though.
Not to mention, now there is a black market for license plates. Guangzhou only gives out so many plates per year. Also people without the Guangzhou plate can only drive in Guangzhou 4 days. During holiday times, outside plates are 100% banned. It isn't uncommon to hear about people paying 20,000+ RMB to buy a license plate once the rate for the year is maxed.
Can the driver be barefooted or shirtless while driving? A. No, he can't. B. At night, he can. C. When its vehicle is running on highway he can That's some peak China right there.
I never got a license, but I rode a motorcycle with a fake license, apparently Hainan used to have a cottage industry around these fake official driver's license
I almost went to get a driver license in GuangZhou, when I spent 8 months there. Ended up I didn’t put up the hustle cause I knew it never end up good if dealing with any governmental matter anywhere, especially in China. I am Chinese (look Chinese). So I bet I wouldn’t need to go through such ridiculous adventure like you if I did it
I am a Taiwanese that had a Japanese driver license and a California driver license. When I applied my Chinese driver license, I took a driver license written test. It was hard and I passed it and got the driver license. I never used it because I don’t want to drive a car in China. I am in Guatemala now, and I don’t want to drive here.
I enjoyed this it was very amusing yet insightful. Are you planning to stay in America as a permanent resident. Im American specifically from Southern Los Angeles Ca so when I heard your in America. I was like no way! Thats awesome. Enjoy your stay here.
In China ? Sure you can . I've been living in Asia since 97 , have a hkg drivers license , and all I do is go to China travel and get a mainland driving passport , valid for a year.
I checked out of curiosity. China doesnt honor International driving permits. Ergo,no license nno car rental. Hong kong is part of china . Stands to reason you can drive in china.
@@brandonthailand2062 as I said, you needed a mainland driving passport . I haven't been to mainland China in 10 or 15 years , and my hkg license I got by trading in my Canadian one . I got the passport at China travel , and tho hkg is China now , sort of , you can't just go and drive there . Hkg is British system still , wrong side of road and all.
In about 1995 California DMV busted a ring of employees who were selling licenses. A shrewd Salvadoran woman bought a license and then later threated to expose the employee if he didn't give her the next license. He called her "bluff" but she went through with it. At the trial, the defense tried to discredit her by accusing her of being an extortionost. She cooly said that she was fron El Salvador where licenses are commonly bought. She said she paid for her California license thinking things were done the same here. She "confronted" the clerk when she discovered that it was illegal. She came out smelling like a rose.
Chinese can't drive, regardless of how many hours they go to a driving school, it's a loss cause. what's the need for a license if they will never master the art?
My experience was different. About 12 years ago i moved to China, and after 3 month I decided to get a car and a license. I took my US license and my Passport and my work contract and my police residence registration and had a friend drive me to the Shenzhen office. They had several translation offices outside, so that is where I translated my license for about 25 rmb (3 to 4 usd). Did some paperwork inside with the help of friendly officer. Took a quick eye test. Then got a date 1 week later to do the written test. Of course I tracked down a english version of the test from Bejing. Yes, the questions where a bit strange at times, but manageable. Took the test, and failed by one question, rescheduled 2 weeks later, and then took the test and passed it. Total cost 180 rmb plus the 25 for the translation, thats about 30 bucks. Was really not that difficult. I then lumbered into a KIA dealership and bought my first car, a Kid Rio. Paid cash for it, and drove it out 3 days later. They did all the registration stuff for me. As for my name on my driver license, I did have a legal chinese name, one of the first things I did when I moved to china, but it had nothing to do with my real name, at that time I just used my chinese nickname that people called me for years before, Fei Long or flying dragon. I renewed this license once already in Shenzhen and no problems. I bought my 2nd car in Suzhou, and my 3rd car in Suzhou, again all pretty easy, with on my last car being the first time that I actually had to come along to register the car. Again not a big deal. I know many of my western friends did pay services for their diver license, ranging from 1500 to 10000 rmb, but I never saw the need. It was easy and quick for me.
That's China for you, sometimes things do work as they're supposed to, more often than not they don't, it all depends on your nationality, family situation and if the planets are aligned. Try getting a car in SZ with the license plate lottery
@@serpentza Bejing, Shenzhen and Shanghai have the lottery now. And yes, getting the plate is difficult as they try to limit the amount of new drivers. Thank god Suzhou is not in this system yet, and as of yet getting a car there is pretty easy. But on the negative side, you cannot drive on the main highway in Shanghai at certain times unless you have the shanghai plate. But I avoid driving in Shanghai anyway, parking is just to difficult. Suzhou is pretty good though.
same here in Hainan. (had to take a flight there) 40 guys a day. (imagine how much money... they do this every day for years!!!) it was an "official place" where they all had uniforms. we all shit our pants, when we were brought into the building. was quite an experience. 4 years ago. I heard they stopped doing this now.
That was a scam and not needed - all they did is follow the laws n a twist The police there just allowed cheating when reality it’s not even needed! It’s been easy for maybe 5-10 years
"obtain a Temporary Driver’s License (Hong Kong-, Macau- or Taiwan-issued licenses are not considered Chinese licenses.) As of September 2019, the PRC published new rules. Foreign visitors can now apply for a temporary driving license much easier, the new rule allows foreign visitors obtain the temporary driving license at the same day, without taking the medical test and traffic exam. The requirement documents are: a) Passport; b) A valid overseas driving license; c) The translation copy of your overseas driving license (if you are a holder of Temporary Chinese Driving Permit)"
In Hong Kong we used to ask people when they drove badly, "Did you win your driver's license in a lottery?" I guess this is not far from that in actuality. My father who was in China in the late 1930's went to get his license. So the guy asked, "Can you drive?" My father answered, "Yes!" So after a few minutes, he got his license. That was it. He never took a test of any sort. Another friend of mine was in the U.S. Texas to be clear and had a Provisional UK license on him. The DMV asked him what he was doing so he told him that he was doing a commercial pilots course. So the guy looks at the British License, looks something up, and then gives him a U.S. driver's license - no test, no nothing. He then went to HK a few years later, and showed his U.S. drivers license, and they accepted that and gave him a HK license. Never took a test either. I think qualifying as a pilot was a bit more complicated and legit.
I’m doing the 4 tests now too, it’s tedious!! Passed test 1 and 3, failed second one, now waiting to rebook it. Luckily they have much better English translations for test 1 and 4
