Path: utzoo!dciem!trigraph!john
From: john@trigraph.UUCP (John Chew)
Newsgroups: ont.general
Subject: Re: Radar Detectors (was Highway Driving Rules)
Message-ID: <455@trigraph.UUCP>
Date: 10 May 89 21:21:00 GMT
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In article <295@moegate.UUCP> soley@moegate.UUCP (Norman S. Soley) writes:
>I find it ironic that most people who trot out the example of the German 
>Autobahns as justification for no speed limits probably wouldn't qualify
>for a drivers licence in Germany, driver testing in Germany and Great Britian
>is much tougher that it is here, I also believe that in some European countries
>they impound your car if your licence is suspended. 

Careful about your wording there.  I know of people who have a driver's
licence in Germany, but who would never qualify for a German driver's
licence.  They are mostly young males who have come to North America
and stayed for as long as necessary (some number of months) to get a
local driver's permit, picked up an international license and gone home
to wreak havoc on the Autobahn.  

North America does have a reputation for being a place where everyone 
has a driver's licence, whether they are a qualified driver or not.
A few years ago, my mom finally went out and got her licence, even
though she'll probably never need or want to drive a car, just because
she was tired of people looking at her funny when they asked her
for a licence as ID and she'd say she didn't drive.

John
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