• Dojan
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    4110 months ago

    That’s not a thing where you live?

    • @Dabundis
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      5710 months ago

      At least where I live, the licensing test covers rules of the road, not automotive knowledge. I think this commenter was referring to some test covering very surface-level knowledge of vehicles, with a focus on ways to tell if a car is unasafe to drive.

      • Dojan
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        2810 months ago

        I’m in Sweden, we get two big books of just theory stuff. There are entire sections on how deep the patterns must be, when you are allowed to use what type of tyres (summer, friction, studded), etc. along with what consequences there are.

        You must have winter tyres between the 1st of December and the 31st of March, so long as there may be snow or ice on the roads. Studded tires are only allowed between the 1st of October through to the 15th of April as they wear down the roads and cause excessive pollution.

        There is so much general car knowledge. Warning lights, optimal tyre pressure (which is variable depending on your car and the load), how to drive in an eco-friendly manner, child seats, it never fucking ends.

        https://i.imgur.com/x28YBDr.jpg https://i.imgur.com/d2h59gI.jpg https://i.imgur.com/sZltwyW.jpg

        • AdaleiM
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          1310 months ago

          holy shit, my book was like 50 pages total, mostly about what signs meant.

          • Dojan
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            910 months ago

            Oh the signs are in different books.