Friday I have the driving exam. I started in December last year...I payed1.620 Euros so far. It has been a terrible experience. You know when I tell people that this was insanity, they think that "well you have to learn how to drive...it is of course difficult." and I want to punch them in the face. I would love for them to experience what we experience here. Because this is not your normal "driving school". This is the torture school that most people fail from the first time. And it is no wonder why.

Anyway, I gathered lots of info and videos ;), and I'll make an article/video about it all. I do not think that I can pass this exam, but I know some parts of Spain where you go and likely pass it - much easier than here.

At this point I, and the rest of the students, know how to drive safer than most drivers that we see drive alongside us, since no one here uses the blinkers, no one stops at the stop signs, everyone drives over the straight lines.... So it is a matter of being lucky to pass the exam. For the examiner to be in a good mood, for the route that they choose for you, traffic, etc..

I know students who tried to pass the exam 4 times by now, others gave the fuck up despite having 20+ years of driving experience.

So let's see. Lucky or not lucky.

But it is so frustrating to see what the "most intelligent species in the universe" have done with their BS society. If they wanted to teach their kind to drive these boxes on wheels, they would have done it entirely differently than how they do it today. But this is not the incentive. They want to make money. Trade. And thus jobs, and thus bullshit practices and methods. And so a bullshit society of traders.

Ok, rant done haha. I have 2 more hours of practice tomorrow, then the day after I want for this to end somehow even if I fail the exam, which most likely will. I will go somewhere else to do the exam if I fail, I think that's the best approach. Enough time and money wasted here.

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My experience with getting a driving license here in Spain has been terrible. Started in December last year. Passed the exam in English in February - absolutely terrible translations. Waited till the end of May to start the driving classes. Did 16 hours so far. Insanity squared. They are absolutely draconian with how you have to drive. From how you have to use the pedals, change the gears, or hold the steering wheel - in the exact way they tell you; to how you have to drive in this absolutely perfect way.

I can't properly explain to you now how fucked up it is, but I tell you this: not a single person drives like this. None. Not even the instructor. And she 100% agrees with that. She tells us that she teaches us how to pass the driving exam, that's all.

I've been doing some lessons with another "student". A man from Cuba who had a driving license for a few decades, but in Spain you cannot use it, you have to do all of the exams as if you are new to driving. The poor man really struggles...despite him knowing perfectly well how to drive. That's how fucked up it is.

So far I've spent a bit over 1.000 Euros and I will have to spend a few hundreds more. I hope to do the exam at the end of this month. The vast majority of people fail the first try since it is impossible to drive the way they want you to, and it is well known the examiners are fucking terrible and will fail you.

Therefore very likely I will fail it. Then I need to wait till October/November to try it again and get more lessons (mandatory) before trying....

And even if I get it, it takes around 3-4 months to give you the driving license.

This is so insane to spend so much money and to take a year or more to get the fucking driving license in Spain.

Absolute garbage.

I have taken notes, filmed stuff, and so on. I will make a big article or video about this fucked up situation.

If I knew....I would have never started this. If anyone thinks to do their driving license in Spain, you must love to torture yourself. Never do it. Go to another tribe that can do licenses exchange with Spain, and do it there. Will cost you less and you won't have a heart attack.

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