>>140663089Where I live getting a driving license takes about 2 months or so, and costs over 500€.
There are actual driving schools. First you need to attend a bunch of theory classes to learn the driving rules or whatever you call it in english. Signs and all that shit. Then you take an exam on that, which consists of 30 multiple choice questions where you can only get up to 3 wrong, or else you fail and have to pay for another exam and try again until you succeed.
Then the fun part begins. You start taking actual driving lessons with the instructors at the school. Again, you need to attend a certain number of classes before applying for the exam. Instructor might recommend you sooner though if he thinks you're ready.
They have official driving school cars for that, with pedals on the passenger seat so the instructor can help you out and prevent you from fucking up. No driving around your own car bullshit.
Then you take the final driving exam. You're accompanied by one of your instructors from the school, but he's not there to evaluate you. That's up to some doctorate old fart sent from the official driving institute or whatever, who you never met. He'll be on the passenger seat next to you giving the directions. So passing the exam depends more on if this guy likes your ugly ass mug than the your actual driving prowess. I've seen people fail due to insignificant little mistakes and others (like me) pass after fucking up constantly.
Luckily I did everything on the first try. Luckily.