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And that's where Germany differs - they give you experience before you get your license. It's an intensive training process, and you can't have a license till you're 18.
By contrast, a driving school in Minnesota got into major hot water with the state because it didn't spend enough time in the classroom to satisfy the state. Instead, the guy got the students out first on a gokart track where he'd dump oil in a corner and the kids had to get out of the spin. Then he stuck 'em in a FWD car with castors for rear wheels so that any turn would induce a spin - they had to learn to control the car through the spin. He put 'em through lots more rigorous training and wouldn't pass them until they knew how to control the car no matter what the conditions were. These kids got out of that school knowing more about car handling than most people who've been driving for 2 decades, yet the state's only response was to nail him for going far above and beyond their requirements.
Germany expects schools to teach their students to drive. The USA punishes schools for teaching students to drive.
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