Raj Feridun and fj.life.in-japan is a baaaaaaaaaaad combination:

>On Mon, 08 Dec 2003 20:30:41 +0900, Scott Reynolds <sar@gol.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On 12/8/2003 11:59 AM, The 2-Belo wrote:
>>
>>> I had to (1994). But what's the big deal? Unless they give different tests to
>>> people depending on the region you're in, I got the impression that anyone with
>>> an accelerator toe and three working synapses could pass the halfhearted test
>>> they give out. The answers to the written test were so sock-you-in-the-jaw
>>> obvious it was almost laughable. And all you had to do during the written test
>>> was sit upright, look determined, and be comically overcautious to the slightest
>>> movement of cars on the opposite end of the course, and you're in. I got a
>>> perfect score.
>>
>> From the way Raj described it, they may indeed give different versions 
>>of the test in different parts of Japan.
>
>I took the test in May, 2002 and the written part was as Declan
>declared it. It was ridiculously simple. They gave you 10 giant
>flashcards with pictures on them and 4 multiple choice answers for
>each one. You had to get 7 to pass. I would have been ashamed had I
>not gotten them all correct.
>
>The road test was a different matter altogether. On my first attempt
>they failed me because at one point I almost imperceptibly scraped a
>curb in one of the very tight turns they have on the course. At least
>down here they informed that anything less than 100% is failure. I
>felt lucky to pass it on the second try.

There's the other variable: not all courses are built the same. The one I tested
on was tight, of course, but it mimicked the real world well enough that I
didn't have any problem with it.


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