The 2-Belo <the2belo@msd.biPOKPOKglobe.ne.jp> wrote in message news:<3fd50c96$0$3181$df066bcf@news.sexzilla.net>...
> 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.


I`ve been dreading this - a co-worker finally passed his test after 6
tries.  The reasons for failure were something like - he took his foot
off the brake at a stop light before it turned green - he touched one
of the cones during the slolum - etc.

Finally one of the workers inside told him to come back on a specific
day - he passed with no problem - he even went up on the curb and the
testor told him to back off safely - they passed him anyway.

Wish I was in Tsucuba so I could go to that place...