On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 13:46:37 +0900, Declan Murphy
<declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Raj Feridun wrote:
>> 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:

>>>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.
>
>??? I've never taken the written test. For me getting the drivers 
>licence (something I didn't bother to do until 96) was as easy as 
>picking my nose. No written or driving test, just translation of 
>(Australian) documentation and an eye test.

Oopsiedaisy! I misattributed the quote. In fact it was Jeff so please
amend my comment to:

"I took the test in May, 2002 and the written part was as Jeff
declared it."

>> 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.

>Some of my staff have taken the test (Columbians, Czech, Taiwanese, 
>sepponian) and most have needed to spend a fair amount of time preparing 
>for the written component (all of the above since 2001). None have 
>failed the driving test (yet).

DEFINITELY 100% the opposite case down here.

Raj