"Ryan Ginstrom" <ginstrom@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "another fool" <anotherfool@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:44845040.0404300712.2ca5d626@posting.google.com...
> > Congratulations -
> >
> > Found out the hard way last week that since Texas doesn't put an
> > issued on date on thier drivers licenses I am fubared waiting for them
> > to send me a "driving record"...
>
> The same thing happened to me -- I renewed my California license while in
> Japan, so I didn't have the proof of three months' residence in the US
after
> getting my license.
>
> I had to get my driving record mailed from the DMV. They got it wrong of
> course -- said I got my license about 6 years after I actually did -- but
it
> did the job. The good side was that they didn't make me get it translated.

I did the same thing. My CA driving record had me listed as having a DL from
the time my DL was suspended. Funny thing is that it was suspended because I
got caught driving without a license.

Anyway, congrats on getting your Japanese driver's license. I have already
regaled the group with my experiences. I even managed to explain each and
every detail of the driving test experience because, as you so correctly
pointed out, it has to be memorized.

What really got me was how easy it was to pass the written and physical
exams. The written test questions were like "If a car is passing you on the
right, which side should your vehicle be on?", while the physical test had
me trying to identify an orange color that had turned slightly brown over
the years. I said "orange?... kana". I passed both tests with flying colors.