Can You Get a Driver's License in One Month?
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It takes one to four months to obtain a driver's license. Below is an introduction to obtaining a driver's license: 1. Definition: It refers to a legal document issued by the administrative authorities, allowing individuals to drive motor vehicles after they have studied and mastered traffic regulations and driving skills, and passed the required examinations. If the driver's license expires within one year, you can apply for a renewal at the vehicle management office; if it expires for more than one year but less than three years, you need to take the subject one exam, and upon passing, you can renew it normally; if it expires for more than three years, the driver's license will be revoked. 2. Examination Subjects: Include traffic regulations and related knowledge, field driving, and road driving (including safe and civilized driving).
Last time I learned to drive, the instructor said that theoretically, the fastest it could take is about 45 days. Starting from registration and medical check-up, after passing subject one, you have to wait more than ten days before you can start practicing for subject two. Plus the intervals between exams, the whole process is very tight. The fastest record at our driving school last year was getting the license in 38 days, but that was achieved by college students who spent their whole summer vacation practicing desperately at the training ground. Nowadays, exam slots are tightly controlled. For working people like us who practice in our spare time, just queuing for the subject two exam takes about three weeks, not to mention the possibility of failing and needing to retake the test. If you're really planning to sign up, I suggest reserving three months. Cramming at the last minute is more likely to waste money on retake fees.
Just accompanied my cousin through his driver's license test and deeply felt that one month is too rushed. First, it takes 5 days for the driving school to file the records. After passing Subject 1, you have to wait 15 days before taking Subject 2. Excluding weekends, there are only about ten days left for practice. My cousin went to the driving school every day only to find that it was impossible to get much practice time—over a dozen people had to share three training cars. By the time he scheduled the test, three weeks had passed, and he failed due to stalling on the hill start. The retest took another half-month wait, and it ultimately took two months to get the license. Unless you can dedicate yourself full-time to learning and pass every test on the first try, don’t believe those quick-pass ads.
The actual process is like this: After registration, you must complete 12 hours of theoretical classes before taking the written test (Subject 1), and the system review alone takes three to four days. For Subject 2, the mandatory training is 16 hours, but scheduling with the driving school can drag on for a week. Recently, new regulations at the test center require at least 300 kilometers of practice for Subject 3 before booking the test, which alone takes two weeks. Not to mention the mandatory 7-day waiting period between each exam. The entire process takes at least 40 days at the fastest. My instructor straight-up told me that driving test regulations are strict now, and his students average about two months to get their license.
