We'd probably have less kids getting killed in car accidents if we had that
kind of training requirements and costs!

Joy

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Joy Hecht
now living in a real house in northern Virginia
and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
now living in the driveway and resting after two and a half years
lugging Joy and her stuff around...

For musings about life and the vanadventures:
http://www.joyhecht.net

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:::-----Original Message-----
:::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
:::Of Florian Speier
:::Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 3:24 PM
:::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
:::Subject: Re: teenagers and vanagons
:::
:::On 10/11/06, Mike Miller <mwmiller@cwnet.com> wrote:
:::>
:::> Want to tell the list how much money it costs to get a driver license
:::in
:::> Germany? Lessons and license cost
:::>
:::>
:::I did not want to advocate the german licencing system. and thinking
:::about
:::it, i guess it makes sense to learn on automatic first.
:::but, if you want to know, i got my licence in 1998 for about 1100USD, or
:::2000 deutsche mark. this included thirty hours of driving with a teacher
:::who
:::has a second set of pedals. of these three are on the autobahn, five
:::highway, two at night and the rest in town. Additionally roughly twenty
:::hours of theory, which includes driving rules, suggestion and basic
:::mechanics. failing a driving test costs you roughly 300usd.
:::the cost is considered by most parents as part of the educatioal costs of
:::a
:::child.  (unfortunately, we do not have tuition fees at university)
:::
:::flo