beckyinjozefow
20 Sep 2008
Life / Exam for Drivers License in Poland; English? [99]
It's well known here that to get your driver's license in Poland costs about 1500 zl. I think that involves paying someone to "make sure" you pass. We had friends who tried 5 times and never passed in Warsaw. They finally went to Siedlce and passed the first time. I was financing the second time and I refused to pay a bribe.
By contrast, my son passed his driver's license in FL the first time and he actually probably didn't know how to drive nearly as well as my friends who tried here.
The differences are: 1. they charge every hour to practice since you can only practice with a person who is specially licensed to do so, so it's a business. Making them pay by the hour to practice adds to the economy and gives someone a job 2. they charge you when you take the test so there is no incentive for you to pass, whereas in the states, they charge you when you PASS the test for the actual license. Here it helps their economy if you take the test 2, 3, or 4 times. Not so in the states where you take the test free of charge. 3. If you even attempted to bribe someone in the states in order to pass the test, I think they'd throw you out so fast you wouldn't believe it. You'd probably be banned as well or jailed.
It's well known here that to get your driver's license in Poland costs about 1500 zl. I think that involves paying someone to "make sure" you pass. We had friends who tried 5 times and never passed in Warsaw. They finally went to Siedlce and passed the first time. I was financing the second time and I refused to pay a bribe.
By contrast, my son passed his driver's license in FL the first time and he actually probably didn't know how to drive nearly as well as my friends who tried here.
The differences are: 1. they charge every hour to practice since you can only practice with a person who is specially licensed to do so, so it's a business. Making them pay by the hour to practice adds to the economy and gives someone a job 2. they charge you when you take the test so there is no incentive for you to pass, whereas in the states, they charge you when you PASS the test for the actual license. Here it helps their economy if you take the test 2, 3, or 4 times. Not so in the states where you take the test free of charge. 3. If you even attempted to bribe someone in the states in order to pass the test, I think they'd throw you out so fast you wouldn't believe it. You'd probably be banned as well or jailed.