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I only had one driving test when I was 15 in Mississippi. Drive around the court house block, no parallel parking. I moved to Washington the next year and only had to take the written test, and I’ve seen to be able to miss driver tests ever since even though my license has lapsed twice, the last time for 7 years.

I’m now back in Washington (Seattle), and I’m shocked at how often people run stop signs here.



And despite the easy testing I suspect you have not had any major traffic incidents.

That seems to be the way it goes in the US.

Running stop signs is not a sign of a bad driver, most stop signs in the US are not necessary (and really should be yield signs, except that's not legal to do that for no good reason).


Running a stop sign is a sign of a bad driver when I'm walking into the crosswalk assuming they'll just stop.




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