First, you'll endure a full-day first aid course, followed by a whopping fourteen 90-minute classroom theory lessons – just like school! Then comes the true test of endurance: memorizing a textbook's worth of material, mastering an app, and committing over a thousand potential exam questions to memory. Only after passing this daunting theory exam do you even get to touch a steering wheel for the very first time. Next, a minimum of 12 intensive driving lessons, after which your instructor, not you, decides if you're even ready for the practical test. And here's the kicker: most people don't pass on their first try!
Typically, it takes three to four attempts, and the entire grueling process can stretch anywhere from four months to a full year. Oh, and it gets more complex: car training is separate from motorcycle, and automatic transmission requires a different license than manual! Even after finally securing your license, you're not fully free. A two-year probation period follows, where just two traffic violations will extend your probation to four years. A third mistake? Your hard-earned license is revoked entirely. The total cost for this monumental achievement? A staggering 3,000 to 5,000 Euros. Are you still up for the challenge?
