You would not get pulled in for undertaking in UK. It can be done up to the speed limit. The Brits should know that by now as the law on undertaking was removed from the Statute Book way back in 1972..
2:50 Don't panic. You can get a provisional at 15 or 16 depending on the state, but you must have a fully licensed adult during this time, and you are restricted to the hours you can drive (daylight hours). You do need a minimum number of hours of training (it used to be through your high school, but you can take it via AAA or another agency), then you have up to 6 months to practice before taking your final exam (which is a practical). When you get your license, you may be restricted still depending on your age. If you are a teenager, you may be restricted as to the number of persons in the car or the hours you drive. It's not as simple as it's made out.
In Jersey we have Drivers Ed classes in 10th grade where if you pass the written test in school you get a slip to take to the DMV for your permit. If you go to driving school and do so many hours of driving and practice for like a year, you can take your road test on your 17th birthday and get your license that day. If you pass and don't go to driving school you have to wait until your 17th birthday to go to DMV to take the slip from school to get your permit (the slip is good for 2 years - you don't have to retake the test but if you want your license sooner go to driving school). Then you have to drive with an adult who's had a license for at least 3 years for 6 months and then go for your road test. You have to be at least 17 years old here in NJ to get your license. After you get your license you get a provisional license for a year (we called it a "Cinderella license" since you have curfews and limit of people in your car and stuff lol) It could have changed but it's so confusing to explain lol. If you're 21 or older and get your permit and you just have to practice with another adult and you can take your road test in 3 months after practicing. You technically still get a provisional license for a year but it has no restrictions.
14:28 In the UK, the registration plate stays with the car, in the US, the plate stays with the driver. Your plates need to have a yearly registration sticker (to show you paid the road tax). You can get your registrations by mail, you don't have to go to the DMV to do it. If you go to the DMV, the time or day of the month you go will determine how long you wait. Sure, if you go a major branch in your city, it could take an hour depending on the queue, or you can go to a smaller branch and be done in 5 minutes. You get your updated registration memo (keep in the car), and your stickers to affix on your plate for the year. As I mention, this can be done in the mail, and you can avoid the queues.
6:05 The rule is kerb to kerb on red, unless signs restrict you, so yes, you can turn left on red onto another one-way street, but only from the kerb lane.
7:42 The "yield" signs are generally only found two places, low density traffic (residential) or on slip roads entering the freeway/motorway. And most Americans treat stop signs as give ways anyway (unless it's a four-way box).
The US. At 15 go get your permit. You take a written test, vision test. You must have a licensed driver 21 in the front passenger seat. Some states want you to drive for a certain amount of hours before you do your driving test. Around 40 hrs with 10 hours at night. Driving education is optional. Get your license at 16. The test is 15-30 minutes long. Different states have different requirements of what is on the driver’s test. I had to parallel parking in Missouri. But in other states you may not have to do parallel parking. I didn’t have to do a 3 point turns or U-turns.
this American doesn't know much. The states control issuing driver's licenses. And those requirements are as different as the states people are in. In Washington state, you will be ticketed if you cruise in the fast lane; in California, you can drive and pass in any lane (motorcycles are allowed to "split the lanes"). Some places if you DON'T drive at 100 MPH you will be pushed off the road even though the posted limit may be 65-70.
Stop signs are actually pretty common in the U.K. But only seen in villages and country lanes (back roads). Plus you can actually undertake (passing someone using the left lane) long as it’s safe to do so and done in a safe manner 👍
@@Phil_AKA_ThundyUK Understandable, but it's not like you walk into a Walmart and come out with a full license. Just saying. It is cheaper here, but I did spend about $500 total for lessons and fees (back in 1986).
9:15 If you sit going slowly in the overtake lane, you will find 1. People riding your ass and flashing their lights, and 2. Police WILL pull you over. In a three lane carriageway, the right lane is usually left to allow people to enter and exit the freeway, with the middle lane for traffic cruising, and the left land for overtaking. My state specifically states "Keep Right Except to Pass".
So for some context, 'Stop' signs in the UK are only used on a blind entrance to a fast road, somewhere you need to actually... You know, 'Stop' and look. Though you're not wron that many give-ways are in places where you need to stop and look anyway, I guess a 'Stop' sign is the "People keep crashing here so we upgraded the sign". Like with you see a sharp bend with like 50 different signs and road markings on it. 😅 Also, being a Tesla owner in the UK, I can confirm that it doesn't have rear spotlights, though it does have an option to turn them on! Maybe it just makes the tail lights brighter? Fun fact there too, US headlight alignment is literally straight forward, not 'dipped' like we have in Europe. It's horrific and blinds everyone.
There is no right or wrong. The rules are designed for the roads and topography of the country. Although, objectively speaking driving in the US is far easier as most roads are straight and the same rules apply throughout. In the UK, every roundabout is unique and every driving situation is different in each area.
I think I know what you mean with the inductors staying permanently on or at least an amber light my dads old XJ had this feature and I think some old Volvos do they come on with the side lights
Yeah i think he's talking about side marker lights. In Europe they are only required if the vehicle is over a certain length, where-as I've seen them on a variety vehicles in the US including European case sold there.
The USA guy is way wrong about USA driving & laws for almost all states in the USA. He either gets lots of tickets, or isn't legally able to drive at all.
1 American miles per gallon = .83 UK MPG but if you do the reverse you end up getting 1 UK Canada MPG = 1.2 US MPG. The reason for this if you do the conversion from L/100 kilometers it's 235.21 for US but 282.5 UK & Canada that's how they are derived from the miles per gallon conversion
21:38 Several reasons, the tax on petrol is issued on state and federal levels, but even so, we are far more dependent (due to the massive distances in the country) on driving than in the UK, where you can take a train almost everywhere (if you must). There's a saying, in the US we measure distance by hours instead of miles. Driving 5 hours in the US someplace is not an issue here, where in the UK, you're looking for a service plaza every half hour to rest. :)
Driving in the UK I'm still confused how fast should I go in the "passing" lane when I'm about to come to a roundabout to turn right. I feel like I'm being a "passing lane" hog but yet I feel like it switches to multi-lane town driving where there is no "fast" or "slow" lane or designated passing lanes, when coming to a roundabout at the end of a dual carriageway or motorway section. Also it seemed perfectly normal for a van driver to do 19 mph in the slow lane of the M4 for 2 miles with the left indicator on before pulling onto the hard shoulder, leaving me to nearly get pancaked by HGVs skid-stopping to avoid rear ending us and flashing their lights in anger. Second time alone on the motorway that was not fun. £1.08 a litre at Tesco is $1.41 for a litre, or $5.34 for a US Gallon. And if my car got 27 mpg I'd assume the hand brake had partially stuck on.
Use the right hand lane for only when you need it. Nobody is bothered if youre there and youre turning right. Van driver is wrong on the motorway! Sounds like an accident in the making. That fuel is incredibly cheap!!! Its £1.37.
Undertaking is illegal in the US, it just gets done so much because it's hardly enforced. Also a gallon in the UK is nearly 5 litres, a US gallon is 3.8 litres. So 40 mpg on a car in the UK is like 30/31 mpg on a car in the US
It’s not actually illegal to undertake in the U.K. on a duel carriageway or motorway. If you are in lane 1 for example doing the speed limit of 70mph and cars in lane 2 are going slower then you can undertake although the Highway Code doesn’t recommend it and says to only do so with extreme caution. What you are not allowed to do is swap lanes to undertake so for example move from lane 2 into lane 1 to undertake then move back to lane 2 again.
You can move into lane 1 from 2 after an overtake. If the car in lane 2 a few seconds ahead is moving slower than you, you can stick to your speed and undertake. If lanes 1 and 2 are moving under the speed limit you can change from lane to lane to undertake and overtake as often as you like as long as it's done safely. There is no law that prohibits it.
The number of manual transmission cars were higher when I was a young driver (about 30 years ago), but automatics have become more popular, so you won't find as many manual cars (or diesel cars) these days.
In America, you can drive any vehicle that runs. A lot of people would have what they call a Junker or Hoopty just to drive around to keep miles off their good cars. My first car in 1989 was a 1977 Ford LTD II. It was a tank. It only lasted a couple months before I got a new 1989 Mustang. But I drove a 1999 Dodge Ram pickup from 2000 to 2016. And I only put about 40K miles on it. I currently drive a 2016 F150 and here in 2020, I've only got 13K miles on it.
Not true, maybe in your state. Bring that hooptie to Massachusetts and it will get a big fat red R inspection sticker. It will also need to be towed off the inspection stations lot.
14:00 Yeah, some states are a little looser on the car worthiness angle, but then you have a much greater chance of being ticketed by the police, so there's the trade-off.
In the US or at least in my state (Ohio) I had to pay $250 to take a class to get my temporary license and after the classes were done I had to drive with an instructor for a week. Then you have to have your permit for if I can recall got my temps back in 2016 it’s between a year or six months that you need to have your permit before you can get a license and the permit test I took was written while my drivers test was with a person
Superb. I have lived in both. In California no one actually cares about anyone else on the road. You can see how the extremely lax driving law mean that subpar and dangerous drivers are released on to the roads.
Regarding gas mileage, US cars also have higher Horsepower and Torque ratings on average than UK and European cars. My F150 has 365 HP and 420 lb ft of Torque and is turbo charged. I get about 14.7 mpg on average.
Don't forget that a gallon in the UK is basically 5 litres and in the US it's only 3.8 litres. So they have another 1.2 litres to add miles to their gallon.
No u have to have a permit for 6 months and no matter what age u need a permit and in the state of New York you can’t even get it until your 16 bc I just got my permit.
It's interesting to see how it depends, and changes on each state. So after 6 months, do you automatically get your license, or do you have to do a Practical Driving test?
@@handbrake3057 I got my license back in 2004 and I have no idea what the other American is talking about. Either things have changed a lot or the laws are very different here in Maryland. My process was pretty much identical to the one described for the UK. The minimum age was 16 years and 6 months, you begin with a theory exam then learners permit and require some hours (dont remember) of behind the wheel training with both an official instructor as well as on your own with another person over 21 with a license in addition to about a week long theory course. Then, if you pass a practical exam you move on to the provisional which only allows you to drive between certain hours and with a limit on the number of passengers and their age. After two years you then get your actual license.
@@hegemon875 In New York you can get your learner permit at 16 and need to wait 6 months before scheduling a road test. Before the road test you need to take the 5hr class mandatory. This is just basically go over what you should have learned on your own but if you didn’t everything is given there. You can drive with only a permit only with some who is 21+ and has a license with a valid insurance in day time. Then take the road test and if you pass you get a license.
@@handbrake3057 No, you still have to take a practical before getting a full license, otherwise the provisional lapses and you have to start the process over again.
12:07 We don't have fog lights standard, because we don't have as much fog as in the UK. Instead, we have this thing in the US called "increasing stopping distance and slowing down" :)
What! No driver's test in Texas? It must be the only state because you always have to take a driving test after the written test. Oh, and no fingerprints. If finger prints, that's probably only in Texas.
Americans have to pay for gas/petrol before filling whereas we pay after. Also, our theory tests aren't just questions, you have the hazard perception test too, where it tests your ability to click when you spot a hazard when you watch a video simulating you driving a car.
Quite often when buying fuel in the US you only have to pay upfront if you are paying by cash or if you have a bank card that is issued from a bank outside of the US. If you have a card from an American bank and the pump has a card slot you can swipe your card and then it's run once you have filled, similar to many unmanned pumps in the UK now. But most do limit how much fuel you can pump before you have to run your card again. I had long range tanks on my F250 holding just over 70 gallons and I usually had to swipe 3 times which was a pain.
Or if you live in Jersey and go to Wawa you can tell the gas attendant how much you want and you're running inside to grab something and you can pay inside while he's filling it for you. We don't pump our own gas here lol
@@niknelms3065 The idea of having an attendant put fuel in your car for you has always boggled my mind, and being legally prohibited from doing so in Oregon and New Jersey is even crazier. Do they think people will be having Zoolander-esque gas fights if a trained attendee isn't doing it for them?
@@Yimello This is embarrassing but me and my friend actually had to ask a stranger to show us how to pump our own gas when we drove out of state to Delaware not long after I got my license years ago since I had no idea how. Good thing I know how to do it now! 🤦🏻♀️
Ok im from the states and in the state of ohio in the us at 15.5 you can take a leaners permit if you pass that then you can drive with a licensed driver of 21+ but if you are under 18 you have to drivers ed and have a minimum amount of hours with a driving instructor only then at 16 can you get a license if you pass the written and driven test
The us guy butchered explaining the us process of earning your driver’s license. Hearing what the uk fella said, the uk process and all the rules are way more complicated and strict.
Iv had go karts and mx bikes my whole childhood in Scotland so when it came to driving I only did 1 lesson where I told him I’d been driving back and forward to work in my car with my dad in the car and he did a mock test with me and at the end he told me to book my test I did 2 other lessons where he done mock tests including the one 10 mins before my test and I passed first time now the theory took me 5 tries 😂 and a lot of money hahahah theory was difficult for me the practical was a piece of piss
30 percent of the world drives on the left hand side of the road/right hand side of the car 70 percent drive on the right hand side of the road/left hand side of the car
The US( or special ed driving test as I call it ) is piss easy and doesn't really test you or that much or enough to be a safe competent driver , I've seen some DMV videos of test lasting as little as 5 mins and the one emergency stop I saw on test there was 10 mph emergency stop , how fuck does prepare anyone for needing take emergency action at speed
No. The american dude clearly doesn’t drive much because im from the northeast in the US and I drive all the time. I disagreed with him on a lot of the things he said. Also, the population of the UK is 66 million and the population of the US is 330 million, so the fatality number you provides is still proportionate.
@@1HotLegendLS Population density is totally irrelevant as a comparison. This is a realistic comparison: Road deaths per 100,000 motor vehicles per year. Australia 7.4, Sweden 4.6, Germany (no speed limit on the freeways) 6.4, Canada (similar large, sparsely populated country like the US) 8.9, UK 5.7, USA 14.2 (a lot more dangerous than Canada, nearly double that of Australia). Mind you, although the US is a dangerous place on the road it has a long way to go to catch up with Russia (50.0).
16:51 You do see more police patrolling, because we don't have speed cameras. We have the right to face an actual accuser if caught speeding, which means we have the right to face the officer writing the ticket in court. You cannot have the right if it's just a camera.
Nope, 47 hours of lessons along with 20 hours of private practice is the average. Besides the people who only had 20 hours with an instructor most likely had private practice.
5:43 Roundabouts in the US are better designed, because you cannot just fly into it at speed, they are deflected so you must slow down to a reasonable speed.
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In the u.s. we have to take a road test at 16 to 18 years or older when we first get our drivers licenses.
You would not get pulled in for undertaking in UK. It can be done up to the speed limit. The Brits should know that by now as the law on undertaking was removed from the Statute Book way back in 1972..
2:50 Don't panic. You can get a provisional at 15 or 16 depending on the state, but you must have a fully licensed adult during this time, and you are restricted to the hours you can drive (daylight hours). You do need a minimum number of hours of training (it used to be through your high school, but you can take it via AAA or another agency), then you have up to 6 months to practice before taking your final exam (which is a practical). When you get your license, you may be restricted still depending on your age. If you are a teenager, you may be restricted as to the number of persons in the car or the hours you drive. It's not as simple as it's made out.
It is different in different states in the US. In the northeast, it is about the same as it is in the UK.
In Jersey we have Drivers Ed classes in 10th grade where if you pass the written test in school you get a slip to take to the DMV for your permit. If you go to driving school and do so many hours of driving and practice for like a year, you can take your road test on your 17th birthday and get your license that day. If you pass and don't go to driving school you have to wait until your 17th birthday to go to DMV to take the slip from school to get your permit (the slip is good for 2 years - you don't have to retake the test but if you want your license sooner go to driving school). Then you have to drive with an adult who's had a license for at least 3 years for 6 months and then go for your road test. You have to be at least 17 years old here in NJ to get your license. After you get your license you get a provisional license for a year (we called it a "Cinderella license" since you have curfews and limit of people in your car and stuff lol) It could have changed but it's so confusing to explain lol.
If you're 21 or older and get your permit and you just have to practice with another adult and you can take your road test in 3 months after practicing. You technically still get a provisional license for a year but it has no restrictions.
14:28 In the UK, the registration plate stays with the car, in the US, the plate stays with the driver. Your plates need to have a yearly registration sticker (to show you paid the road tax). You can get your registrations by mail, you don't have to go to the DMV to do it. If you go to the DMV, the time or day of the month you go will determine how long you wait. Sure, if you go a major branch in your city, it could take an hour depending on the queue, or you can go to a smaller branch and be done in 5 minutes. You get your updated registration memo (keep in the car), and your stickers to affix on your plate for the year. As I mention, this can be done in the mail, and you can avoid the queues.
Registrations in the US are taxed by vehicle class.
Uk do have stop signs but it’s more road marking like double white lines on the road at a junction that means you have to stop fully before continuing
6:05 The rule is kerb to kerb on red, unless signs restrict you, so yes, you can turn left on red onto another one-way street, but only from the kerb lane.
Ofcourse because its hard to drive here in the uk. Tight roads, tight highways, people parking on the roads and roundabouts.
7:42 The "yield" signs are generally only found two places, low density traffic (residential) or on slip roads entering the freeway/motorway. And most Americans treat stop signs as give ways anyway (unless it's a four-way box).
There is a Driving Test in all the States.
8:14 You will find this rule more adhered to outside of urban areas, when the highways is two lanes on each carriageway.
Undertaking isn't illegal in the UK. It's strongly discouraged through the highway code
The US.
At 15 go get your permit. You take a written test, vision test. You must have a licensed driver 21 in the front passenger seat.
Some states want you to drive for a certain amount of hours before you do your driving test. Around 40 hrs with 10 hours at night.
Driving education is optional.
Get your license at 16. The test is 15-30 minutes long. Different states have different requirements of what is on the driver’s test. I had to parallel parking in Missouri. But in other states you may not have to do parallel parking. I didn’t have to do a 3 point turns or U-turns.
This was brilliant
this American doesn't know much. The states control issuing driver's licenses. And those requirements are as different as the states people are in. In Washington state, you will be ticketed if you cruise in the fast lane; in California, you can drive and pass in any lane (motorcycles are allowed to "split the lanes"). Some places if you DON'T drive at 100 MPH you will be pushed off the road even though the posted limit may be 65-70.
Stop signs are actually pretty common in the U.K. But only seen in villages and country lanes (back roads). Plus you can actually undertake (passing someone using the left lane) long as it’s safe to do so and done in a safe manner 👍
Bloody hell wish I could pass my test in the USA!
See my comments, it's not as simple as it's being made out.
@@jaycee330 It's still much, much easier than the UK. But given the differences in our roads it needs to be harder over here :)
@@Phil_AKA_ThundyUK Understandable, but it's not like you walk into a Walmart and come out with a full license. Just saying. It is cheaper here, but I did spend about $500 total for lessons and fees (back in 1986).
@@jaycee330 Fair enough.
But then you’d be a shit driver.
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9:15 If you sit going slowly in the overtake lane, you will find 1. People riding your ass and flashing their lights, and 2. Police WILL pull you over. In a three lane carriageway, the right lane is usually left to allow people to enter and exit the freeway, with the middle lane for traffic cruising, and the left land for overtaking. My state specifically states "Keep Right Except to Pass".
3 Stop signs 5 min walk from me, I live in UK.
So for some context, 'Stop' signs in the UK are only used on a blind entrance to a fast road, somewhere you need to actually... You know, 'Stop' and look. Though you're not wron that many give-ways are in places where you need to stop and look anyway, I guess a 'Stop' sign is the "People keep crashing here so we upgraded the sign". Like with you see a sharp bend with like 50 different signs and road markings on it. 😅
Also, being a Tesla owner in the UK, I can confirm that it doesn't have rear spotlights, though it does have an option to turn them on! Maybe it just makes the tail lights brighter? Fun fact there too, US headlight alignment is literally straight forward, not 'dipped' like we have in Europe. It's horrific and blinds everyone.
There is no right or wrong. The rules are designed for the roads and topography of the country. Although, objectively speaking driving in the US is far easier as most roads are straight and the same rules apply throughout. In the UK, every roundabout is unique and every driving situation is different in each area.
I think I know what you mean with the inductors staying permanently on or at least an amber light my dads old XJ had this feature and I think some old Volvos do they come on with the side lights
Yeah i think he's talking about side marker lights. In Europe they are only required if the vehicle is over a certain length, where-as I've seen them on a variety vehicles in the US including European case sold there.
The USA guy is way wrong about USA driving & laws for almost all states in the USA. He either gets lots of tickets, or isn't legally able to drive at all.
1 American miles per gallon = .83 UK MPG but if you do the reverse you end up getting 1 UK Canada MPG = 1.2 US MPG. The reason for this if you do the conversion from L/100 kilometers it's 235.21 for US but 282.5 UK & Canada that's how they are derived from the miles per gallon conversion
21:38 Several reasons, the tax on petrol is issued on state and federal levels, but even so, we are far more dependent (due to the massive distances in the country) on driving than in the UK, where you can take a train almost everywhere (if you must). There's a saying, in the US we measure distance by hours instead of miles. Driving 5 hours in the US someplace is not an issue here, where in the UK, you're looking for a service plaza every half hour to rest. :)
Its called gasoline not petrol
Driving in the UK I'm still confused how fast should I go in the "passing" lane when I'm about to come to a roundabout to turn right. I feel like I'm being a "passing lane" hog but yet I feel like it switches to multi-lane town driving where there is no "fast" or "slow" lane or designated passing lanes, when coming to a roundabout at the end of a dual carriageway or motorway section.
Also it seemed perfectly normal for a van driver to do 19 mph in the slow lane of the M4 for 2 miles with the left indicator on before pulling onto the hard shoulder, leaving me to nearly get pancaked by HGVs skid-stopping to avoid rear ending us and flashing their lights in anger. Second time alone on the motorway that was not fun.
£1.08 a litre at Tesco is $1.41 for a litre, or $5.34 for a US Gallon. And if my car got 27 mpg I'd assume the hand brake had partially stuck on.
Use the right hand lane for only when you need it. Nobody is bothered if youre there and youre turning right.
Van driver is wrong on the motorway! Sounds like an accident in the making.
That fuel is incredibly cheap!!! Its £1.37.
Parking on the road the way traffic is flowing - US UK - park wherever there’s half a spot and run 😂
You ain’t wrong ;) 😂
Yup, I wish we could park facing either way. Sucks when you go around the block to get on the other side and someone has already taken the spot
Undertaking is illegal in the US, it just gets done so much because it's hardly enforced.
Also a gallon in the UK is nearly 5 litres, a US gallon is 3.8 litres. So 40 mpg on a car in the UK is like 30/31 mpg on a car in the US
Undertaking in US is legal with 2 or more lanes heading in the same direction. It's also legal in UK.
It’s not actually illegal to undertake in the U.K. on a duel carriageway or motorway. If you are in lane 1 for example doing the speed limit of 70mph and cars in lane 2 are going slower then you can undertake although the Highway Code doesn’t recommend it and says to only do so with extreme caution. What you are not allowed to do is swap lanes to undertake so for example move from lane 2 into lane 1 to undertake then move back to lane 2 again.
You can move into lane 1 from 2 after an overtake. If the car in lane 2 a few seconds ahead is moving slower than you, you can stick to your speed and undertake. If lanes 1 and 2 are moving under the speed limit you can change from lane to lane to undertake and overtake as often as you like as long as it's done safely. There is no law that prohibits it.
Our driving test is also a massive test as well
Most people over 40 in the US can drive a stick. Most of us learned to drive on a manual
Omg America’s car’s brake lights are also their indicators! That’s freaky! 🤣
It can be either the same light or a separate amber light.
Nope. The brake lights are brighter and always red, but they may be in the same fixture as the indicators.
Some british cars built prior to the 1960's were the same.
@@oldrrocr Nom al US vehicles have red break lights.
The number of manual transmission cars were higher when I was a young driver (about 30 years ago), but automatics have become more popular, so you won't find as many manual cars (or diesel cars) these days.
In America, you can drive any vehicle that runs. A lot of people would have what they call a Junker or Hoopty just to drive around to keep miles off their good cars. My first car in 1989 was a 1977 Ford LTD II. It was a tank. It only lasted a couple months before I got a new 1989 Mustang. But I drove a 1999 Dodge Ram pickup from 2000 to 2016. And I only put about 40K miles on it. I currently drive a 2016 F150 and here in 2020, I've only got 13K miles on it.
Not true, maybe in your state. Bring that hooptie to Massachusetts and it will get a big fat red R inspection sticker. It will also need to be towed off the inspection stations lot.
14:00 Yeah, some states are a little looser on the car worthiness angle, but then you have a much greater chance of being ticketed by the police, so there's the trade-off.
In the US or at least in my state (Ohio) I had to pay $250 to take a class to get my temporary license and after the classes were done I had to drive with an instructor for a week. Then you have to have your permit for if I can recall got my temps back in 2016 it’s between a year or six months that you need to have your permit before you can get a license and the permit test I took was written while my drivers test was with a person
Superb. I have lived in both. In California no one actually cares about anyone else on the road. You can see how the extremely lax driving law mean that subpar and dangerous drivers are released on to the roads.
there is 100% a driving test LMAO-after you pass the questionnaire you have a permit then you have to take a physical drivers test
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There is definitely a driving test
Regarding gas mileage, US cars also have higher Horsepower and Torque ratings on average than UK and European cars. My F150 has 365 HP and 420 lb ft of Torque and is turbo charged. I get about 14.7 mpg on average.
Don't forget that a gallon in the UK is basically 5 litres and in the US it's only 3.8 litres. So they have another 1.2 litres to add miles to their gallon.
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No u have to have a permit for 6 months and no matter what age u need a permit and in the state of New York you can’t even get it until your 16 bc I just got my permit.
It's interesting to see how it depends, and changes on each state. So after 6 months, do you automatically get your license, or do you have to do a Practical Driving test?
@@handbrake3057 I got my license back in 2004 and I have no idea what the other American is talking about. Either things have changed a lot or the laws are very different here in Maryland.
My process was pretty much identical to the one described for the UK. The minimum age was 16 years and 6 months, you begin with a theory exam then learners permit and require some hours (dont remember) of behind the wheel training with both an official instructor as well as on your own with another person over 21 with a license in addition to about a week long theory course. Then, if you pass a practical exam you move on to the provisional which only allows you to drive between certain hours and with a limit on the number of passengers and their age. After two years you then get your actual license.
@@hegemon875 In New York you can get your learner permit at 16 and need to wait 6 months before scheduling a road test. Before the road test you need to take the 5hr class mandatory. This is just basically go over what you should have learned on your own but if you didn’t everything is given there. You can drive with only a permit only with some who is 21+ and has a license with a valid insurance in day time. Then take the road test and if you pass you get a license.
@@handbrake3057 No, you still have to take a practical before getting a full license, otherwise the provisional lapses and you have to start the process over again.
From 0-2 years if you get 6 endorsement points you have retake your theory and practical test again.
Great vid your really gonna takeoff
Stay safe
Thanks, you too!
12:07 We don't have fog lights standard, because we don't have as much fog as in the UK. Instead, we have this thing in the US called "increasing stopping distance and slowing down" :)
What! No driver's test in Texas? It must be the only state because you always have to take a driving test after the written test. Oh, and no fingerprints. If finger prints, that's probably only in Texas.
Those speed cameras that work out your speed are a doppler system. Glad we have proper test system, otherwise all the idiots would be on the road.
Americans have to pay for gas/petrol before filling whereas we pay after.
Also, our theory tests aren't just questions, you have the hazard perception test too, where it tests your ability to click when you spot a hazard when you watch a video simulating you driving a car.
Quite often when buying fuel in the US you only have to pay upfront if you are paying by cash or if you have a bank card that is issued from a bank outside of the US. If you have a card from an American bank and the pump has a card slot you can swipe your card and then it's run once you have filled, similar to many unmanned pumps in the UK now. But most do limit how much fuel you can pump before you have to run your card again. I had long range tanks on my F250 holding just over 70 gallons and I usually had to swipe 3 times which was a pain.
Or if you live in Jersey and go to Wawa you can tell the gas attendant how much you want and you're running inside to grab something and you can pay inside while he's filling it for you. We don't pump our own gas here lol
@@niknelms3065 The idea of having an attendant put fuel in your car for you has always boggled my mind, and being legally prohibited from doing so in Oregon and New Jersey is even crazier. Do they think people will be having Zoolander-esque gas fights if a trained attendee isn't doing it for them?
@@Yimello This is embarrassing but me and my friend actually had to ask a stranger to show us how to pump our own gas when we drove out of state to Delaware not long after I got my license years ago since I had no idea how. Good thing I know how to do it now! 🤦🏻♀️
Rear Fog Lights are NOT EVEN an OPTION in America. What are you all? F1 drivers?
Rear fogs are on some vehicles from the dealer. Pretty much just high end European cars (Audi, Volvo, Mercedes, BMW, Jaguar and Land Rover)
In the UK you do theory too.
Ok im from the states and in the state of ohio in the us at 15.5 you can take a leaners permit if you pass that then you can drive with a licensed driver of 21+ but if you are under 18 you have to drivers ed and have a minimum amount of hours with a driving instructor only then at 16 can you get a license if you pass the written and driven test
there is a mandated driving test in most states. why make the video if you have no idea what you're talking about? also it's 15 1/2 years old, not 15.
American gallons are also smaller. Less than 8 pints.
😉 That's how I did my calculations 🎉
1 US Gallon = $1.20
1 US Gallon = 4.54 Litres
1 Litre of UK Petrol = £1.10
£1.10 * 4.54 = £5 ~ $6.13
@@handbrake3057 US Gallon is 3.7854 litres
@@TimpBizkit has it ever been anything else?
@NotRllyJoey Yes, the UK still does yards and miles...
Great video.
When's the next one
the guy does NOT know much about US driving.
The us guy butchered explaining the us process of earning your driver’s license. Hearing what the uk fella said, the uk process and all the rules are way more complicated and strict.
As uk we have confident drive any wr us and Canadians bit nerves drive in uk lool
Iv had go karts and mx bikes my whole childhood in Scotland so when it came to driving I only did 1 lesson where I told him I’d been driving back and forward to work in my car with my dad in the car and he did a mock test with me and at the end he told me to book my test I did 2 other lessons where he done mock tests including the one 10 mins before my test and I passed first time now the theory took me 5 tries 😂 and a lot of money hahahah theory was difficult for me the practical was a piece of piss
Actually if you get 6 points within 2 years you lose your licence
Correct if I am wrong u said 3 years 👍🏻
Nope, you're right! It is 2 years from passing your test 😲 !!
UK don’t have road tax
We invited it
And you have to take a 5 hour class
Is that a 5 hour Theory Class? Or Practical 😲
@@handbrake3057 I took 8 hours theory and 20 hours practical via AAA when I did my training.
As regard driving on the WRONG side of the road , 41% of the world do it . 🇬🇧
That’s not true it’s 6 points in two years and not three years. in the uk.
And more countries in the world drive on the left than on the right.
That's not correct. www.businessinsider.com/which-countries-drive-on-left-2018-10
30 percent of the world drives on the left hand side of the road/right hand side of the car
70 percent drive on the right hand side of the road/left hand side of the car
and most of those countries, you don't want to go to them anyway.
Would be interesting if they had some actual knowledge of the subject
15 minor faults
You cannot have serious/dangerous driving
Undertaking in the UK is an offence Police can stop you and give a ticket
No it's not illegal to undertake in UK and no law that backs up the myth.
The US( or special ed driving test as I call it ) is piss easy and doesn't really test you or that much or enough to be a safe competent driver , I've seen some DMV videos of test lasting as little as 5 mins and the one emergency stop I saw on test there was 10 mph emergency stop , how fuck does prepare anyone for needing take emergency action at speed
Right this isnt accurate
Much of this explains why in 2019 the UK roads had 1870 fatalities, and the USA 38800!!
No. The american dude clearly doesn’t drive much because im from the northeast in the US and I drive all the time. I disagreed with him on a lot of the things he said. Also, the population of the UK is 66 million and the population of the US is 330 million, so the fatality number you provides is still proportionate.
The US is also 40 times the size of the UK. So if you went by fatalities per Square Mile, the UK has more... *mic drop*
@@1HotLegendLS Population density is totally irrelevant as a comparison. This is a realistic comparison: Road deaths per 100,000 motor vehicles per year. Australia 7.4, Sweden 4.6, Germany (no speed limit on the freeways) 6.4, Canada (similar large, sparsely populated country like the US) 8.9, UK 5.7, USA 14.2 (a lot more dangerous than Canada, nearly double that of Australia). Mind you, although the US is a dangerous place on the road it has a long way to go to catch up with Russia (50.0).
but you also need to consider that Americans typically drive most of their miles at 70 MPH, and Brits are crawling along at 10 MPH.
@@oldrrocr 70?? Try 85-90. It drives me insane. When I drove in the UK I was doing pretty close to 70 on the motorway
We are better drivers.
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16:51 You do see more police patrolling, because we don't have speed cameras. We have the right to face an actual accuser if caught speeding, which means we have the right to face the officer writing the ticket in court. You cannot have the right if it's just a camera.
This is the same issue with red light cameras.
20 to 40 hours of lessons in the UK? That's what bad drivers might need maybe.
Nope, 47 hours of lessons along with 20 hours of private practice is the average.
Besides the people who only had 20 hours with an instructor most likely had private practice.
No wonder people drive like lunatics in the US.
I'm afraid he's not giving the full story of licensing in the US.
5:43 Roundabouts in the US are better designed, because you cannot just fly into it at speed, they are deflected so you must slow down to a reasonable speed.
I’m so tired of america
There annoying
Is your name actually Sam Smith?
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