drivers license

nz is like 150 to sit test and receive lisence

$50 us dollars

>>16909599
how ever we have 3 stages, so you have to get learners, then restricted, then full

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>>16909598
>2500-4000€

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

WO ZUM GEIER WOHNST DU

>>16909606
NRW, small city. Not even exaggerating

>>16909598
same exact case here but could have it since 2005, which burns like hell.
public transportation is decent enough and life priorities didn't allow spending 3k on the license, gas, taxes, buying costs, maintenance etc. when it would be just an (expensive) hobby.

don't fucking dare to be poor in central yurop.

>>16909598
Get a job you pleb, you have a ton of arabs to support.

>>16909617
What about your Mexicans?

Cost me like 600ish€ in Poortugal, though in total it was about 800 cause I failed my first driving exam cause I was a total retard.

>tfw I see random people doing the same stupid shit I did and fully understand why I failed.

Iowa driver's license was $32, Arizona was $25

Portugal, 500€

>>16909598
185€ including VAT

Germany BTFO by Czechs once again.

>>16909630
What did you do anon?

a normal B license in germany costs around 1000-1500€ if your not a retard and fail it atleast 5 times.
OP is a cunt

>>16909679
it can vary a lot by region. berlin is very cheap but smaller cities like op mentioned can easily be above 3000. after all there is no maximum to the pricing

>>16909598
>I heard driving tests and license costs are a joke in America. How much truth is there to this?
somewhat true.
I live in MO
$35
I can drive any motorcycle I want. it's also a class E for driving a tow truck at work

Mine was free through the high school in Canada. Though I had to pay a $50 registration to get my license from an insurance office.

Car license $150
Mid truck license $95
Big Ridgid truck license $95
Commercial passenger license $1500 (work paid for that one)
Heavy recovery license $1300
Forklift license $600 (work paid for that one too)
then I have $500 to renew passengers and recovery every 5 years, which work pays me back $2.50/week or something like that.

It's not bad. It's all shit i need for work.

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>>16909671

This kinda shit.
Someone posted a perfect example not too long ago, but you'll have to take this shitty one, can't really explain it that well.

I'm German and I paid 1200 total.

>>16909701
What? Do I get it right that you failed because you didn't go a perfect circle? Really? I cut corners every day and I did it during my test too.

>>16909598
The license? Or like the tests to get one? License is like, 10 euro a year converted. Tests are about 5 euro for written and 50 euro for practical.

>>16909709

Pretty much yeah, I did it multiple times and just got told to pull over. I understand why though, when some car does this kinda shit and gets uncomfortably close to me I cringe a little.

>>16909709
you're crossing the lane of the left guy

>>16909729
Sure, but going by the red line is dumb too.
>>16909731
There are no lines on junctions in here. So no lines = no crossing.

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>>16909736

Oh the red line is a mistake as well, you're supposed to do something like this.

>>16909736
let me guess you got your license from your buddy Steve down the road.

>>16909740
Interesting. I guess we just don't have that over here. Can you get a ticket for that? (In case I will go to Portugal for holidays again)

>>16909745
No. No I didn't. In fact the overseer was a guy that everybody was afraid of because he WILL kick you out if he thinks you for example don't shift enough etc.

>>16909749
You could probably get a ticket, but don't quote me on that.

>>16909598
Belgium, around 70€. 15 for the theorical, around 35 for the practical, and 20 for the licence itself. I don't understand how fucking retard still take overpriced driving classes.

>>16909630
Poortugal too, I spent about 300€ because I'm from Lisbon

Oh.. so that's why none of the taxi drivers were migrants when I was in cuckland a couple years ago.

>>16909820
No, that's because they don't want to work (they can, they just don't want to).

>>16909598
With a class A CDL with all endorsements and license to dive and go to Mexico and Canada and drive a motorcycle its about 550 USD in my state. the training to get a CDL is about 5000 USD

>>16909828
Talking about taxi drivers specifically - long-running stereotype of taxi drivers in large American cities all being Arab or Indian.

High cost of licensing would be a preventative factor on top of any laws preventing non-citizens from receiving licenses, right?

>>16909819
Damn son that's cheap, I'm in Porto and shit's around 500~
Though I've heard of some schools lowering it down to 300 in the summer so everyone who's about to go to uni gets their license.

>>16909851
But you don't have extremely strong social policy in the US, do you?

800€ without the theory lessons ( France )

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>>16909740

where THE FUCK do you live where GIF related is mandatory?

>>16909859
Depends who you ask, really. Most of them are wrong though.

>>16909865
It's obviously not a perfect 90º turn, though that would be pretty cool to see.

Around 500€ for 1 month of theoretical classes and 10 practical classes 9 years ago in Spain

4500 euros with 28 lessons in the Netherlands, Theory was 30 plus I failed once so 60 total and each exam is like 300 euros

>>16909889
>4500 euros
ok, it stopped being funny long ago.
where will this end, this is RIDICULOUS.
why not flatout banning cars in europe? doesn't need a lot more anyways anymore.

>>16909898
And we haven't had anyone from Denmarcuckland in here yet...

>>16909696
My work just paid for my MC (Road Train) licence. Shit was like $2500.

Ontario, Canada

>pay 80 maple dollars
>have to correctly answer 20 questions (which I just studied the night before, for an hour) in the written test
>be legally able to drive a 4500lbs truck after that

it's actually a bit stupid and careless imho but eh

>>16909898
Because of the barrier to entry cars are cheap as fuck. I know eurofags that bitch about an STI being 1250 euro.
I would pay 4900 ISD for a licence if i could then have a back yard full of cars... an STI that doesnt move (im not joking the transmission was ran out of oil and will go 6 inches forward or backwards then dead stop) goes for 5500 usd, it was on craigslist for a day then sold... classic mussle with no title engine interrior or dash, 15000 usd. Ameriasht DD FWD 5 speed 4 banger from the 90's 3000 usd
Any time you want to trade im down just call up trump an dtell him he is a pumpkin if he doent do this rednecks will hate him.

Lithuania
Used to be 300 euromonies, but now it's 500 because muh taxes

>>16909913
>4500lbs
Thats only 2 tonnes. Some sedans weight that.

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>>16909920
>>16909898
>>16909902
4500 is not even that much here buddy of mine is a slow learner and had +-50 lessons and failed twice so total cost was about 6000 euros.
and first 5 years you get a 'new' driver license so if you ever do get 3 points youre fucked and have to do everything again.
Pic related is my shitbox

>>16909935
>>16909942
fair enough

still

>answer 20 retarded easy traffic questions
>no road test/no other test whatsoever
>"here go ahead and drive away!"

yeah for the first year you have to drive with someone with a full license in the passenger seat but point still stands. its retardely easy and almost careless but I think I prefer that to 4500 eurobucks and weeks of classes

>>16909598
Romania
450$
What is wrong with your german prices

this might take a while, so bear with me... also lots has probably changed, i got my license like a decade ago (god i feel old writing that)


> DQT (driver knoweledge test) (age 16)
> pay a fee to sit test
> if pass, pay another fee to get learners permit

> log driving hours with licensed driver next to you (not P1 or P2), need 50 hours total
> 0.00BAC limit
> 0 demerit points
> limited to 80kmh (50mph)


> DART (Driving ability road test) (after 12 months on learner permit, not including suspensions or cancellations)
> pay a fee, take DART
> roughly 20 minute driving test comprosing hill start, reverse parallel park, 3 point turn, single and multi lane roads, traffic lights, pedestrian crossings, roundabouts
> some things are instafail
> some things are points off your total
> need 85(?) to pass
> if pass, pay another fee, get provisional 1 license

> P1 license
> limit increased to 90kmh (a little over 56mph)
> 0.00BAC limit
> only one passenger under 25 between 11pm and 5am
> no turbos
> no more than 6 cyl
> 4 points on license


> HPT (hazard perception test) (after 12 months on P1, not including suspensions or cancellations)
> pay a fee, take HPT
> computerised test, shows a video of a random traffic scenario, touch screen when you think is safe to complete whatever manouvere
> again, 85 or more to pass
> if pass, pay ANOTHER fee, acquire Provisional 2 license

> Provisional 2 license
> speed limit increased again, 100kmh now (62.5mph)
> 0.00BAC
> passenger restriction lifted
> still no turbo or v8
> 7 points on license


> DQT (driver qualification test) (after 24 months on P2, not including suspensions or cancellations)
> pay a fee, take DQT
> combination of DQT and HPT, but harder questions
> if pass, pay another fee, get NSW drivers license, class C


> C class license
> 4500kg (9900lb) GVM maximum
> 12 seats max including driver
> 0.05BAC limit


and thats just for a fucking NORMAL CAR

>>16909987
what country an/o/n ?

>>16909863
a full permit is something between 1000€ and 1500€. You have 3 years with a learners' permit (6 points) and are supposed to be limited to 100kph (~60mph)

>>16910073
New South Wales, Australia

>>16910079
oh ok
>>16909987
> if pass, pay another fee, get NSW drivers license, class C

I didn't get the hint, thank you

>>16909613
>4000 eurobux
Auch NRW kleinstadt hier, niemand kommt über 1400€. Wo in aller welt bist du?

>>16910101
Vielleicht meinte er mit NRW "Nicht im Rheinland oder sonstwo im Westen"

>>16909598
>I live in Germany and here it can be anywhere from 2500-4000€ in my area.
You have huge social welfare programs that tons of refugee immigrants are using up. So you got to pay for it. And Germany dumped a lot of money into corrupt Greece. What Greece should have done was reverse charge the corrupt people instead of letting them keep the ill-gotten gains.

Cost of the learner's permit: $80-$90 depending on county
Cost of driver's ed if you want a license at 17: varies
Cost of a five hour course to get an unrestricted license at 18: about $40-$50
Road test: First two are free.
Cost of the license you get as an adult for 8 years: $64.25 - $102.50 depending on your age and county you live in

Total cost: $184.25 to $345, not including driver's ed if you want the license a year earlier (costs a few hundred dollars) or cost of gas while learning to drive (minimum hours supervised driving by parent/guardian)

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>>16910141 here
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>>16909709
>I cut corners every day and I did it during my test too.
The only reason you don't hit people like me is because I don't go to the full legal limit of my left turn lane. I assume people like you are going to cut corners so I leave you that room to cheat. Even doing so, there have been a few scary times.

Lmao, last time I renewed my license it cost me 15 dollars. Wtf is Europe smoking.

>>16910143
I think you misunderstood me, I don't go over the "legal limit of your left turn lane" I always leave enough room there. But I don't do the whole "almost right angle" shit.
>>16910148
Renewal is free in here AFAIK.

>>16909598
>Erika
>Mustermann
KERL'D

Passed my driving license in France. Roughly 1200€ total with training and exam both for theory and practice. Could have been less but I had to retake a few hours extra because my practical exam got rescheduled months after the initial date.

Toothpasteland
Getting the VC ard itself printed costs 50 euro
Moped license (50 cc) in 2008, 44 euros because back then it was only a theoretical exam and nothing more. Now people need to do an actual driving exam as well

Car in 2011. 1300 euro for theoretical exam, books for the theoretical exam, 20 driving lessons and the driving exam. I passed in 1 time, so mine was pretty cheap. I have friends who needed up to 66 lessons, and ones that passed after 5 attempts

Motorcycle in 2013. 1100 for theoretical exam, books, 2 driving exams and 18 lessons. Here we need 2 exams for motorcycles. One is a special skills exam in which you need to show stuff like a 5 kph slalom, slow riding between traffic lines, which is walking speed, emergency braking, stuff like that. The other exam is on the road.

I still need to do another motorcycle exam soon. I have A2 now, I'm only allowed to ride bikes up to 35 kW and 0.2kW/kg. The bike also cannot originally have more than 70kW so no neuteres R6 or something. I'm 24 y/o now, so I can get the big boy bike permit after another exam

Jews I tell ya

>>16909598
California, $33 lasts 5 years I think.

>>16909749
>>16909763

Yes, you get a ticket for "dangerous maneuver of change of direction" as you are blocking potential oncoming traffic that might turn right. If you want to go full autist, Article 44 of the portuguese road regulations. Fine ranges 60-300€ depending on the situation, but it's usually 120€.

>>16910155
>up to 66 lessons, and ones that passed after 5 attempts
What the fuck. Do your friends have special needs?

250$, Eastern europe here

>>16909987
>still no turbo or v8
So a NA V12 is OK?

>Stockholm, Sweden
950€ or so, passed theoretical and practical test on the first try. Got six driving lessons but most of them were a waste of time desu, could've done with two or three.

About 1000€ here in Funland

>>16910424
>thinking US driving test is the same as Yurop driving test

a lot of people pass it at first time, but with all the skills tested during a driving test, you could fail it even if you know how to drive.

800 euros in northern Italy, passed the first time

OP is full of shit. I paid 1000€ for my license including dozens of hours of mandatory lessons.

>>16909598
like 800-900 euro with everything, IIRC.

>>16910148
European license prices aren't for the bureaucratic act of printing you a license, they're for dozens of hours of mandatory lessons as well as the exams. I won't have to renew my license until 2033, and in the past licenses NEVER had to be renewed. Renewing a license is a completely different thing from getting a license.

>>16910557
I'm from Germany, bucko. Needing 66 lessons and 5 exams is pure retardation.

2012 - AM, <50cc moped, ~150€ including mandatory lessons and training

2014 - code 200, tractor and road legal utilities ~150€ aswell

2015 - B, car <1000€ aced the written and practical tests, with no extra lessons, so i got it as cheap as i could, also had first aid already from my code 200 license. but the instructor was an old pig.

>>16909598
7$ cuz i was a good boy

>>16909598
Total cost to get a drivers license when I was 16? Probably like $200. Can be even less depending on the state, some have free drivers ed in school.

>>16909598
I paid like 50Usd like why the fuck is it so expensive in Europe?

>>16909598
>B license, only bare minimum driving lessons, 800€
>A license, 1 hour over bare minimum riding lessons, 1086€

Germany, car license was in 2007, bike license last year

>>16909598
France : Between 1300€ to 2000€ for the worst ones

In the US they have to pay 50$ or something and they have to bring their own car

it was not a lot but I got driving lessons because the instructors are able to skip appointments/lines when you take your test so I got my license at the end of the workweek after ~4 days of lessons

It's $36 in my US state.

>>16909598
German here!
I'm 22 and finally got mine. Basically I asked the driving school if I can pay by month with a fixed amount (200€ in my case) which I could afford.
They agreed happily I paid ~1800 in total.

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>Country
Norway

>A1
Motorcycles/mopeds up to 125cc and 15hp
Cost me $1700 at 16 years of age

>B
Standars cars with a total allowed weight of 3.5 tonnes, maximum 9 passengers, and you're allowed to tow 750kg over the limit, or the remainder weight between the car and total limit. Cost me $2200 at 18

>BE
Extension for B, allowed to tow a 3.5 tonne trailer aswell as driving a 3.5 tonne car, whereas with the standard license you'd realistically be restricted to a total of 3.5 tonnes, meaning that for most cars you'd never be allowed to tow more than around 2 tonnes, and that is if the car has an allowed maximum weight of 3.5 tonnes.
Cost me about $1000 at 19

>T
Tractor and trailer up to a total weight of 25 tonnes, and up to 50kph
Cost me nothing, as it was included with my BE

>S
Snowmobiles of any size and class.
Free, provided by my workplace due to working as ski patrol/lift service

>>16909598
I'm from a small town too, I don't know anyone that paid more than 1500.

I paid 2000 for car+motorcycle licenses at once

You're either retarded or trying to bait the other retards into ranting like this one>>16910137

>tfw you did 220kph during highway lessons and never managed to beat that since

Around 1000€ here in Croatia, that includes a medical exam

aprox. €500 here in Romania, including driving lessons, legislation lessons and all needed taxes and papers.

Fortunatelly I was able to pass it on the first try and w/o any bribe. There were folks who just went with extra €100-200 so they'd make sure they pass. Also have a bunch of friends who failed 3 times and gave up.

Which makes me think either was I lucky, either they're a bunch of fucking retards. To this day there are some guys who still don't believe I didn't gave any euroshekel to the cop.

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>>16910892

Just a question, do they allow learners to go to the absolute limit in terms of speed on the autobahn?

>>16911222
Both of my driving/ riding instructors let me go WOT
>golf tdi maxed out at like 185kph
>78hp nakedbike got up to ~180kph

As long as it's save to do so and feel save with you driving

>>16911222
How else are you supposed to learn driving on it?

>>16911222
They pretty much force you to go all out at least once in driving school.
Limits (or lack of) apply to everyone equally, but if you go faster than 130 km/h and crash, you're automatically partially at fault.

>>16911277
You're not actually automatically partially at fault, but you CAN be deemed partially at fault for high speed even though your speed was legal.

About £1250 all in all. £60 for the driving test, £20 for the theory test, and the rest on driving lessons.

In Britain you can get your m8s or your relatives to teach you how to drive so you don't necessarily need to shell out for an instructor. Unfortunately I couldn't get my parents to teach me because they don't know how to drive manual.

What's it like in continental Europe? I hear in most countries paying for a driving instructor is mandatory and not optional?

>>16911282
More importantly: your insurance can nope out if you go way over the recommended speed of 130

>>16911297
Correct. Any random person in an unprepared car isn't deemed qualified enough to teach you to drive and more importantly to keep the rest of public traffic safe while you're doing it. Driving school cars have an extra set of mirrors and an extra set of pedals just for the instructor so he can do emergency brake manouvers.

>>16910457
no... no more than 6 cyl

>>16911282
The burden of proof is reversed. You are partially at fault unless you prove that your speed didn't contribute to the accident in any way. Good luck with that.

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>>16909626
They work m8

>>16911826
especially since dashcams are illegal in germany, physical evidence of speed could easily be used against the driver...

>>16910645
Passed it close to ten years ago, only paid 700€, 20h drive and 30€ for theoretical

Iraq, completely free

Panama - $40

>>16909954
Are you talking about your G1? (First level of auto licence in canada)
You need a person with a full G licence for 4 years in the passenger seat to drive around with a G1.
With a G2 you can drive around by yourself but no 100km/h highways or midnight driving.

Jesus christ.
I paid 60 dollars and I don't have to renew it for 5 years.

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>>16909598

>be spic
>pay alejandro from the automotive and transit department the equivalent of 45 euro cents for an easy and test-less license
>migrate to yurop
>wait a few hours in a line and exchange it for a license that eurofags pay upwards of 10k euros for
>laugh at how the eurocuck word fits them so well

I'm also in Germany and I already have a B licence. I want to get one for bikes as well, but it will cost me at least another 1000 euros (probably more).

Is it possible to go to any other European country and get the motorcycle licence there for cheap?

>>16912725
>With a G2 you can drive around by yourself but no 100km/h highways or midnight driving.

Nope, you can do midnight driving, and you can drive in any highway (at least in Ontario)

https://www.insurancehotline.com/ontario-g2-licence-requirements-and-restrictions/

This thread makes me PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN WHERE AT LEAST I KNOW I'M FREE.
>Go to DMV
>Confirm that I'm not blind
>Fill out some form
>Do a hill start, park, drive through some cones, go drive around the rotary, drive back
>Pay 60 burger points
>Can drive pretty much anything besides big trucks and motorcycles with zero restrictions
>Can renew my license forever

>>16913161
>proud his country has piss poor education standards
Yup, that's an American alright.

>>16913178
>Jelly that his country charges him an entire car's worth of euros so he can drive 1.3l eurobubbles only during the daylight while buying gas for $5/gal
I hope that some day, all deserving euros can understand the pure bliss that is being an American.

>>16909696
Wait, what is considered a mid truck?

>>16913207
>having the highest traffic-related deaths per capita in first world
Yup, that's pure bliss.

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>>16913234
>Yuros
>Lecturing anybody on traffic deaths

>>16913254
>le outdated edgy maymay
Yup, that's not an argument.

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>>16913287
Just like the country you're controlled by is not a country.

>>16913298
>american education showing itself
Yup, that's sad!

>>16913337
Just like European Motorists.

>>16913345
>ur dum and stoopid
Yup, that's about your level.

>>16909598
$35

>>16911694
What about 700hp quad rotor?

>>16909598

Why do EU licenses look like shit?

Anyway in Australia it's like $140 to do the test and get a license.

in California its a 35$ charge for your license, if your 18 no permit needed. if you are under 18 you need a permit for half a year and 3 driving sessions with an instructor.

>tfw can't afford it and it's been for years like it flies right in front of my nose but each time I'm close I need the money to spend on critical things

2150€ ,Copenhagen, Denmark

>>16909987
>NSW P1
>Only drive automatic transmission vehicles, or clutchless manual vehicles, if you took your driving test in this type of vehicle.
I refuse to believe your state has this as law.

>>16909598
Ob du behindert bist?

Ich wohne in Bayern und habe 2200 € für meinen Führerschein insgesamt bezahlt.

Ein Kumpel von mir war auch bei 3000 € für den Führerschein aber die hatten auch in der Fahrschule einen 5er BMW und 2 neue A Klassen und nicht wie bei mir einen Ford Focus und VW Polo

>>16909902
>>16909942

Here he is :

>>16915686

>>16913207
>the pure bliss that is being an American
Yeah, ignorance is bliss.

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>>16911256
YO WTF
WHY WAS I BORN IN BURGERLAND HOLY SHIT I'M JEALOUS

>>16909740
>>16909701
you do realize if there's someone on the opposite side going left as well and you're both doing that red line turn you'll have a nice little crash, right

>>16911297
whoa how many hours of lessons did you do? and how do your parents not know how to drive manual?

i did 13 hours of lessons at something like £25 per hour (can't remember exactly now) and practised lots. even took the test in my mum's car.

thought you're meant to have 35 hours of experience or something, and ~£1200 worth of lessons is tons

Germany, Niedersachsen
€1,400

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>>16909598
paying for your license? AHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA

Bit over €1000.

When I did mine the driving lesson prices were set by the government at €45/h or so, shortly afterwards the driving instructor's union successfully lobbied the government to do away with this, saying it would raise competition, and prices immediately shot up to over €60.
However you need to take part in a mandatory driver's safety course after two years setting you back another €200.

I'm surprised at how many lessons some people in this thread had to take, the legal minimum here is 16 hours and honestly that's plenty enough if you're not a girl.

$16 but insurance is required

>>16909598
Germany 1300€

>2500-4000
>Wenn man sich übern Tisch ziehen lässt

in texas, when I took the test, it was less than $100 (iirc), and there was no driving portion. Just about 15 questions on a test and that's it.

>thanks "parent taught" driving!

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>>16909598

Finnish driver here. I paid about 2500€ (about 2700$) for my driver license. It takes about 20 hours of theoretical classes and 30 hours of driving classes to get the license. That's probably why it costs so much here in Finland.

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>>16918468

Also truck license costs about 2000€ after you have already got the car license and turned 21. But you can't just drive truck or semi in Finland with only license. You need so called "Tavaraliikennelupa" which translates to "transport licence". This costs about 10000-15000€. It depends if you have already got your semi truck license. Because you can't drive semi with only truck license.

BUT you can get all of these for free in Finnish Defence Forces if they choose you to drive trucks. All Finnish men have to go to army when they turn 18 and many guys who are planning to drive truck for living choose to go to transportation in army. But not all are of course chosen...

Yeah I know. Finland sucks and is probably one of the most expensive places to live...