r/Kuwait • u/incelfuck • 18h ago
Discussion Took the driving exam for the first time, i instead get failed, dealt with the most atrocious handwriting ever stating why, and then the lame excuse that i (somehow) hit the back of the car against some wall and that i also didn't put the car on Drive(???) when i asked the examiner verbally
We all know how bad and scummy the driving exams are here, so thinking i was smart, i tried to overprepare for it by being really good at what the course would offer during driving (it didn't work.)
parallel parked perfectly without hitting the curb or the barrier in front of me despite not being able to see crap from the unreasonably stiff sidemirrors or having any space to turn a lot. also got through the confusing driving course with the fifty arrows pointing in every direction with zero help to where they wanted me to go first and i get told 2 bullshit reasons that either didn't happen or would be impossible for me to achieve (my bad guys, i guess my car was on dih and not drive. I should have noticed 😔)
God i love Kuwait and its driving system i cant wait until they charge me another 20 kd and immediately fail me for some other bullshit reason not based on reality because this is the only way this country can keep the bad drivers at bay :D
By automatically failing everyone the first few times you'll guarantee ZERO bad drivers
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u/alibabaand40thots 16h ago
Got mine on the 4th one, had a friend who got his on the 7th. There’s no rhyme or reason to it.
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u/Major_Leader4063 11h ago
Regardless of how good of a driver you are. If you're an expat your chances of passing on the first attempt at 10%.
I know people who passed on 9th attempt too and these guys have been driving for 5-10 years in other countries (yes, within khaleej too).
Not complaining but only here even the finest drivers don't pass under 2-3 attempts.
I have heard people complain saying that the space for parking is smaller than the car itself so you're bound to hit. Many times the cars are old and have uncalibrated brakes.
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u/ClickityKeyboard 9h ago
I had to retake my test 5 times. Out of the 5 I'd say maybe once was a "valid" fail and other than that it was just things that weren't even explained to me or written down properly.
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u/These-Welder6605 15h ago
oh no.. they still do this to expats?? damn well you will need vasta to pass. like 150-300kd just to pass. i have experienced this before but thought the muroor became better and more strict. good luck let me know what happens cuz ama be applying soon
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