The hardest bit of the IAM test looks to be the 20mph through the centre of Linlithgow, reading out every roadsign, hazard etc while keeping speed between 18 and 20 mph

My God! They actually ask you Scots to demonstrate that you know how to drive in order to get a license!

Over here, they try to ascertain that you are still warm and breathing, and then test to make sure you know how to parallel park and that you know useful things like what the maximum allowable length of a towing rope is, then they turn you loose.

I wonder what the statistics are on number of traffic deaths per 100,000 miles are, comparing U.S. to Britain or Scotland? Probably an apples and oragnes comparison, though, given differences in roads, speed limits, and vehicles. Nonetheless, the idea of actually driving someplace surrounded by competent drivers is intriguing.

tanstaafl.