In the United States, getting a car driver's license is a common thing.

The United States is a vast and sparsely populated area, and urban centers are usually inhabited by low-income groups, except for some commercial facilities and basic facilities. The majority of the population chooses to live in suburbs that are far away from the city and have a more beautiful environment. With far less public transportation than in China, not being able to drive without a license almost means you can't get around in the United States.

Therefore, in the DMV in the United States (similar to the Chinese DMV), you can often see a lot of foreign faces, coming to apply for a driver's license or license a new car for the first time.

But an applicant like Yu Xiaochun, who drives a brand-new Mercedes-Benz SL400 roadster, probably won't be able to meet one for a year or two.

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Yu Xiaochun had applied for a U.S. driver's license when he was studying in the United States before, so he was familiar with the process. In the United States, young people over the age of 16 can apply to take the traffic rules test, and after passing it, they must be issued a "learner's permit", that is, as long as they are accompanied by a licensed adult, they can boldly go on the road to practice driving - this is the real road killer! Then, after the different study periods in each state, you can go to the DMV to sign up for the road test.

Yu Xiaochun followed this process at that time. Compared with the domestic driving school system and multiple rounds of tests, the issuance of a driver's license in the United States is really much simpler, perhaps considering the actual national conditions that it will be difficult to move without a car. After graduating and returning to China, Yu Xiaochun directly replaced his American driver's license with a Chinese driver's license, saving a lot of trouble. The U.S. driver's license is valid for five years, and although his driver's license has expired, when he comes back, he can go directly to the DMV to take the written test and road test without going through the study period with his Chinese driver's license.

Today's written test and road test were booked half a month ago, and I thought that it was during the Thanksgiving holiday that the Rockets stayed in Houston and had no game assignments for three consecutive days, which was just used to solve these personal matters. The test car was not booked at the time of the appointment, and it was solved when Eric Gordon lent his Mercedes Benz sports car to Yang Yiming indefinitely. Yu Xiaochun didn't even make any preparations, only did half an hour of mock questions about traffic rules, and according to the appointed time, he came to the DMV with confidence to take the exam.

The written test did go smoothly, it was all multiple-choice questions, Yu Xiaochun made a mistake in one question, but passed without danger.

After waiting for a while, it's time to start the final step of the road test.

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The format of the road test is very similar to that in China. Each examiner will be assigned a DMV examiner who will accompany them throughout the process, giving instructions along the way, which the examiner will be required to complete. There is no fixed test item for road tests in the United States, such as uphill starts, but the examiner has a lot of authority to decide whether a test taker passes or fails at will!

Yu Xiaochun's examiner is a typical American fat man. African-American, middle-aged woman of age, about 1.70 meters tall, weighs... It's hard to estimate. Anyway, the widest part of the body is about 1.70 meters. Walking from the gate of the DMV to Yu Xiaochun's parking place for a distance of more than ten meters, she shook and walked as if it had been a century!

Although she waited a little impatiently, Yu Xiaochun still maintained her politeness, and before the fat woman examiner approached, she ran outside the co-pilot in advance and opened the car door, and asked her to get into the car with a smile.

"You go back to the car first." The fat woman waved the scoreboard in her hand and motioned for Koharu to close the car door.

"Excuse me? What do you mean..."

The fat woman waved the scoreboard again, this time not bothering to speak.

Yu Xiaochun didn't dare to ask again, so he had to close the co-pilot door, obediently sit back in the driver's seat, and wait for instructions.

"Hit the turn signal." Fat women call the shots.

It turned out to be this part, and Yu Xiaochun almost forgot about it. The examiner routinely checks the basic condition of the vehicle before setting off to ensure that there are no native safety issues on the road. He hurriedly complied, started the car, played the left turn signal for two or three seconds, changed to a right turn, and finally reset.

The fat woman wrote a few strokes on the piece of paper clipped to the scoreboard and ordered, "Emergency lights." ”

Emergency warning lights?

"Emergency Warning Light!"

Yu Xiaochun, who was rushed, thought that the emergency warning light was probably what the Chinese often called "double flashing", so he randomly pressed the triangle button in the middle of the center control panel, ready to resign himself to fate.

The fat woman wrote a few more strokes. Yu Xiaochun let out a sigh of relief, probably right.

"Marker light!"

The rush order is here again!

What is a marker light? To be precise, Yu Xiaochun probably knew that the marker light was the "small light" used to show the width and position of the vehicle when it was not completely dark, but this $100,000 high-end sports car had always been driven by Jose before, and he was the first day to drive, where to figure out which one was the marker light in the dazzling buttons!

"Marker light, okay..."Yu Xiaochun pretended to promise to delay time, and looked down wildly.

Fat woman taps on the scoreboard with a pen.

Yu Xiaochun was sweating profusely, but there was still no result. In a moment of nervousness, he suddenly remembered that Jose had driven this car to carry him that day, and when he passed a bridge hole, the lights came on on his own. Automatic lighting system, he said. That's right!

"Report to the examiner, this marker light is automatically on."

"You come down!"

Get down?

The fat woman pointed to the headlights of Danfeng's eyes, as if a teacher was teaching a student, and said to Yu Xiaochun, who got out of the car obediently, without anger, "Automatically?" If it's raining on a sunny day now, can't you turn it on? That is a potential safety hazard, and if there is a hidden danger, you can't take the exam! ”

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It was easy to find, and Yu Xiaochun finally turned on the marker light manually. The control of the lights is located on the left rear panel of the steering wheel, which is set to automatic mode, and by adjusting the knob, you can switch to night walking, profiling, and closing mode. The fat woman also examined the effect of the car's fog lights, which were also controlled by additional buttons in this area.

Everything is ready, and it's finally time to go.

Just wait...

Just wait for the examiner to get on the bus!

The fat woman can't get in the car!

The first time, the roof of the convertible was too low, and the fat woman got into her head first, and she couldn't move her body. The second time, Yu Xiaochun lowered the hood, and her butt got into the car first, but her legs were still stuck outside, and there was no room to move in. The third time, he retreated the co-pilot's seat to the deepest, the fat woman's legs were put on the car first, while holding the co-pilot's door, grabbing the windshield with one hand, plus Yu Xiaochun helped to push, so that her body was also placed on the seat!

The poor fat woman, like a baby ostrich born in the eggshell of a quail, was stuffed in the passenger seat, unable to move.

But Yu Xiaochun didn't have time to consider her feelings, at the moment he just wanted to end the road test as soon as possible, get out of the car to check if the co-pilot's door was broken by her in the "Overlord Hard Bow" show just now!

One was not paying attention, and he missed the "Yield" sign at a right-turn fork.

According to the traffic regulations in the United States, drivers need to slow down and observe at intersections where there is a "give way" and only enter if they confirm that there is no right of way. Yu Xiaochun obviously didn't see it, and drove directly through the right-turn intersection, and was greeted by the driver in the straight lane, and the fat woman broke off.

"Let go first, you have to give way to the right-of-way vehicle first, you have passed the written test, remember?"

Yu Xiaochun hurriedly admitted his mistake.

"If you make one more mistake, you won't pass." The fat woman was so squeezed that she couldn't take any more notes, so she had to give a serious warning.

Yu Xiaochun couldn't reply, at this time he was engrossed, his palms were sweating, and he didn't dare to make the slightest mistake. I took a low turn on the street outside the DMV office building, and the car was about to drive back to the parking lot. The parking lot was on the left side of their driving direction, and Yu Xiaochun observed that there was a yellow dotted line in the middle of the road, so he could turn directly around, so he turned on the turn signal and slowed down.

There was no oncoming traffic in the opposite lane.

There was only one family, two adults pulling two bouncing little girls, walking in the same direction as Yu Xiaochun on the sidewalk on the left, and there were still a few meters to reach the intersection of the parking lot.

"No car, turn around!" The fat woman reminded him.

Turn?!

Yu Xiaochun suddenly thought of something, and stepped on the brakes of the SL400 at the moment when the front of the car crossed the yellow dotted line in the center. In any case, give way to pedestrians! Fat Woman's Instruction Is A Scam Test!

He waved for the family on the sidewalk across the street to go first, and the other smiled back to express his gratitude.

"Park the car and you're good to go. You passed. The fat woman's tone on the side finally softened a little.

It's really a matter of success or failure!

"Don't pick me up, I passed the test. I'll go find you directly. After stopping the car and getting the fat woman out of the car again, Yu Xiaochun immediately called the driver Jose and informed him of the good news. José picks up Meritis, and the three of them make an appointment to go together to make purchases for the next day's Thanksgiving party. According to the plan in case the driver's license test fails, the two of them can only come to DMV to take over Yu Koharu's Mercedes-Benz SL400 first.

"Come on, Meritis is looking for you urgently."

"What's the urgency?"

She said that a Chinese company contacted the club and wanted to talk to Yang Yiming about advertising endorsements.

Advertising endorsements? Yang Yiming is indeed getting better and better in the NBA, and Yu Xiaochun also thought that there would be such a possibility, but he never expected it to come so quickly!

"I'll rush over here!"

"Slow down, novice driver."