Egypt driving and Texas driving license

[ak3 0]

Hi everyone,

My husband has been here for 6 months or so and he doesn't have his license yet but he needs it to search for a nicer job. I was wondering how your spouses got their licenses. We are trying to figure out whether to go to a school or if there is a limit on the amount of times to take the test by just looking at the books rules. I kindof feel more comfortable with the school thing just based on his driving skills but I was hoping for some advice from those with egyptian husabnds and what they did. THanks for any replies.

[sarah and hicham 3]

Hicham drove in Morocco and had his license here but we practiced a lot here before he got his license and he drove pretty much everywhere we went. I would say if your husband didn't drive before he got here then unless you have a lot of patience he might want to do a driving school.

[I love Ashraf 0]

I think he might need to go to a driving school

[ak3 0]

he had a license in egypt and he drives here sometimes....the biggest problem is that he needs to follow the rules and he doesnt know them. He wants to just take the test ...thats fine with me but I worry that he is not taking it serious and I dont want him to get in an accident.

[sarah and hicham 3]

he had a license in egypt and he drives here sometimes....the biggest problem is that he needs to follow the rules and he doesnt know them. He wants to just take the test ...thats fine with me but I worry that he is not taking it serious and I dont want him to get in an accident.

Hicham got his permit first by passing the written exam. He studied the driving guide for CA and whenever we drove I would tell him rules if he didn't know them already.

[JODO 2]

he had a license in egypt and he drives here sometimes....the biggest problem is that he needs to follow the rules and he doesnt know them. He wants to just take the test ...thats fine with me but I worry that he is not taking it serious and I dont want him to get in an accident.

Hicham got his permit first by passing the written exam. He studied the driving guide for CA and whenever we drove I would tell him rules if he didn't know them already.

That's pretty much what we did too Sarah. I got tired of driving him around and I made it very clear to him that driving in Egypt was not like driving here.

[sarah and hicham 3]

Haha JODO- yeah you pretty much have to tell them that if they drive like they do back home here, then things are going to get ugly, fast.

[JODO 2]

Haha JODO- yeah you pretty much have to tell them that if they drive like they do back home here, then things are going to get ugly, fast.

Yep.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Hi everyone,

My husband has been here for 6 months or so and he doesn't have his license yet but he needs it to search for a nicer job. I was wondering how your spouses got their licenses. We are trying to figure out whether to go to a school or if there is a limit on the amount of times to take the test by just looking at the books rules. I kindof feel more comfortable with the school thing just based on his driving skills but I was hoping for some advice from those with egyptian husabnds and what they did. THanks for any replies.

Well my husband already had years of experience driving, and the traffic laws in his country are much the same as here, so he didn't have a hard time making the transition to driving on our roads.

He spent about a week studying the sample test in the back of the Texas Drivers Handbook, and then went in and passed his test on the first try. (We are in San Antonio.)

In fact, the DPS trooper was very nice -- first he asked my husband where he is from. Of course Mahmoud answers "I am Balestinian" and then the guy smiles and says "Kief haaaaaalak !" Apparently the trooper served in the military during the first Gulf war. He told my husband "Don't worry -- you will have your driver's license toDAY ! Yalla drive !" And Mahmoud passed just fine

Good luck to your husband -- hope it's as easy and friendly as my husband's experience ! Just tell him to know all those dayum questions in the back of the book.

-MK