Monday, March 27, 2006

Stoopid license questions

As promised, here are a selection of stoopid German license questions:

Q: Immediately before setting off you have felt very angry and you are furious. What is right?
  1. You should not drive when you are furious.
  2. You set off and get rid of your anger while driving.


Q: You had to follow a car travelling rather slowly on a country road for some time. This annoyed you and you can finally overtake. What do you do?
  1. You reprimand the dawdling driver by cutting in front of him after overtaking.
  2. You control your annoyance and overtake. You keep a sufficient distance, also when changing back into the right-hand lane.


Q: What do you think of drivers who travel too fast under pressure of time and do not observe speed regulations?
  1. One should be indulgent towards them since they are in a hurry.
  2. Pressure of time is no justification for ignoring traffic regulations.


Q: You are overtaking a queue of cars on the autobahn. A car approaching very fast is pushing you. The driver flashes his headlights and uses his direction indicator to show that you should clear his way. What do you do?
  1. You teach the jostling driver a lesson and intentionally reduce your speed.
  2. ...
  3. ...


Q: Your vehicle loses oil. How much drinking water can be polluted by a single drop of oil? Up to:
  1. 600 litres
  2. 50 litres
  3. 1 litre


Q: A car with a young driver has stopped next to you at a red traffic light. He is playing with his accelerator and obviously intends to start first and shake you off when the lights change. How do you react?
  1. You take up the challenge and try to do the same.
  2. You ignore the challenge, remain cool and let the other car drive off.


Q: What should you avoid for reasons of environmental protection?
  1. Letting the engine warm up when the vehicle is stationary.
  2. Unnecessary trips.
  3. Loud music with windows open.
(PS: The last option is one of the correct ones!)

Q: What must you reckon with when elderly people are crossing the roadway?
  1. The do not always pay attention to vehicle traffic.
  2. The often stop abruptly on the roadway.
  3. The often turn back in the middle of the roadway.


Q: Driving at night to the next discotheque by car, a group of young men and women wants to keep spirits high during the journey. They thus sing exuberantly, laugh and turn up the volume on the car radio. How should the driver of the car react in such a situation?
  1. Join in to avoid being a spoilsport.
  2. The driver responsible for safety must distance himself from the group in such a case and ask his passengers not to divert his attention.
  3. Further heat up the high spirits of the group by driving risky manoeuvres.


That's enough for now. There are many more, but I think you get the picture. :)

Tschüß,
'Brush

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I don't think you could have written a better joke email if you tried... this could become the next email joke chain letter!

I esp. like the one about taking up the challenge at the lights :D.

So what's the answer to the drop of oil one?!

Oh, I am probably coming to Europe for a holiday in August!!! Not sure if will be able to stop over in Germany... but if not, you're welcome to come to Greece for a break!

George

'Brush and Bel said...

600 liters.

Anonymous said...

If i believed for a second they were real questions I'd be living in your spare bedroom. That is, if you HAVE a spare bedroom.

'Brush and Bel said...

We have a spare bedroom, and they are real questions.

There are plenty more that are hiliarious, some because of translation, others becasue they just seem like strange things to ask.

I hated the mechanical ones (no and not because I am a girl - I can do all the thinge to a car that the average person needs to - jump start (roll start etc), change tyres, check oil and water, tyre pressure...) But questions about why you car pulls left when braking and so on are dumb - I don't need to self diagnose my car. If I take it to the mecahnic and say my car pulled left when I braked, I think its due to damage to by right rear suspension they will look at me like I am an idiot
B