The hoopla required for even adults who have driven for years to prove their "road-worthiness" here is truly ridiculous.
But Jeremy couldn't stop grilling the instructor, who said that 7 out of 10 people like us, who had driven for years, passed the first time out, barring anything extraordinary, like the involvement of a particular examiner the instructor had tangled with in the past.
And then the Fiat 500 came as a reference: the car that his father was driving when a near-fatal accident almost killed him and the car that Arad himself has driven for years.
Oscar Ruiz, a 32-year-old from Guatemala who has driven for 14 years, said: "Every week is a struggle.
Now that the weather is finally warm, it would seem prime time on old-fashioned ice cream truck routes like the one Ms. Campanella has driven for 28 years, the one her late father, Angelo, drove for 50 years.
"Dad gets to drive the same truck he has driven for 10 years, Mom gets to have the new home she has always wanted, and they travel together," Mr. Dickenson said.
For those who have driven for several years, they will have to backpay the registration fees.
Button is also known to be unhappy about the lack of respect he feels he has been afforded by a team for whom he has driven for five years, during which time he has won eight races.
I would have my doubts if someone who has driven for 10 years without ever having an airbag deploy writes a book, starts an organization and launches a social movement to oppose airbags as a government conspiracy.
For Mr. Pineda, who has a green card and has driven for nearly six years, the hope is to continue until he can become a United States citizen and bring his family here.
