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Monday, October 16, 2006

09:36 - How I got my license...

I had to get my driving license one day. It turned out that day was a really bad one.

Nothing new about the licensing process as such. I mean there was the "test" of course (for namesake), but nothing testing about it.

So the journey started at 9 in the morning with me arriving at the famous R.T.O. office(which also happens to be a famous landmark/bus stop). We (we, as in, the batch of people from the school through which I got trained for this test : about 10 of them) had to head off to the nearby beach (which was the thiruvanmiyur beach) where the test would be.
So we get ready for the 'officer' to arrive and approve us of our driving skills. But our Govt officiail(TM) takes his time and he arrived at the 'scence' at about 11 30. It was a nice little 3 hour dry summer that we had.

The test starts. And it ends. Quick. For the motor cycle(with gear) we had to do a '8' and for the LMV(Light Motor Vehicle) : car, a simple 100 mts straight drive.

He could have as well just given us the license instead of making us wait in the sun for so long.

This done, I had to go stand in 3 queues to get the forms signed and for a photo of me, all of which left me with the license in my hand at about 2:30 : A total of 6 hours !

I was exhausted. All the sun and no lunch had given into a stingy headache (which would later turn into fever and stay a week)

All's done. I need not go through this ordeal for the next 20 years. And I hope by then the process would be easier and the traffic would not be as haphazard as it is now.

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