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How to get Singapore Driving Licence?
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Excerpted from the website description:
- In order to drive in Singapore involves several steps which have to be completed before a citizen can ultimately drive. In addition to the typical driving license, a Certificate of Entitlement (CoE) is required, costing several thousand Singapore dollars. This permits the vehicle to be driven for a period of 10 years after which, the vehicle must be scrapped. Certain roads in Singapore also undergo toll charging, under Singapore's Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) system. These two measures have been implemented by the Singaporean government in order to counteract the issue of congestion within the state, increasing the appeal of public transport such as the MRT.
In Singapore, traffic drives on the left and is the same in neighbouring Malaysia which also drives to the left. Both the neighbouring countries were under British colonial rule and drive on the left as is done in the United Kingdom and its former British colonies. These countries usually drive on the left with notable exceptions being Canada and several colonies in Africa. Therefore, there is no crossover at the border as is the case between Hong Kong and mainland China, Thailand and Laos, and between a few other countries.
The per capita car ownership rate in Singapore is 12 cars per 100 people. This compares with the per capita rate of 46 cars per 100 people in Australia.[1] In 2005, Singapore had the 24th highest per capita gross domestic product. For the same year, Australia was 20th in the world.[2]
Class 3/3A A class 3 or class 3A license permits the holder to drive motorcars weighing less than 3000kg when unladen and may not carry more than 7 passengers, excluding the driver. In addition, the holder may drive a motor tractor or other motor vehicles with an unladen weight of less than 2500kg. A class 3A license limits the holder to drive motor vehicles without a clutch pedal, typically automatic transmission cars, whereas a class 3 license allows the holder to drive all motor vehicles. Drivers holding a class 3A license will not be qualified to drive manual transmission cars. [3]
Drivers must be 18 years old in order to qualify for a license including applying for theory lessons. Once a driver passes the Basic Driving Theory Test, he or she must apply for a Provisional Driving License (PDL), which lasts for one year, before taking practical driving lesson. However, a student can choose to apply and pass the Final Theory test before he/she applies for PDL and starts driving lesson. The last stage of obtaining a driving license is the practical driving test which student must have a passed FTT result slip and a PDL.
The Basic Driving Theory Test (BTT) and Final Driving Theory Test (FTT) each contains 50 questions and last for 50 minutes, in order to pass the tests, one has to get at least 45 out of the 50 questions to be correct. The result will be shown immediately after the test on the same touchscreen monitor. There are some websites offering online question banks which students can use them for practice. sgdriving.net. is one of them.
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