Russian roulette
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In Russia every driver has to undergo a stringent test of his physical and mental conditions before he or she is allowed to learn to drive. Instruction on a six-month course includes vehicle mechanism and first aid as well as driving. It costs £77.
Loading the dice, examiners often try to confuse candidates during test and sometimes tell them to do something illegal. If this smacks of the KGB, forced confessions and Siberia, it could be worse. The luckless driver who falls into the trap merely has to take the test again a week later.
For the first two years after passing the test, the driver must display a special plate and is limited to 44mph outside towns instead of the 56 mph that is the limit for others except on motorways. Speeding is a serious offence.