My Shiny New Cook Islands License

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 | Life

So I have a shiny new class AB drivers license that I can use in many
countries as a full license. It has the most god awful picture on it, so you know it’s authentic! Anywho, figured you would want to know how to get your own license from this wonderfully small island.

How to get a motorcycle license on Cook Islands in 10 easy steps~

1) Rent Scooter. Yes, this is the first step, because if you first went to the police station to talk to them they would tell you to go rent a scooter.

2) Make sure you can fucking ride it… I mean it’s an automatic scooter… Not real tricky…

3) Stand in line at the police station and fill out the forms that are stacked up by where you are standing in line.

4) Show them a license from any other country (doing this lets you skip the written test even if your license was not for a motorcycle to begin with).

5) Pay $15 NZD ($5 for the written test you are supposedly taking, and $10 for the license / road test)

6) Walk up to police officer outside and he will tell you to drive around the block and then turn right at the stop sign and go around a roundabout and back to the station. He tells you to be sure you are using your turn signals and then make sure to turn them off after you turn, and also tells you to come to a complete stop at the stop sign.

7) Drive around the block with cop following you, and then hope it starts pouring so that he closes the test early and just tells you to go back to the station.

8) Stand in line again (getting a license is about the ONLY thing the police station does here, and they close on Sundays… if you need something after hours you need to call the police at home.

9) Stand in front of place where they take your photo for several minutes until they say, ok it’s done and you then get a shiny new drivers license.

10) Go back to your own country and drive around being a road hazard until an officer pulls you over, then you can give them your totally valid license, and tell them to put the fine on that :)

               

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