Yup, that is correct..5.30am. You are 1st asked to take the Highway code..the red bearded policeman points to a sign and you tell him the answer and after 6 signs or so, he tells you to go.If you fail at this stage...you should not drive at all.
Then comes the next stage of the test..if you do not go for lessons, you will fail,this I can gurantee. The test at this stage is where you are asked to do the "L "parking and then the "pocket" parking. Why the "pocket"parking, I wonder..because it is never done at all if you ever drive in Qatar. You have to reverse into a "pocket".Yup, into a "pocket" and you cannot go forward or backward to get inside the "pocket". And you cannot hit the pole...once you hit the pole, the tester fails you.
So after this stage..you wait for the results..if you pass this stage, your name is called and you are bundled into a mini bus with 20 others for the driving test. This driving test is a "JOKE". You are asked to drive around for about less than 5 mins..you get out of the mini bus into a car and the tester (policeman) points to the right/left and you have to follow his directions.
So after about an hour all 20 of you finshed the test, and you go back to the driving school (also the test center)and wait for the results. The result is announced by someone from the driving school...usually, all the failures are announced first and then the successful ones.
So you have passed the test..you come the next day armed with a e-cash card of 250 to the driving school and hey..you now have a Qatar D/L.
So al in all, the whole test takes about 4 hours from 5.30am to 9.30am. So GOOD Luck to all.
BTW, why is our SIN Embassy not fighting to get our SIN licence recognised by the Qatar police.
Yup, that is correct..5.30am. You are 1st asked to take the Highway code..the red bearded policeman points to a sign and you tell him the answer and after 6 signs or so, he tells you to go.If you fail at this stage...you should not drive at all.
Then comes the next stage of the test..if you do not go for lessons, you will fail,this I can gurantee. The test at this stage is where you are asked to do the "L "parking and then the "pocket" parking. Why the "pocket"parking, I wonder..because it is never done at all if you ever drive in Qatar. You have to reverse into a "pocket".Yup, into a "pocket" and you cannot go forward or backward to get inside the "pocket". And you cannot hit the pole...once you hit the pole, the tester fails you.
So after this stage..you wait for the results..if you pass this stage, your name is called and you are bundled into a mini bus with 20 others for the driving test. This driving test is a "JOKE". You are asked to drive around for about less than 5 mins..you get out of the mini bus into a car and the tester (policeman) points to the right/left and you have to follow his directions.
So after about an hour all 20 of you finshed the test, and you go back to the driving school (also the test center)and wait for the results. The result is announced by someone from the driving school...usually, all the failures are announced first and then the successful ones.
So you have passed the test..you come the next day armed with a e-cash card of 250 to the driving school and hey..you now have a Qatar D/L.
So al in all, the whole test takes about 4 hours from 5.30am to 9.30am. So GOOD Luck to all.
BTW, why is our SIN Embassy not fighting to get our SIN licence recognised by the Qatar police.