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I compiled 40,000+ driving test questions for 11 countries. What do you think?

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Re: I compiled 40,000+ driving test questions for 11 countries. What do you think?

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Assuming the declaration is true, great job! There's a "but", though: I get a (rather ugly) 404 error if I click on my state without selecting a country first. It wasn't obvious to me that I had to select United States in the first dropdown since the second dropdown already had the fifty states loaded it. You should disable the second dropdown until a country is selected, or better yet don't even show it until the us…

Thank you very much for mentioning your issue, I greatly appreciate it. I will fix this. Yes, the declaration is true. Took a lot of time! There is roughly 200 questions per US state per vehicle type. Plus questions for other countries.

Cheers

Re: I compiled 40,000+ driving test questions for 11 countries. What do you think?

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My biggest worry is that people may rely too much on this instead of, you know, RTFM, by which they'll learn a lot of useful stuff, especially those concerning safety.

Agreed. Some people view as this as a replacement to a manual and others as a complement to a manual. Bottom line, I wish I had this resource 10 years ago when I wrote my driving test, the content is free, and the website (and especially the apps) do a much better job of engaging 16 years old than a manual will ever do.

So, how are you making money out of this? I also see a section for car insurance, but I saw nothing even after selecting a country.

Re: I compiled 40,000+ driving test questions for 11 countries. What do you think?

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Looks fantastic, good work! One state is missing from Australia: Australian Capital Territory, which has it's own test and rules. Having that would be of particular use to a lot of people I know :)

Thanks! The Australian Capital Territory is one of the next states on our list. Much appreciated for your comment

Re: I compiled 40,000+ driving test questions for 11 countries. What do you think?

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post #6

My biggest worry is that people may rely too much on this instead of, you know, RTFM, by which they'll learn a lot of useful stuff, especially those concerning safety.

Agreed. Some people view as this as a replacement to a manual and others as a complement to a manual. Bottom line, I wish I had this resource 10 years ago when I wrote my driving test, the content is free, and the website (and especially the apps) do a much better job of engaging 16 years old than a manual will ever do.

You need to select a country and state. The content is free and I monetize through ads

Re: I compiled 40,000+ driving test questions for 11 countries. What do you think?

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Selected my state without selecting a country and I got a 404. The states dropdown was populated for US, so I assumed I could skip selecting my country.

Thanks for mentioning this. I will fix the issue. Much appreciated

Re: I compiled 40,000+ driving test questions for 11 countries. What do you think?

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"Select you Country" doesn't work at all. Gives me nothing. Design looks like the 'era after geocities' when the ability to create gradients was first invented...

I'm really not trying to bash you. Initiative is always good, but who decides this is first page material? It has 10 pts and 17 comments... I've been noticing lately that there is a huge amount of trash coming into HN rather than what I am used to being over-the-top, higher-quality-than-usual news and/or products.

Re: I compiled 40,000+ driving test questions for 11 countries. What do you think?

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"Select you Country" doesn't work at all. Gives me nothing. Design looks like the 'era after geocities' when the ability to create gradients was first invented... I'm really not trying to bash you. Initiative is always good, but who decides this is first page material? It has 10 pts and 17 comments... I've been noticing lately that there is a huge amount of trash coming into HN rather than what I am used to being ove…

Same here. Checked in Chrome and IE. The drop down is not working.
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