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When I moved to Spain, Iâd had my US license for 15 years, and had put hundreds of thousands of miles on three different cars while traveling cross-country. I had also driven countless rental cars both in the US and Europe. I had a stellar driving record.Â
When I moved to Spain I had to go through the process of getting a driverâs license from zero, as the US and Spain donât have a bilateral agreement to allow the exchange of one license for the other. At the time, I didnât think it would be a big deal. Having to take the written test would force me to learn the road signs and vocabulary in Spanish, which would be useful, and having to take the practical test would require that I get better at driving an automatic transmission.