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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's our APs lack of ability to do anything that makes us nervous about allowing her to drive. We have taken her out in our car several times and DH decides to wait to see if she'd pass the US test. [/quote]

Honestly, passing the US test does not mean anything.  We have been hosting AP from weak driving countries for a few years now and we do not rely on (a) home country DL or (b) US State DL.  Passing US test demonstrates a minimum skill level.  We do not let the AP drive alone and certainly not our kids until the AP passes our test which includes technical driving, rule of the road driving, and figuring out directions.  We test them by giving them a list of destinations in the area and we ride along to see if they make any moving violations, understand the layout of main roads, get us to the destinations, how they handle getting lost (if they are calm or freaking out) and their problem solving skills to get themselves back in the right direction, drive in day time and at night, park on street and in lots ... without the use of GPS.  If they can complete the circuit safely, then we hand over the car keys.  If they don't, we keep testing.  It is a huge investment of time.

We tell our AP at interview stage that getting a State DL does not automatically mean they can drive OUR car.[/quote]

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