Not only did he smoke in the car, and thus filled my lungs with toxic matter, but he also screamed whenever I did what the other drivers were doing.

It was not easy, I tell you! The car I drove was far from perfect. The clutch was busted so I seldom knew when I was in the first gear. The wheel gave strange tic-tack noise under a certain angle.

Serbia prides itself in having really tough and conscientious police officers. And the police officers we had at the exam were such. They did their job by the book. If someone did resemble his own photograph in the ID, the law- and-order uniform did not allow him to take the exam, let alone pass it.

Thus the result of the exam was a longhaired boy became skinhead in 20 minutes, a bearded guy lost his beard in less than an hour... There were threats to burn down the school. But the exam must go on and there was nothing that could stop it.