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A lot of people, including me, once desired to get the driving license. It seemed relatively easy, one thought: 'I will make the course, go and take the exam successfully and receive the small pinkish book with PL letters on the front page.' Nothing more ridiculous. Only a few years ago such a plan was possible to be carried out, however, this is not so simple nowadays in Poland. Polish Department of Transport keeps to be the bane of our life. Recently the things have gone into extreme. It is almost impossible to pass the driving test straight away, it takes people months to make it. Interestingly, the problem lies not in the difficulty of the test but in the approach of the examiners towards the driver-to-be, in the injustice, partiality and corruption. Let me explain it more clearly.