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It’s OK to Pay Driving Tuition with Sex. In Holland, Obviously

You may think of yourself as the most open-minded guy out there, but you’ll never be Holland-level open-minded. And this time, we’re not even talking about weed.
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If you’re a driving instructor - or thinking about becoming one - you might want to start packing your bags for Holland. You won’t even have to learn the language, thank God, as virtually everybody there speaks quite good English, and besides, they all know what “ride for ride” means.

Oh, you don’t? Well, it seems that in the land where prostitution has been legalized, some people thought about skipping the whole money in exchange for a service scheme and decided to adopt a more straightforward service-for-service approach.

In other words, if somebody there wishes to learn how to drive and also finds the driving instructor quite attractive (or, at least, bearable), he or she can do so without paying for the lessons in the traditional sense of the word. Instead, the student has to agree to have sex with the instructor.

For a more conservative society, that’s mind blowing. We’re well aware things like these happen all over the world, but the difference here is that everything is legal. “Undesirable,” but legal. Obviously, the student has to be at least 18 years old, and the sexual activity must not endanger public safety. In other words, don’t mix the two.

According to British publication The Telegraph, the exchange is only legal if the instructor is the one making the proposition. The matter was raised in the Dutch Parliament by a member of the Christian Union party (duh) and quickly prompted a response from the Ministers of Transport and Justice, making it clear that although the government doesn’t condone the practice, it is entirely legal.

You do get the feeling they should have asked the Financial Minister as well, as this type of “transactions” skip the whole tax-paying scheme, and the government can’t be happy with that. What if all people started to barter instead of buying and selling (or offering services)? Would they be allowed to pay their taxes with sexual activities as well?

In the meantime, the “ride for a ride” movement seems to be catching on, with more and more people searching the net to find the “right” driving instructor. We’d imagine a lot of the students’ parents would gladly give them the money to pay for the tuition, but the teens will always find a better use for cash. Those iPhone 6s don’t buy themselves, you know?

There’s just one thing we’re still not sure we get: who makes the “payment” up front?
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"Boy meets car, boy loves car, boy gets journalism degree and starts job writing and editing at a car magazine" - 5/5. (Vlad Mitrache if he was a movie)
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