paper driver – English noun declension

English noun forms of paper driver

Noun: paper driver
Singularpaper driver
Pluralpaper drivers

Sample Sentences

  • But the average Japanese does not own a car (as an individual). I don't have the figures but someone told me that less than half of those of driving age do not own a car, moreso,^([sic]) of those who do have a license, a relatively small percentage of those with licenses own their own car, many are paper drivers. [1997 September 17, Mitch Sako, “NY TIMES: Japan's Economy Shrinks by 11.2% Annual Rate”, in soc.culture.japan.moderated (Usenet), retrieved 23 May 2022:]
  • There are people who surely should not drive. "Paper drivers" and at risk drivers should be recertified. [2002 February 17, Eric Takabayashi, “I'm going to New Jersey via Wisconsin to pick up some Snickers and Mars”, in fj.life.in-japan (Usenet), retrieved 23 May 2022:]
  • There are courses aimed at "Paper Drivers" people who get their license but never use it, I know people that have had their license for over 7 Years and never driven except for the tests [2005 March 23, harv, “Interesting road rule in Japan.”, in aus.cars (Usenet), retrieved 23 May 2022:]
  • If a person in Japan identifies her/himself as a paper driver, no non-Japanese is likely to find the intelligibility of the term difficult at all, but probably most non-Japanese will have no idea of the comprehensibility or the interpretability of the term. Almost all non-Japanese need to be taught that a paper driver is one who holds a legal driver's license but does not consider her/himself competent as a driver and usually uses the license only as a means of identification when legally necessary. [2009, Kumiko Murata, Jennifer Jenkins, Global Englishes in Asian Contexts: Current and Future Debates, page 22:]

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ペーパードライバー (pēpā doraibā), from English paper + driver. See: English Nouns 'paper'.