Driving Age

in virginia, you get your permit or learners, at 15 and a half, you have to write down a bunch of crap about 40 hours of driving, like mi, date, time, parents sig and at 16 and three months you get your lisence. which will be this coming feburary 21st for me. heh, BUT you have to hold your learners for 9 months before you can gt yoru lisence.

I'm 15 and I got my Permit now. Driving is hella hard. Especially the Sticks.

AdmiralSenn wrote: Tae Kwon Do wrote: Ok. Here in La Florida, We have a Tri-Fold system. At 15 you can get a "Learners Permit", Which means you can drive with a parent or guardian in the front seat. Then, One year from the day you got your Learners Permit, Which makes you 16, you can get a "Drivers Permit". It means you can drive on your own, but you are not supposed to drive inbetween the hours of 12am - 4am unless for work or school. Then at 18 you can get a "Drivers Lisence", which is an unrestricted lisence. Ummm no? Learner's, then Operator's. Maybe it's different where you live, but I can get a full license right now, and will hopefully do so by the end of the week. Certain restrictions apply, but it's not a different license, just an age thing. Until you're 18 there are limits on who can ride in your car and when.

Ummm No?

Im 16 and I have a Drivers Permit.

I can drive on my own, with whoever in the car as long as its inbetween 12am and 4am.

its still 16 in california  cant wait if it turns to 18 i just might consider going to arnold the governator of kalifornia and smack him ok so im lying but i would die

you can get your license when your 16 in california

In NYC its 18 for lisence and 14 for Working Papers.

Ajreaper wrote: tmino1687 wrote: in 16 and i think that i am better than half the people on the road.  I drive snowmobiles in the winter, i do about 1000 miles on my snowmobile each winter.  i thinks thats the reason i have stayed out of so many crashes and fender benders because there have been over 30 situations that i have been in, in the last 6 months. but i moved and was smart so i would not get hit or hit someone else. (cause my reaction time is fast and i move to the side of the road when there is a big or sudden stop). LOL- there's no relationship between driving a snowmobile and driving a car. And if you've had 30 close calls in 6 months- then you my friend are a bad driver. Good drivers do not have multiple close calls over short periods of time. I drive 10,000+ miles a year with teenage drivers and I have for over 5 years and I've not had 30 close calls in all that time. Over my entire lifetime of driving I've not had 30 close calls. If traffic in front of you suddenly slows or stops and your having to pull to the side of the road it's because your following to closely and driving to fast- your an accident waiting to happen you are not a "good driver".

you tell him Ajreaper

Yea you can get a permit at 16 and you can drive with a lisenced driver in the car, or maybe its 17.

i have had 30 + close calls cause i live in the city and im always in traffic, getting cut off , stupid people not knowing when to go at a 4 way, people pulling out in front of me, wet road conditions and people following to close to others have them almost hit me , and people not checking there blind spot and getting inches away from my car. all of  those have happened to me many times because i drive in rushour traffic. and i think i have an attavantage over people who have never drove anything before and take drivers ed.

so thats to u ajreaper

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tmino1687 wrote: i have had 30 + close calls cause i live in the city and im always in traffic, getting cut off , stupid people not knowing when to go at a 4 way, people pulling out in front of me, wet road conditions and people following to close to others have them almost hit me , and people not checking there blind spot and getting inches away from my car. all of  those have happened to me many times because i drive in rushour traffic. and i think i have an attavantage over people who have never drove anything before and take drivers ed. so thats to u ajreaper

Whats your point here? 30+ close calls in 6 mopnths makes you a bad driver. I drive in the Phoenix metro area so I see alittle bit of traffic. Who's responsible when you have to pull off the road when traffic suddenly slows or stops in front of you to avoid hitting someone- try slowing down, paying attention and having a safe following distance on for size. Drivers cannot almost hit you because they do not check their blind spot if you do not allow your vehicle to stay within their blind spot. Good drivers recognize potential hazards and changing driving conditions and make allowances so they do not have"close calls". You can make all the BS excuses you want to, I train drivers, and I know having 30 close calls in 6 months is not the fault of others its your fault. I drive in heavy traffic and in a "big city" every week and cannot even remember the last time I had a close call. Maybe you need more practice on the snowmobile?

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I'm 15 now. I have my permit. In december(six months of driving) I will take my road test and get my liscence. That liscence will be restricted (No driving between midnight and 4 am). At 18 I will have an unrestricted liscence, where I can drive at any time.
This is in Michigan