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S/O How old--Driving
I am amazed by the number of people who didn't have to take a driving test...We had to take a written knowledge test and a physical driving test. We also had to take driver's education in school, as well as we had to take a class and have x number of hours driving with an instructor and x number of hours riding as a passenger while other students in the class had to drive. (I *think* it was 40 hours per each riding and driving.) We had to do things like driving on the beltway at the speed limit (death sentence...), parrallel park, mege into traffic, etc.
I never realized how much this actually was until hearing other states' requirements! We also have a weird graduated license thing though (which I thankfully got mine before it was passed.)
Re: S/O How old--Driving
Same for me!
We had strict rules about learner's permits too, like you had to have an adult in the car, no more than 2 teenagers in the car, couldn't be out past 10pm unless you had a work permit, etc. etc. That plus all the requirements to pass the test is why I got my learner's at 16 but didn't get my license until 19. I was away at college (and freshmen weren't allowed to have cars), so I didn't have time to complete the test until the summer after my sophomore year.
Yup, that's required here too. I think more states need strict requirements, and I also think you should have to re-take a test later in life but people get offended by that.
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Yeah, we had similar learner's permit requirements about having to have someone over 18 in the car with you that you were related to (or legal guardian), never more than two passengers, you had to have your permit for a minimum of 6 months before you could have your license, and drive on your own, etc...
Now with the graduated thing, it's broken down in 6 month increments from 15 and a half (permit) to 17 and a half (actual license). I don't think you are allowed to have any passengers (other than the legal licensed driver) until 16 and a half. Makes me glad I already have my license, but I can see the benefit to it as well.
We kind of had to.
I took a class, and in the class you had to past written exams and get x amount of practice hours before you qualified to get your license.
if you didn't take the class you had to take a different exam and drive with someone grading you in the passenger seat
There were tests and a minimum # of hours for the learner's permit, but once you had all that done then you didn't have to do much at the DMV for the license. I think if you don't do all that stuff ahead of time they do make you take a driving test, but I don't know for sure.
I'm rather surprised at how apathetic teens have gotten about getting a license. Had a discussion about it and talked about how they aren't making a priority because kids are more "home bodies" these days and prefer to just play video games or online chat with their friends... rather than actually SEE their friends. When I was turning 16 it was a BIG deal to get a license, and now more kids just don't need them or want them apparently so the age is rising down here. I find that to be strange. It was so much freedom for me at the time, I couldn't imagine not caring about being legal to drive back then!
TOTALLY agree with that.
Drivers Ed was optional for us too, I did not take it.
We had to do both a written and actual driving part to get ours
It was super common at least in PA (I didn't know any of my friends who were allowed to have cars as freshmen at other colleges [non-commuters]). It's partly just a parking thing, not enough room as it is, and that it keeps drunk driving down, and that they want to keep freshmen from going home on weekends as it promotes a college experience. All freshmen were required to live in campus housing and they really tried to keep everyone on campus as much as possible. It really worked, too. My friends who commuted to school didn't get nearly the "college feel" that I did.
ETA: Studies have shown that students who commute or go home on weekends are more likely to drop or fail out.
It's common in MI too, and/or freshmen have to pay a fee to have their car there.
This surprises me b/c that doesn't seem to be the case around here, anyways. My stepdaughter will be 14 soon, and her and her friends cannot wait to get their licenses. In fact, it seems like all of SD's friends parents already take them out driving (at 13 and 14) on actual roads, not like parking lots! I'm like WTF? SD wants us to do that too, of course and we said hell no, when it's legal for you to drive on a road (either with us or without) then she can drive. Now if it is a parking lot or our neighborhood, then I may consider it, but other than that, no freaking way. I've seen her drive a go cart and that's scary enough, there's no way she's driving an actual car on a road. Not yet anyway.
This does make sense, I had just never heard of that before as that is not common practice around here. Of course the school's don't have nearly enough room in student housing to do that, but I can see how that would promote a college experience! Interesting.
I'm in Canada and there are so many requirements in Ontario.
We have the written test - G1.
You have to wait a year or 8 months if you take a driving course to get your next license. You take the road test (parallel parking, 3-point turn, changing lanes, etc.) - G2.
You have to wait another year and do the highway test (re-do of the G2 test, merging, changing lanes, etc.) - G.
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I don't remember the exact requirements when I did it but in South Dakota you can get your learner's permit at age 14. I don't believe you needed any "hours" but I think you couldn't drive past a certain time at night. You can get your full license at age 16 after a written test and a driving test.
Driver's ed wasn't required. I took it but failed the driving portion. I think if you passed everything you could get your license? Or something like that.
Gotta drive tractors young.