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RussianGirl
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18, the legal age to aquire one in Belgium. You can get a learners permit at 17.
aussiewench
38 here.....I was a chicken
Welshcookie
QUOTE(aussiewench @ Jan 28 2006, 08:29 PM) *
38 here.....I was a chicken



I am sadder...I don't have one... laughing.gif
j&js
Got it the second I could in MA, on my 16 and 1/2 birthday cool.gif
ILIKEALLCAPS
About a week after my 16th birthday.
RussianGirl
QUOTE(welshcookie @ Jan 28 2006, 02:31 PM) *
QUOTE(aussiewench @ Jan 28 2006, 08:29 PM) *

38 here.....I was a chicken



I am sadder...I don't have one... laughing.gif


YOU CAN DO IT!!!!! smile.gif

I was 22.
peejay
I started legally driving at 15 years old with an adult present on my learner's permit and got my full license at 16 years old. I've been driving for 33 years. My wife got her first and only license at age 43 in 2004 shortly after arriving in America. Of course she practiced for a while on a learner's permit before taking the test...and passed it on the first try.
Aymerlu
Flunked it the first time. blush.gif
OKflyboy
Had to wait until I was 18 but got it on the 1st try...
PEGGY
Passed them when I was 16. biggrin.gif
Rosie420
Got mine when I was 22, after I had my kid! wacko.gif I was scared to get my license, but after going through childbirth, my attitude changed. If I can do that, I can do anything! Heeheehee tongue.gif

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RosaMystica7
Got my permit when I was 16, and with driver's ed got my license at 17. Driver's ed... good times... running over mailboxes... driving to dunkin donuts... yes.gif that's my idea of education. Too bad none of my other classes have ever been that good. laughing.gif
KarenCee
soon after my 'sweet sixteen'...was so impatient smile.gif
SanDan
QUOTE(welshcookie @ Jan 28 2006, 03:31 PM) *
QUOTE(aussiewench @ Jan 28 2006, 08:29 PM) *

38 here.....I was a chicken



I am sadder...I don't have one... laughing.gif

I don't have one either...yet. I'm very determined to get a DL this year tho tongue.gif
RussianGirl
QUOTE(SanDan @ Jan 29 2006, 12:22 AM) *
I don't have one either...yet. I'm very determined to get a DL this year tho tongue.gif


Good luck, Sanna!!!!
silly_chick
At 22 in CA smile.gif
SanDan
QUOTE(RussianGirl @ Jan 29 2006, 01:42 AM) *
QUOTE(SanDan @ Jan 29 2006, 12:22 AM) *

I don't have one either...yet. I'm very determined to get a DL this year tho tongue.gif


Good luck, Sanna!!!!

Thanks smile.gif I'm 27 so it's about time... Hopefully all the other ppl at the driving school won't be more than 10 yrs younger... unsure.gif
*Marilyn*
I was 16 but was going to turn 17 in about 4 months....
jasman0717
16
Fischkoepfin
Took the test a few days after my eighteenth birthday because back then 18 was the legal driving age. Now you can get it at 17...
TenderCat
I don't have a license yet. In the middle of taking lessons though and aim to go for the test in the next few weeks. btw im 25.
Mand
Irish License: I think I was about 24? that was only my Provisional Licence (u can still drive on this) not my Full Licence
I got my full licence only last year and also got my International License. Hopefully I'll get my Ohio one this year smile.gif
RussianGirl
TenderCat & Mand, best of luck with getting your license!!!
RussianGirl
QUOTE(SanDan @ Jan 29 2006, 02:16 AM) *
QUOTE(RussianGirl @ Jan 29 2006, 01:42 AM) *

QUOTE(SanDan @ Jan 29 2006, 12:22 AM) *

I don't have one either...yet. I'm very determined to get a DL this year tho tongue.gif


Good luck, Sanna!!!!

Thanks smile.gif I'm 27 so it's about time... Hopefully all the other ppl at the driving school won't be more than 10 yrs younger... unsure.gif


I went to an adult driving school and 90% of the students were older immigrants. So, I was the youngest one there. The driving part of the classes was one-on-one, just the instructor and me. Good luck! smile.gif
poppy33usa
21 years old when I got my UK license..and 36 when I got my US one smile.gif
pax
I'm an oddball American--even without living in a big city, I didn't get my driver's license until I was 21. I had a learner's permit for three years--I kept getting it renewed. laughing.gif

I'm cool, though, 'cause I learned how to drive a standard--something that very few Americans my age know how to do! wink.gif My first car was a standard, in fact--a very old Toyota Camry. I miss it dearly sometimes, except when I'm stuck at a red light going uphill.
Gerard
QUOTE(pax @ Feb 1 2006, 11:03 AM) *

I'm an oddball American--even without living in a big city, I didn't get my driver's license until I was 21. I had a learner's permit for three years--I kept getting it renewed. laughing.gif

I'm cool, though, 'cause I learned how to drive a standard--something that very few Americans my age know how to do! wink.gif My first car was a standard, in fact--a very old Toyota Camry. I miss it dearly sometimes, except when I'm stuck at a red light going uphill.


How'd you get out to Cherry Hill to see films and buy cheap booze? wink.gif

I earned my G1 (learner's permit) at 16. G2 (licence but blood-alcohol level of 0) at 17 1/2. Full G at 19 (BAL of 0.8, I think). That said, I didn't own a car until five months ago.

chocolaterie
I went to driving school last year... but i think there were more younger kids there bc AZ has horrid public transit, and the city is so big. I finally got my license at 21. I recommend finding an "independent" driving instructor. My friend went to one, it cost the same as a school, except she never had to sit in a classroom.
sparkofcreation
Driving age in my state is 17, 16 for a permit.
kc456
I was 26 and not a good driver when I got the licence so I promptly wrecked the car (to $1,500 in damage) -- about 1 month after. I paid out of pocket rather then tell the insurance about the accident. So, invest in good driver's ed!
Stefanie
I got my US license during my exchange year when I was 17. One year later I got my German license. Now I have two!!! smile.gif But shhhttt.
mr4422
at 18 one month before the senior prom, and my date told me there was no way she was riding with a newly licensed driver! bah!
Miranda&James
16 of course! smile.gif
john_and_marlene
John 16
Marlene - Still trying to convince her to start studying for the exam.
ChristinaM
17 - I lived out in the sticks so I had to! I did fail my first test for trying to run a pedestrian over on a zebra crossing!
luvaLimey
I got mine when I was 18.

I used a private instructor rather than going throuh driver's ED classes.

I felt kind of behind all my friends becuase they got theirs at 16, but then I thought about it, and my older brother didn't get his until he was 22, so I was just about right.
susaenneli
I got mine with 19. learners permit with 18. Thats how the country work
CherryXS
17.

I'd done one roadtest attempt (failed) before my 17th birthday through a driving school (where I'd gotten training); success after some practice (with my sister as "copilot"--my dad sucked grossly at such, and refused to even admit that his attitude had nasty effects)
biwi
16. i couldn't wait for that little bit of freedom biggrin.gif
triaxiom
8th January 1998, was 17.

Only took... 5 attempts

Still remember the assesors face when I hit the roundabout at about 40; even funnier was his comment leaving the car "He thinks he's fu**ing Nigel Mansell" Pffft, as if, 'm way faster than that.

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shannon65
27 years old... the driving lessons were difficult (New York City traffic) but the test was easy (they found a very quiet area for that).
Luis&Laura
I had just turned 18, which is the minimum age to drive here.
roi_aggie
QUOTE(aussiewench @ Jan 28 2006, 03:29 PM) *

38 here.....I was a chicken

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Nessa
QUOTE(Luis&Laura @ Apr 11 2006, 05:34 PM) *

I had just turned 18, which is the minimum age to drive here.

good.gif yup a month after i turned 18, because u can only ask for one when u turn 18 and it has a lot of bureaucracy, otherwise i'd get it the day i turned 18, or if i could when i was 14 (i was an excellent driver back then already) good.gif
A-PhiJill
I was 16...3 weeks before my 17th bday
Leafgal
The day I turned 16
kml_36
blush.gif ummmmm whistling.gif
Tiksman
16 yr old ........ Too daymm long ago in 1985...

Vehicle I drove to test in--
My dads 1974 Ford F150 pickup 3 speed on the collum
zyggy
QUOTE(jasman0717 @ Jan 29 2006, 06:59 AM) *

16

I got mine on my 16th birthday...
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