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Depends on the country, I would imagine. Legolas Send a noteboard - 15/03/2010 08:53:40 PM

If you start learning at 17, you can be driving by the time you turn 18, and therefore get yourself to work/university/your children's daycare. Life in rural areas can get quite impossible if you can't get yourself off the farm.

Or do you get to start learning at 17 but can't take your test until you're 18? That would make sense...


In Belgium, you can only get your license when you turn 18, but can take the lessons - and drive around on a learner's permit - beforehand. However, only people who don't go to university and immediately start work really need that - university students very rarely drive, except perhaps in summer holidays. I've never bothered with driving lessons yet myself, though I probably should. :P

Since you mention rural areas, I seem to recall there's still an exception in our laws for farmers' children - the farmers' fields are private grounds anyway, they can have their kids drive tractors there if they want, but the law also allows kids of 14 and older to drive the tractor on the public road to get back home, iirc. Needless to say, this is not something that happens a lot. :P
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New Orleans hotelier offers to host prom cancelled in Mississippi Ghavrel - 14/03/2010 01:29:40 AM 535 Views
*NM* TaskmasterJack - 14/03/2010 01:52:22 AM 59 Views
That's awesome of that guy. *NM* Great Lord of Chaos - 14/03/2010 01:56:51 AM 61 Views
Sort of seems opportunistic really Isaac - 14/03/2010 02:00:54 AM 214 Views
even if it was, it's still all sorts of heartwarming LadyLorraine - 14/03/2010 02:45:12 AM 189 Views
Yeah, I suppose so Isaac - 14/03/2010 02:52:55 AM 186 Views
Given the nature of the people involved, I highly doubt they're willing to go to NOLA. Ghavrel - 14/03/2010 03:31:33 AM 206 Views
Re: Given the nature of the people involved, I highly doubt they're willing to go to NOLA. Isaac - 14/03/2010 04:13:18 AM 196 Views
i couldn't tell *NM* LadyLorraine - 14/03/2010 04:22:38 AM 59 Views
It's lovely that Ben enabled the strike-through tag here *NM* Floffe - 14/03/2010 11:29:35 AM 59 Views
Yes, I just wish we could link Isaac - 14/03/2010 12:32:51 PM 193 Views
Aren't high-school graduands generally 18? Tim - 14/03/2010 10:34:20 AM 211 Views
Prom is in early April - so statistically, only about 25% of students will have turned 18... Legolas - 14/03/2010 03:40:26 PM 173 Views
That's probably off by a good deal, closer to 50% Isaac - 14/03/2010 04:48:07 PM 193 Views
Ah, yes, that would make a difference. Legolas - 14/03/2010 04:56:19 PM 188 Views
School years by birth year? That's far too logical and orderly for an English-speaking country! Tim - 14/03/2010 11:10:27 PM 180 Views
It's pretty arbitrary, but you have to consider the ramifications at the college level Isaac - 15/03/2010 12:05:28 AM 184 Views
What are the "noticeable difficulties" with having 17-year-olds on campus? Tim - 15/03/2010 08:19:24 AM 174 Views
Mostly, I can only think of problems relating to sex. LadyLorraine - 15/03/2010 12:38:06 PM 158 Views
What on earth have students' sex lives got to do with the college? Tim - 15/03/2010 12:52:03 PM 173 Views
I was just suggesting it as a possible reason, there's no need to get persnickity. LadyLorraine - 15/03/2010 05:45:43 PM 158 Views
I didn't mean to be persnickety. I was just trying to understand. Tim - 15/03/2010 08:39:20 PM 160 Views
Well, they aren't legal adults... Legolas - 15/03/2010 01:05:33 PM 166 Views
Because it means you can't pass your test until long after you've started your "independent" life. Tim - 15/03/2010 08:44:33 PM 197 Views
Depends on the country, I would imagine. Legolas - 15/03/2010 08:53:40 PM 163 Views
Ah, good to know. Not quite as nuts as I thought then, at least in Belgium . *NM* Tim - 15/03/2010 10:42:51 PM 60 Views
All countries I'm aware of have "driving age" mean the age you can take the test Floffe - 15/03/2010 10:24:16 PM 175 Views
Huh, maybe I was wrongly assuming everywhere was like here. Tim - 15/03/2010 10:33:50 PM 211 Views
in the states LadyLorraine - 15/03/2010 10:44:11 PM 165 Views
Yeah, I think a lot of states do the same. Tim - 15/03/2010 11:38:04 PM 147 Views
there are a LOT more automatics over here. LadyLorraine - 16/03/2010 01:22:26 AM 149 Views
Re: Huh, maybe I was wrongly assuming everywhere was like here. Floffe - 15/03/2010 10:51:52 PM 158 Views
Here they recently changed the system too, so I'm not sure on the details, but... Legolas - 15/03/2010 10:55:13 PM 152 Views
That's another sensible thing. Tim - 16/03/2010 08:47:09 AM 146 Views
All of that goes out the window with preschool, though. LadyLorraine - 15/03/2010 02:16:42 AM 167 Views
Same - 2.5, actually. *NM* Legolas - 15/03/2010 12:31:42 PM 57 Views
It is birth year in the largest school district in the US - NYC. The Shrike - 15/03/2010 07:49:43 PM 163 Views
Nice promotion stunt. Legolas - 14/03/2010 03:44:20 PM 193 Views
i'd still be interested to know how much of it is her LadyLorraine - 14/03/2010 06:46:43 PM 172 Views
Good. snoopcester - 15/03/2010 10:55:53 AM 168 Views
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