Huh, maybe I was wrongly assuming everywhere was like here.
Tim Send a noteboard - 15/03/2010 10:33:50 PM
In the UK, there's only one age for driving: 17. That's when you can start learning, and then you can take the test whenever you're ready.
My dad says he knew a guy who passed his test on his 17th birthday – his father owned large fields in which he learned to drive before he was allowed on the road. That would be more difficult nowadays as you now have to pass a theory test before you can take your practical test, but in theory I don't think anything stops you booking a theory test on the morning of your 17th birthday and a practical test in the afternoon...
My dad says he knew a guy who passed his test on his 17th birthday – his father owned large fields in which he learned to drive before he was allowed on the road. That would be more difficult nowadays as you now have to pass a theory test before you can take your practical test, but in theory I don't think anything stops you booking a theory test on the morning of your 17th birthday and a practical test in the afternoon...
Vigilantibus non dormientibus jura subveniunt.
—Nous disons en allemand : le guerre, le mort, le lune, alors que 'soleil' et 'amour' sont du sexe féminin : la soleil, la amour. La vie est neutre.
—La vie ? Neutre ? C'est très joli, et surtout très logique.
—Nous disons en allemand : le guerre, le mort, le lune, alors que 'soleil' et 'amour' sont du sexe féminin : la soleil, la amour. La vie est neutre.
—La vie ? Neutre ? C'est très joli, et surtout très logique.
New Orleans hotelier offers to host prom cancelled in Mississippi
- 14/03/2010 01:29:40 AM
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Sort of seems opportunistic really
- 14/03/2010 02:00:54 AM
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Given the nature of the people involved, I highly doubt they're willing to go to NOLA. 
- 14/03/2010 03:31:33 AM
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- 14/03/2010 03:31:33 AM
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Re: Given the nature of the people involved, I highly doubt they're willing to go to NOLA.
- 14/03/2010 04:13:18 AM
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- 14/03/2010 04:13:18 AM
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Aren't high-school graduands generally 18?
- 14/03/2010 10:34:20 AM
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Prom is in early April - so statistically, only about 25% of students will have turned 18...
- 14/03/2010 03:40:26 PM
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That's probably off by a good deal, closer to 50%
- 14/03/2010 04:48:07 PM
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Ah, yes, that would make a difference.
- 14/03/2010 04:56:19 PM
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School years by birth year? That's far too logical and orderly for an English-speaking country!
- 14/03/2010 11:10:27 PM
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It's pretty arbitrary, but you have to consider the ramifications at the college level
- 15/03/2010 12:05:28 AM
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What are the "noticeable difficulties" with having 17-year-olds on campus?
- 15/03/2010 08:19:24 AM
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Mostly, I can only think of problems relating to sex.
- 15/03/2010 12:38:06 PM
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What on earth have students' sex lives got to do with the college?
- 15/03/2010 12:52:03 PM
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I was just suggesting it as a possible reason, there's no need to get persnickity.
- 15/03/2010 05:45:43 PM
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I didn't mean to be persnickety. I was just trying to understand.
- 15/03/2010 08:39:20 PM
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Well, they aren't legal adults...
- 15/03/2010 01:05:33 PM
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Because it means you can't pass your test until long after you've started your "independent" life.
- 15/03/2010 08:44:33 PM
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Depends on the country, I would imagine.
- 15/03/2010 08:53:40 PM
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Ah, good to know. Not quite as nuts as I thought then, at least in Belgium 
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- 15/03/2010 10:42:51 PM
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- 15/03/2010 10:42:51 PM
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All countries I'm aware of have "driving age" mean the age you can take the test
- 15/03/2010 10:24:16 PM
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Huh, maybe I was wrongly assuming everywhere was like here.
- 15/03/2010 10:33:50 PM
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in the states
- 15/03/2010 10:44:11 PM
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Here they recently changed the system too, so I'm not sure on the details, but...
- 15/03/2010 10:55:13 PM
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