Here they recently changed the system too, so I'm not sure on the details, but...
Legolas Send a noteboard - 15/03/2010 10:55:13 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...
you can take your theoretical exam at a certain age - 17 and 3 months or something like that, I believe - which is a prerequisite for starting driving lessons, then when you're done with the lessons you can take the practical exam when you're 18 (although it's traditional to fail that the first time, in some cases the first X times).
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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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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