Poll: Can You Drive?

[child of lileth]

Yep. I started legally driving when I was 16.

 

[LongAndShort]

Here in Oz, you get your Learner's at 16, keep it for at least a year (while racking up 120 hrs in [in NSW at least]), go onto your Red Ps (probationary license, 90km speed limit, other restrictions) for one year, Green Ps for two more years (100km).

Got my Learners at 16, my reds just before i turned 18 and my greens last week. Two more fucking years before I can get my full license.

All I have to say is grarghblargh. Got my Ls when I was 16, then proceeded to do about 10 hours of driving over a year (due to many instances of "You can drive next time, I don't feel like letting you drive right now" and also much laziness on my part), picked up somewhat the following year, and now, another 6 months down the track and 18, still no license, only got about 60 hours up total. This is causing me much grief with my already somewhat farcical social life.

Yeah, I got my Ls while it was still just 50 hrs, thank Christ. You just gotta keep going... and maybe lie in your logbook.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

I drive quite well. I've never been pulled ever, I've never hit anything and I have never been caught speeding driven faster than the posted speed limit.

Saskatchewan, I've been a reasonably good boy... Can I get my full drivers license now? Please?

 

[Twilight_guy]

People can legally drive here at 16 with some restriction and freely at 18. I'm 20 and still have let to get my license, though I am learning. When I';m at campus I never really need to go anywhere (meals are provided and I don't buy much) so I never needed to drive and didn't.

 

[Shock and Awe]

I can drive, but its illegal for me to do it without an adult .=D

 

[Eldarion]

I can drive.....badly.

Still in drivers ed, its not going well.

 

[manaman]

Driving is really quite boring once it's legal.

Not if your doing it right! Kidding, mostly. It can be fun at times. I end up driving off road often enough, I quite enjoy that.

 

[Mimssy]

I car drive my little Chevy Aveo all around. The most fun I've had with it though, has been when it's parked

Anywhoo, I couldn't imagine not driving; the buses are really ineffective and essential stores are not close.

Learned to drive when I was 15 when I got my permit. Got my license when I turned 16.

 

[reinersailer]

After learning about us and how our system works, i stopped driving motorized. Only bicycle and inliners.

 

[Withall]

I want to learn to drive. It's just REALLY expensive when you don't have a family member with a car. Curse Sweden and our bicycle-centric viewpoint!

 

[Tourette]

Had my driving licence now for just over 20 years and it still has never had any penalties.

 

[Yokai]

My one experience behind the wheel involved a stickshift lurching up a muddy forest road with a ravine on one side and a rocky cliff on the other. Needless to say, I was rather traumatized, and am in no hurry to learn. I'll probably do it next spring, though.

 

[Kialee]

I can drive. Legally and everything!
I got my permit at...erm. Seventeen? Eighteen? Must have been eighteen, because I renewed it when I was nineteen and took my test two weeks later.
I'm not that great of a driver, though, and my car ('71 Vega) has a dead fuel pump and no insurance. Needless to say, my license doesn't see much use.

 

[Sonicron]

Here in Germany you can start learning how to drive and acquire your license at 17. However, should you get your license at that age you may only drive around while in the company of an experienced driver (read: someone who's had their license for a few years already); once you're 18 this constraint is lifted. Other than that, the process is pretty much what you'd expect - a legal minimum of certain driving lessons that need to be completed, a mountain of paperwork and a theoretical and a practical test. All things considered I think I paid about ?1250.

I drive a stick shift and never learned how to operate anything else, so I can't really say if I like manual or automatic better, but I've had my license for almost 5 years now, and with nearly 50.000km under my belt at this point it's hard to imagine driving anything else than stick. Stick is normal here, by the way, automatic is usually for older folks who can afford it.

I drive a Toyota Yaris Verso.

Spoiler: Careful, you may hurt your eyes.

Yeah, it's ugly as fuck, but what do you want from me? I inherited it from my mom, and being a poor student I'm quite thankful to have a car at all.
Besides, this thing has grown on me - it's almost perfect for a pragmatist such as myself. You can remove the middle back seat and lower the lateral back seats into a floor compartment, which results in a HUGE space to store stuff in... it's my own personal transporter, and it's come in handy in more than one big move already.

 

[Girl With One Eye]

I got my license in february after failing the test 4 times (due to nerves more than anything). I just got my first car two weeks ago and I couldn't be happier with it! I've managed to not crash it so far but I came pretty close the other day when I had to double check that I put my lights on and took my eyes off the road for a bit longer than I should have.

I drive a manual and plan to keep it that way, never really driven an automatic but kinda looks like how you would drive a bumper car :/

 

[antidonkey]

Learned at the tender age of 15 to drive a car. Got my license at 16 since I was in school. Recently I got my motorcycle license which puts me a little late to the game since I'm now 34. Eh...whatever. Now when I leave for work in the morning I have a hard choice to make. Do I take the Dodge Challenger or Suzuki C50? Today, it was the Suzuki.

 

[Dango]

I'm a year too young to get my driver's license.

 

[AwesomeNinjaPowers]

Yes I can drive.
I started learning at 17 in the UK but then went to live abroad so didn't take my test till 19 (passed 3rd go).
And ni I will not give you a lift =P

 

[thylasos]

I'm 22, and I'm not particularly planning on learning to drive anywhere in the near future.

I have a provisional license, but largely because it's more convenient as ID than carrying my passport everywhere.

I don't see the point in owning a car, at the moment. If I got a job very deep in the countryside, perhaps. Otherwise... no.

Oh, I live in the UK.

 

[Blackality]

Can't get the license before 18.
Btw, can't wait.

I live in Portugal