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« Reply #25 on: July 02, 2016, 09:11:03 AM »

15 for permit.

16 for license.
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« Reply #26 on: July 03, 2016, 08:09:05 PM »

16 for permit, 17 for licence, and make the test harder. Don't do stupid things like passenger restrictions though.
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« Reply #27 on: July 04, 2016, 12:47:54 AM »

15 12 for permit.

16 for license.

Early practice is good.
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« Reply #28 on: July 04, 2016, 05:17:01 AM »


Oh for f**k's sake, can you imagine a 12-year-old boy driving around? That's a terrifying thought.
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« Reply #29 on: July 04, 2016, 08:50:24 AM »

18. Most accidents are caused by either young and inexperienced drivers or seniors. With 18, you’re more mature than at a younger age.
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« Reply #30 on: July 04, 2016, 11:19:39 AM »


Oh for f**k's sake, can you imagine a 12-year-old boy driving around? That's a terrifying thought.

OK, maybe 13 or 14 is better, but my point is that ideally, the gap between permit age and license age should be 3 or 4 years - the more practice people get, the better.  And if they're being supervised by parents, I don't see the problem with it.  Personally, I wish I got more practice driving at a younger age so that when I got my license at 16 1/2, I would've had more experiences driving highways and in the snow. 
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« Reply #31 on: July 12, 2016, 07:11:22 PM »

15 for permit, 16 for license.  I got my license at 17, but I think that I could've been ready at 16.
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« Reply #32 on: July 14, 2016, 10:12:10 AM »

I think 15 year olds should be eligible for a learner's permit, but can't get a license until they turn 16.

This is the current law in Washington state
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« Reply #33 on: July 19, 2016, 02:51:31 AM »

16 with a 6 month minimum wait once you get your permit unless you are over the age of 18.
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« Reply #34 on: July 21, 2016, 12:25:50 PM »

I can live with it being 16, but what we really need to do is abolish the economic apartheid of "no pass, no drive." For years, students have been denied a license because of poor academic performance - because they lost the zip code lottery and ended up in a bad school system. Because of this, their wealthier contemporaries got another head start in economic advancement - which they didn't even need, because they already had a head start.

This is economic apartheid. There is no other term for it. Those affected by it are affected for life.

What we need to do is repeal this policy, and make reparations for those negatively affected by it.

Conversely, school bullies should be banned for life from driving.
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« Reply #35 on: July 21, 2016, 03:42:06 PM »

You should be able to drive if you can pass all the tests and afford the insurance. I trust insurance actuaries more than arbitrary age cutoffs. That being said, the requirements for a license should be made more stringent.
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« Reply #36 on: July 23, 2016, 04:43:04 PM »

about 35.

(voted over 18)
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« Reply #37 on: July 26, 2016, 01:16:12 PM »

Lean 18, but I don't really care that much about this issue and I would probably be OK with keeping it at 16.
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