[Taristin]

Steak, you're a virgo too, eh?

9/15 for me.

[Styxx]

Originally posted by Setekh
First try.

I feel much safer knowing you have a permit, and I'm on the opposite side of the globe.

[Stealth]

Originally posted by jdjtcagle
It's completely different here...

Drivers Ed, only allows your insurance to be lowered by a certain percentage.

Permit is when you're fifteen and one half you can take a writen test which can get you your permit, which only allows you to drive with a liscensed driver in the front seat.
Then when your 16 you can take a driving test that will get you your liscense

yeah well you don't live in Texas, that's probably why.

over here you can get your permit as soon as you turn 15.  well i did anyway.  but depending whether or not you took drivers ed, you may have to take the test to get the license

[MatthewPapa]

Braindead people could pass the test in Texas...

[redsniper]

and they do

[Taristin]

I hear the legal age for a permit is 14 in Georgia...

[vyper]

Roadkill city by the sounds of it.

[delta_7890]

Passed my Driver's License test on the first go.  Easy.

[Falcon]

My parents have been bugging me since I was 16 to learn how to drive its so annoying they said once I learn I get to do "errands" for them which is one of the reasons why I haven't learned at all......  Yep..... My whole family is just lazy and so am I........ Ill get my license hmmmmm........ never........

Instead ill learn how to fly planes while spraying lethal chemicles and bio-agents on everything that lies in my path.....

[Hippo]

Permit age here is 16. Liscence age here is 16.5... Drivers ed is manditory if you are under 18, but if you wait till you turn 18, you can bypass it, but you don't get any slight changes to your insurance. The permit test is easy, and anyone can drive down a road, but they (in my state [MA]) test you on driving correctly and making sure you can do stuff, like 3 point turns, paralell park, and hill starts/stops, along with securing you'r parked car. If you can't do all these and more perfectly on your test, you'll fail. Just out of curiosity, what state are you in jtjt? Oh, and i passed my permit the first try. I'm almost 17 now, and still need 3 hours of driving under certified observation, and 3 hours observing someone driving under certified observation... That'll take about a month from now... (my next is the 9th)... If you're going to take D.E. (which i strongly reccomend), get into it ASAP instead of putting it off... Look at me; could have had it in april...

[Setekh]

Originally posted by Raa
Steak, you're a virgo too, eh?

9/15 for me.

Heh, yeah. For some reason, lots of my local friends seem to think it's funny that I'm a Virgo.

Originally posted by Styxx
I feel much safer knowing you have a permit, and I'm on the opposite side of the globe.

*goes to buy a ticket to Brazil and makes plans for for car rental*

[jdjtcagle]

Originally posted by Hippo
... Just out of curiosity, what state are you in jtjt?...

Oklahoma...

[Ghostavo]

Setekh, what's with the flower in the license? And why two licenses?

[redsniper]

one's his learner's license the other is his real license.

[Vertigo1]

Originally posted by Setekh
I dunno Vertigo, I know in Australia the testing process is very rigorous and difficult to pass. In fact, I am one of the few among my own friends who passed first go - they're so strict, many of my friends have failed once or twice.

Put it to you this way.  People that are so stupid that they can't even READ can get a driver's license here in the US with ease.  Don't you love it when people cator to the lowest common denominator when it comes to other people's safety on the road?

[Setekh]

Originally posted by Ghostavo
Setekh, what's with the flower in the license? And why two licenses?

That flower is the waratah, my state's floral emblem. And yeah, you'll notice the licence in the background is a 'learner' licence and it has a hole punched through it. If you're a learner, you need to have a fully-licensed driver with you all the time. I can drive on my own now, but I'm still a couple of levels from getting a full licence.

Man, Vertigo, that sucks. Australia used to be a bit like that but we got sick of the road toll.

[vyper]

[q]I can drive on my own now, but I'm still a couple of levels from getting a full licence[/q]

You what son?

[Setekh]

In my state, there are five levels of licence:

• Learner
• Provisional 1 (Red)
• Provisional 2 (Green)
• Full 1 (Silver)
• Full 2 (Gold)

There's also a sixth type, black, but that's less important. Anyway, when you're on your learner's licence, you can't drive on your own. Once you pass from those, you can drive on your own, but you're still two levels from getting a full licence.

[Ghostavo]

Why would one want to have a full license then? What does it has that the others don't?

[Setekh]

Doesn't expire so quickly, you can drive faster, and you don't have to have plates on the outside of your car that say you're a provisional driver. Also, you can sometimes get reduced insurance premiums if you have a gold licence (a gold licence means you haven't had a traffic offense for five years).