At what age did you learn to drive?

Post by **Scourge** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:03 am

Started steering around 5 or 6, by myself by 8.

Post by **Scourge** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:37 am

Kaziganthe wrote:Hint: people in southern america drive from birth.

Very nearly true.

edit: Actually I'm from Colorado so.....

Post by **tnf** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:35 am

15. I couldn't imagine not driving until 23...even with decent public transportation around here.

Post by **Dukester** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 2:05 am

15, got licensed at 16
thankyou drivers ed!
I also cannot imagine not driving until I was 23, but then again i grew up in the suburbs at a time when there was no public transportation!

Post by **PhoeniX** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:25 pm

17. In a country that actually has a non laughable driving test

Post by **brisk** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:34 pm

tnf wrote:15. I couldn't imagine not driving until 23...even with decent public transportation around here.

Just no need to learn really. Even though a few of my mates have passed their test for a while now, they still catch the bus/train. For me, its as simple as paying £2 a day to get dropped outside uni, and back again.

Obviously I realise the freedom a car brings though, and both my brother and sister passed when they were 17. So its time for me to play catchup

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 7:08 pm

When I was 7.

Post by **menkent** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 7:20 pm

yer, 14-15. got license @ 16, then took drivers ed for the insurance break.

Post by **Bdw3** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 7:27 pm

Automatic: As soon as I could reach the pedals, (11 or 12, I think). But I already had a fair bit of skill, as my grandparents used to have a golf cart that my brother and I would drive all over the property. (Miss those days.

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I was 16 when I learned to drive a straight.

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License of course was acquired at 18. Could have gotten it a year or so sooner but was a lazy bum and didn't work up the energy to make a trip to the DMV...

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Post by **mrd** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 7:27 pm

I'm 19 and I still don't have mine... don't really need it. So far, I can hitch rides with my buddies or take public transportation to anywhere I'd ever want to go in a normal day. I'm trying to save up money to buy a bunch of expensive shiet for myself so if I had to pay to keep up a car as well then it might not go so well. I'll probably get it pretty soon though cuz I'm gunna be going to college in the fall and I figure I'll be moving out around then and having a car would be good. I have driven a few times though.. I learned to drive a forklift before a car... that kinda fucked me up

Everything on a car is backwards from a forklift... well not everything, just the steering tires, but that's a pretty big thing to get used to. Plus you can whip shitties on a forklift no problem... not so in a car.