How old were you when you got your first driver's license?

[Orrex]

I was 30.

You?

[AlCzervik]

1. almost 18.

[Orrex]

6. And how old were you when you learned to tile a floor?

I'm so glad that yours was the first reply!

[AlCzervik]

7. 34.

that was my first tile job, you never forget your first time.

[Carnea]

2. um 16... NT

[ghostsofgiants]

3. 23 and I don't have mine yet.

Go me!

[littlebit]

4. I got a

hardship license at 15. I got my regular license at 16. I got a CDL at 26.

[JVS]

5. 16

[Guava Jelly]

8. 21

:)

[UrbScotty]

9. 18 (nt)

[Zavulon]

10. 16.

I was perfectly willing to wait, but my father wanted an extra driver in the family to take some heat off of my mother.

[undeterred]

11. 23

My parents wouldn't help me so I had to wait till I could buy my own car to learn on.

[DarkTirade]

12. 16 for permit, 18 for license.

Didn't have my own car, so there was no hurry. Was kind of in a catch-22 situation. I couldn't find a job without a car. Couldn't get a car without a job. And my parents couldn't afford the extra insurance of having a teenager with a license in the house unless... you guessed it... I had a job. :P

[TZ]

13. Really?

I thought I was old at the age of 23 getting my license...You are a bigger freak than I am..btw..I just got home from Indiana Jones IV....and.....I LIKED it...:P (I'll give you my take later)

[CreekDog]

23. yeah, Indiana Jones was pretty good

despite all the badmouthing around here. :hi:

[Orrex]

40. You liked Indy4, and you're calling me the bigger freak?

Perhaps your brain has been scrambled by those alien skullvibes. When will John Hurt learn to stop dealing with extraterrestrials?

[TZ]

42. the freak thing must run in my family...

I went with my Uncle who had seen it already and liked it better the second time.....:rofl:

[pokerfan]

14. 14

Farm permit to haul grain into town. Had been driving on the farm since 12. Learner's permit at 15. Full license at 16.

[dorktv]

15. 28...I put it off as long as I could.

[bigwillq]

16. 16 (nt)

[Pierre.Suave]

17. 16

[LeftyMom]

18. 25

I didn't really want one, but unfortunately I was moving and no longer was in a neighborhood that was conducive to walking or cycling.

[Rhythm]

19. I was 16, and passed my test on the first try. n/t

[sarge43]

20. 16

[femmocrat]

21. 16 and on the third try.

My mom and I passed on the same day. We used to joke that my day bribed the cop.

[CreekDog]

22. 16

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

24. Learner permit at 15, D.L. at 16

Everyone I knew did that. A driver license was the holy grail.

:hi:

[Oeditpus Rex]

25. 16 — same as pretty much everyone else back then

Got 100 on the written test and 91 on the road test. :)

[Liberal Veteran]

26. 14.

:D

[Lydia Leftcoast]

27. 29

I have always hated driving and cars, and I didn't learn to drive until I was forced to after taking a job in a small town.

[Kickin_Donkey]

28. 16 ...

this was in rural California.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

29. Learner's Permit --14. Driver's license -- 15.

Buying Liquor -- 16 :woohoo:

Partying -- PRICELESS :D

[begin_within]

30. 41

[My Good Babushka]

31. Seventeen

Remember when we first got married and I drove you around everywhere? And now I can't drive at all! boo.

[Rising Phoenix]

32. 19

[EFerrari]

33. The day I turned 16 and I'd saved for and bought a car

that was waiting for me that day. :woohoo:

[Hangingon]

34. 16

[Critters2]

35. 16. nt

[harmonicon]

36. 16

[hyphenate]

37. 27

I grew up in Boston--we've got a good transportation system there: didn't need to drive.

[flvegan]

38. License? 16 1/2. Permit at 16.

[Generic Brad]

39. The day I turned 16

I do not mess around.

[Inchworm]

41. Bwahahah! 12!

But only for ID purposes. I took my brother's birth certificate to the DMV and got a duplicate. My bro was 18 lol

Weeee!

I used that license to buy beer even 2 years into my military stint.. where.. I got busted because you HAVE to show military ID if they ask.

Good times.

:D

PS: glad DU is back :hug:

[Manifestor_of_Light]

43. 15 for learner's permit....21 for the real thing.

And this is in Texas, where you have to have a car to go anywhere!

Got the learner's permit at 15. Flunked the test at 16 -- couldn't parallel park a land barge. I also realized I was not old enough to pay proper attention to the traffic in Houston. I figured if I got a license before I was ready I would probably get killed on the freeway.

So I went to college and lived in dorms for three years, and then got a license when I moved back home, and had to drive to the local junior college to earn a vocational degree. I could usually find a guy with a car to take me to the laundromat to wash clothes, since dorms never had enough washing machines.

[Fox Mulder]

44. 18

[Skittles]

45. 16; same year as the first gas crisis n/t

[galledgoblin]

46. I'm 23 and still don't have one

in high school, in a rural area, I just was too busy.

then I started college in a city with adequate public transit.

now I'm kind of a public transit advocate and don't think I'll ever get a license unless I eventually settle in a rural area.

[jobycom]

47. 15.

[SeattleGirl]

48. 16

Could not WAIT to get behind the wheel without a parental unit in the car with me