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THEGODDAMNBATMA
05/22/19 4:10:16 PM
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How old were you when you got your drivers license? - Results (22 votes)
15
0% (0 votes)
0
16
22.73% (5 votes)
5
17
9.09% (2 votes)
2
18
4.55% (1 vote)
1
19
13.64% (3 votes)
3
20 - 25
18.18% (4 votes)
4
25 - 30
4.55% (1 vote)
1
31+
4.55% (1 vote)
1
I don't have my license and I'm still a teenager.
0% (0 votes)
0
I don't have my license and I'm older than a teenager.
22.73% (5 votes)
5
I got mine when I was 19. I had to get numerous leg and brain surgeries over the course of high school and was often on high dosage painkillers so I never was in any position to drive. Then when I was taking my graduation classes (those surgeries caused me to miss a lot of school and graduate two years late) my Grandpa was sick of having to drive me to and from school so he made me drive the car and a few months later I was able to take the test. I was initially hesitant on if I should take it or not, but when I called to reschedule they didn't have any spots until the Winter so I bit the bullet and did it and I passed.
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WastelandCowboy
05/22/19 4:11:01 PM
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I was 25 when I passed the driving test. I was 26 when I got my license in my hands.
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Moonjay
05/22/19 4:13:11 PM
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I'm 37 and I've never had one. I've also never driven a car.
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_AdjI_
05/22/19 4:13:29 PM
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25, almost 26 when I got the full license. I went through several learner's permits before that that I just never followed through on. I finally did it because of a combination of a girl I liked who needed moving help and my dad dying and leaving behind a van that proved quite helpful for that move (plus him dying meant me being able to drive was a considerable help for my mom).
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ReggieTheReckless
05/22/19 4:13:31 PM
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17, I did driver's ed/behind the wheel when I was 16 through my high school, but I waited until I was 17 to get my license because I didn't feel like I had a reason yet. The reason I needed ended up being a girl! The usual :x
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Mead
05/22/19 4:13:53 PM
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23
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DevilSummoner1
05/22/19 4:15:28 PM
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23
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OHJOY90
05/22/19 4:19:33 PM
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28 hopefully. I'm currently learning.
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darcandkharg31
05/22/19 4:19:33 PM
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24?
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Nichtcrawler X
05/22/19 4:20:10 PM
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I was 19, started taking lessons the day I legally could. Lost a few months over having to get a new medical statement concerning my club feet.
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pionear
05/22/19 4:22:05 PM
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18, which is waaayyyy late in the state I was living in at the time (Ala/16)..but I did get my learners permit at 15.

Most kids there have been driving since like they were 14
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LinkPizza
05/22/19 4:22:06 PM
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Between 16-18.
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darcandkharg31
05/22/19 4:30:07 PM
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LinkPizza posted...
Between 16-18.

so 17?
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LinkPizza
05/22/19 4:33:48 PM
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darcandkharg31 posted...
LinkPizza posted...
Between 16-18.

so 17?

Well, 15 years and 9 months for the learners permit, which was the earliest I could get it. Then I got the provisional license. Then the drivers license. But I dont remember the exact age... it was during those ages, though... Provisionals was probably 16 or 17. License was either 17 or 18. So, during those years...
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CTLM
05/22/19 4:56:20 PM
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26. Lived in an area where I could walk to buy whatever I needed and my job. Wasn't in a hurry. Then I moved too far away so that changed things quickly.
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KogaSteelfang
05/22/19 5:02:07 PM
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16.
Iirc it was actually on my 16th birthday. It just worked out that way, though thinking back it might've been the day after. Anyway, it was immediately at 16.
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SunWuKung420
05/22/19 5:04:51 PM
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16
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PMarth2002
05/22/19 5:16:57 PM
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I was 18, and it was like a month until my 19th birthday.
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KJ StErOiDs
05/22/19 5:25:33 PM
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20.
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ChaosAzeroth
05/22/19 5:49:18 PM
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Anxiety screwed that up. Also seizures got out of hand in high school so wasn't able to take drivers ed after that started.

It's probably a good thing I'm not getting a license.
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CaptainStrong
05/22/19 6:24:47 PM
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21 and still don't have one. I don't trust my dumbass self to control a two ton chunk of metal barreling down these windy roads. Especially in the icy-ass winters we got here.
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MrMelodramatic
05/22/19 6:34:07 PM
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22.
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Joelypoely
05/22/19 6:54:23 PM
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24, also still don't have one. I'm happy using a combination of walking, cycling and public transport.
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WarGreymon77
05/22/19 7:12:03 PM
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I don't have my license and I'm almost 30. I've had 2 learner's permits expire.
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miki_sauvester
05/22/19 7:36:40 PM
#26:


WarGreymon77 posted...
I don't have my license and I'm almost 30. I've had 2 learner's permits expire.

Same boat at 27. I suck at driving/dont enjoy it.
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AnnoyedCops
05/22/19 7:54:14 PM
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miki_sauvester posted...
WarGreymon77 posted...
I don't have my license and I'm almost 30. I've had 2 learner's permits expire.

Same boat at 27. I suck at driving/dont enjoy it.

Same at 28. I know people think I'm a manchild or whatever for not knowing how to drive but I tried and I just hate it. It's so much responsibility and I just can't see myself doing it. I feel so much safer when someone else is driving.
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myghostisdead
05/22/19 7:59:27 PM
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16. First car was one my dad got at an auction. It was some old, blue car that said " US Air Force" on the side.
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Ferarri619
05/22/19 8:01:18 PM
#29:


I'm going for my road test tomorrow. I'm 28.
I regret not going for it sooner. Where I live there is large open land and the transit system sucks so bad it takes more than an hour to get anywhere.
I'll be driving a 2009 Kia Rio but I'd really like a Subaru Impreza or Legacy eventually.
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Sarcasthma
05/22/19 8:04:39 PM
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21. Im basically a paper driver now, but Im fortunate enough to live in a country with an amazing public transportation system.
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LinkPizza
05/22/19 8:05:35 PM
#31:


I never knew so many people got it late. Like in their 20s...
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Mead
05/22/19 8:07:37 PM
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LinkPizza posted...
I never knew so many people got it late. Like in their 20s...


For me I was really busy getting all the achievements for Samurai Warriors 2 on the xbox 360
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LinkPizza
05/22/19 8:16:16 PM
#33:


Mead posted...
LinkPizza posted...
I never knew so many people got it late. Like in their 20s...


For me I was really busy getting all the achievements for Samurai Warriors 2 on the xbox 360

Well, that is very important, so...
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WarGreymon77
05/22/19 8:26:28 PM
#34:


AnnoyedCops posted...
miki_sauvester posted...
WarGreymon77 posted...
I don't have my license and I'm almost 30. I've had 2 learner's permits expire.

Same boat at 27. I suck at driving/dont enjoy it.

Same at 28. I know people think I'm a manchild or whatever for not knowing how to drive but I tried and I just hate it. It's so much responsibility and I just can't see myself doing it. I feel so much safer when someone else is driving.

Failing my road test at the DMV shattered my confidence.
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Grindcorp9000
05/22/19 8:28:28 PM
#35:


16 like everyone else I know.
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darcandkharg31
05/22/19 8:33:04 PM
#36:


WarGreymon77 posted...

Failing my road test at the DMV shattered my confidence.

It happens, I failed my first test because someone ran across the street and I had to stop.

"Should've seen them coming.", Bitch I did see them coming that's why I stopped.
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_AdjI_
05/22/19 8:38:41 PM
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WarGreymon77 posted...
AnnoyedCops posted...
miki_sauvester posted...
WarGreymon77 posted...
I don't have my license and I'm almost 30. I've had 2 learner's permits expire.

Same boat at 27. I suck at driving/dont enjoy it.

Same at 28. I know people think I'm a manchild or whatever for not knowing how to drive but I tried and I just hate it. It's so much responsibility and I just can't see myself doing it. I feel so much safer when someone else is driving.

Failing my road test at the DMV shattered my confidence.


Honestly, road tests aren't a great metric of driving ability. I very nearly failed mine because of a few instances of missed shoulder checks, all of which were because I'd been paying good enough attention to the road around me to know that nobody was there. When I finished, he asked me if I'd had a license before because I had bad habits like I'd been driving for a while (I hadn't, but I had been biking for several years, which amounted to road experience), but I still feel like that was less "bad habits" and more a matter of already having the intuition and spatial awareness needed to cut some corners. Road tests just test for rigidly adhering to what the book says you're supposed to do, which isn't what driving well actually entails (though a good many people bend/break those rules for no good reason).
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Ferarri619
05/22/19 8:43:11 PM
#38:


darcandkharg31 posted...
WarGreymon77 posted...

Failing my road test at the DMV shattered my confidence.

It happens, I failed my first test because someone ran across the street and I had to stop.

"Should've seen them coming.", Bitch I did see them coming that's why I stopped.


I know people who've failed like 10 times and eventually got it.
Don't let that shit get to you. If you fail, book another one and keep booking until you pass.
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darcandkharg31
05/22/19 8:46:24 PM
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Ferarri619 posted...
darcandkharg31 posted...
WarGreymon77 posted...

Failing my road test at the DMV shattered my confidence.

It happens, I failed my first test because someone ran across the street and I had to stop.

"Should've seen them coming.", Bitch I did see them coming that's why I stopped.


I know people who've failed like 10 times and eventually got it.
Don't let that shit get to you. If you fail, book another one and keep booking until you pass.

Me? Naw man, I got my licence already, I was just saying a lot of people fail, no biggie.
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Alex1976
05/22/19 8:51:02 PM
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Got a restricted license at 15 (anytime I got behind the wheel, I had to have somebody age 18+ with a full-fledged drivers license riding shotgun, and couldn't drive at night).

Didn't get the complete license until 17 when I was about to start my senior year of high school. Took the road test and passed it easily.
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Ferarri619
05/22/19 8:53:07 PM
#41:


darcandkharg31 posted...
Me? Naw man, I got my licence already, I was just saying a lot of people fail, no biggie.


Not you, Wargreymon
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Grindcorp9000
05/22/19 9:41:48 PM
#42:


Ferarri619 posted...
darcandkharg31 posted...
WarGreymon77 posted...

Failing my road test at the DMV shattered my confidence.

It happens, I failed my first test because someone ran across the street and I had to stop.

"Should've seen them coming.", Bitch I did see them coming that's why I stopped.


I know people who've failed like 10 times and eventually got it.
Don't let that shit get to you. If you fail, book another one and keep booking until you pass.


If they failed ten times they shouldn't be allowed to drive. You should be able to pass it your first try.
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LinkPizza
05/22/19 9:45:04 PM
#43:


Grindcorp9000 posted...
Ferarri619 posted...
darcandkharg31 posted...
WarGreymon77 posted...

Failing my road test at the DMV shattered my confidence.

It happens, I failed my first test because someone ran across the street and I had to stop.

"Should've seen them coming.", Bitch I did see them coming that's why I stopped.


I know people who've failed like 10 times and eventually got it.
Don't let that shit get to you. If you fail, book another one and keep booking until you pass.


If they failed ten times they shouldn't be allowed to drive. You should be able to pass it your first try.

Not are about that. Some of the testers are just out to fail others. And when they shouldnt have failed...
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Garlands_Soul
05/22/19 9:50:38 PM
#44:


Still haven't yet. I'm 19, and I've failed two tests so far.
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Grindcorp9000
05/22/19 9:50:43 PM
#45:


LinkPizza posted...
Grindcorp9000 posted...
Ferarri619 posted...
darcandkharg31 posted...
WarGreymon77 posted...

Failing my road test at the DMV shattered my confidence.

It happens, I failed my first test because someone ran across the street and I had to stop.

"Should've seen them coming.", Bitch I did see them coming that's why I stopped.


I know people who've failed like 10 times and eventually got it.
Don't let that shit get to you. If you fail, book another one and keep booking until you pass.


If they failed ten times they shouldn't be allowed to drive. You should be able to pass it your first try.

Not are about that. Some of the testers are just out to fail others. And when they shouldnt have failed...


Nobody has that shitty of luck. I can concede with it MAYBE taking your second try to get it but anymore they are either learning disabled or deliberately choosing to fail by not studying enough.
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Garlands_Soul
05/22/19 9:56:07 PM
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Grindcorp9000 posted...
Nobody has that shitty of luck. I can concede with it MAYBE taking your second try to get it but anymore they are either learning disabled or deliberately choosing to fail by not studying enough.

There's only one guy that does the test where I live and I'm convinced he just hates me. I failed the first time because he wanted me to turn into a driveway and just said "turn left" as though I'd have the intuition to understand he wanted me to pull into someone's house. The second time I was failed for a better reason, that being that I fucked up the parallel park, but I went for a third test and he basically said what amounted to "oops, out of time" and didn't let me even take it. I waited there for an hour to hear that.
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BrightStar7
05/22/19 9:56:37 PM
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Never bothered getting one and have no desire either. The concept of driving is completely unappealing to me.
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Grindcorp9000
05/22/19 9:57:27 PM
#48:


Garlands_Soul posted...
Grindcorp9000 posted...
Nobody has that shitty of luck. I can concede with it MAYBE taking your second try to get it but anymore they are either learning disabled or deliberately choosing to fail by not studying enough.

There's only one guy that does the test where I live and I'm convinced he just hates me. I failed the first time because he wanted me to turn into a driveway and just said "turn left" as though I'd have the intuition to understand he wanted me to pull into someone's house. The second time I was failed for a better reason, that being that I fucked up the parallel park, but I went for a third test and he basically said what amounted to "oops, out of time" and didn't let me even take it. I waited there for an hour to hear that.


I suppose if there is only one instructor there could be an issue.
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desuno-to
05/22/19 10:29:50 PM
#49:


Moonjay posted...
I'm 37 and I've never had one. I've also never driven a car.

You must live in a city with an awesome public transit system.
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Cacciato
05/22/19 11:42:40 PM
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16.
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