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Good luck speed cameras (kbin.run)

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[-] can@sh.itjust.works 12 points 8 months ago

Where do you need to be 18 to drive?

[-] lemming@sh.itjust.works 55 points 8 months ago

In a considerable part of the world. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minimum_driving_ages

[-] redbr64@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago

Yeah, I assumed most of the world was at least 18. I was surprised when I moved to the US at 15 and could get a learner's permit and drive with an adult, and drive by myself at 16.

[-] Pacmanlives@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Growing up in a rural part of Ohio it was needed. Everything was 20-30 miles away. Need milk and eggs, well see you an a hour

[-] redbr64@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Yeah, I totally understand how it's necessary across many parts of the US. There's so much I couldn't have done in high school, like having a job, if I couldn't drive. I didn't live in a rural area, but between the sprawl and lack of public transportation...

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 16 points 8 months ago

Oh, guess NA bias is showing.

[-] Perhyte@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago

In a rather large part of the world (the solid green parts of that map).

[-] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Almost everywhere... there are very few places where you can drive before you're 18. There are like junuor permits and you can get them when you're 16, but your parrents are the ones responsible for your driving. Something happens, they get ringed. So, yeah, they can also not give you the license if you cause too much trouble.

[-] Jajcus@kbin.social 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Poland and probably most of Europe. You don't need a car here for everyday living, so there is no point in giving licenses and care to kids.

[-] RampageDon@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

In the US you don't get your full driver's license until 18. 16 is permit and requires an over 21 license driver with you, and 17 is a provisional license so it has restrictions on how late you can drive and how many people can be in the car.

[-] Vytle@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

I think that may be a state restriction. For sure you can get a permit at 15, and 16 should be provisional, but iirc the only restriction is that those under 18 cant drive after 11pm, atleast in FL.

[-] nyan@lemmy.cafe 2 points 8 months ago

Pretty sure the US allows individual states to set the ages. In Canada, it's provinces that set it. Lowest age I've ever heard of was 12 (for limited permits to move farm machinery along back roads in Saskatchewan, although that was decades ago and it might not still be a thing). I had a full and unrestricted license at 16, but the rules have changed since then.

[-] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Only if you live in New Jersey

[-] toynbee@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Admittedly it's been a long time since this was relevant to me, so this may have changed, but where and when I grew up in the US you could get a learner's permit (unlimited driving with another qualified driver in the car) at 15 yrs and 9 mos, then a full license (able to drive by yourself and transport anyone over 18) at, I think, 16 and 6 mos. At 18 the restrictions on whom you could transport disappeared, but I've never heard of anyone paying attention to or enforcing those rules anyway.

There may also have been a restriction about driving after midnight, but I don't recall for sure.