<p>I'm 17 and a half.
This means I am no longer required to take driver's ed.
My parents wouldn't let me get my permit until now.</p>
<p>I want to get a job in October/ November.
I need transportation to school/ work.</p>
<p>I looked at the DMV form for a hardship license, and I have two problems.</p>
<ol>
<li>My income is not essential to my family contribution.</li>
<li>It requests employer info. Which is stupid because I don't want to get hired until I know I have a way of getting there.</li>
</ol>
<p>I want to know if I am still applicable to get a hardship license that will allow me to drive by myself without having to have a permit for 6 months.</p>
<p>My mom is currently paying a college kid $15 a day to take me to school, which is ridiculous. I have no transportation to home/ work after school. I go to private school, there is no public transportation to or from there.</p>
<p>I have to wait anywhere from 2-5 hours after school before I get a ride home. Sometimes I have been left waiting there until even the staff have left. There is no room to explain this on the Hardship License Application.</p>
<p>Thanks guys!!</p>
<p>I’m afraid you’re not :(</p>
<p>sl;dkjfa;slkdja;lsd!!!</p>
<p>That means if I take my permit test next Wednesday I will get my license on January 15th. :(</p>
<p>Which is like a month before my 18th birthday. So it’s totally pointless.
Ughhh. I’m mad that my parents made me wait to get my PERMIT. It’s not like I could drive without them. :/</p>
<p>What do you guys suggest? I’m tired of being stranded at school and not being able to have a job. (I had one last summer, my mom would always get me there 10-15 minutes late and I hated that). I eventually decided just to bike the 9 miles to work… which wasn’t fun considering it was summer and I live in the desert. :/</p>
<p>Only way I can see getting to work would be biking. which would suck to do everyday. It would mean I’d have to get up at like 6 every morning after late night studying for APs, bike for about 30-45 minutes, and then after school bike around 10 miles to get to work.</p>
<p>Can anyone think of alternatives? How fast does a electric bike (kind you can ride on the sidewalk) go? I I recall correctly, Motorcycles allow you to drive by yourself with a permit… I doubt my parents would go for that though. Not like it’s dangerous like driving in New York or anything but still… </p>
<p>What should I do???</p>
<p>There’s not much that you can do at this point. CA has very explicit rules governing driver licenses, and these rules were put in place FOR SAFETY REASONS. </p>
<p>Since you have never driven a car yet, requiring six months of practice driving under the supervision of an adult driver is perfectly reasonable. Otherwise, you would be a serious menace – not only to yourself, but to everyone else on the road as well. It takes at least that long to develop the skills you need to be a safe solo driver.</p>
<p>After you get your license in January, you can get a car. (I assume you have the money for one, since your only issue seems to be getting a license.) That will solve your transportation problem, so you can go out and find a job. And January is just a couple of months later than your original Oct./Nov. time frame.</p>
<p>You biked 9 miles in PALM SPRINGS?!?!?!?!
Oh my god…that sounds horrible</p>
<p>Is there no where with decent pay near your house?</p>
<p>I’d need a place to work near my school in that case. Which would limit me to food service, which I am not down for.</p>
<p>Also, oddly enough, my mom said she’d consider letting me get a motorcycle… sweet.
That would solve my problem and be super cool.</p>
<p>Ha, now I’m jealous of you lol.</p>
<p>lol, don’t be jealous yet. She said she’d THINK about it. 
Also my dad, who I don’t live with, isn’t for it as of right now.
This is the dad who wouldn’t let me get a trampoline when I was little because he said I could hurt my head, get brain damage, and end up as a vegetable. LOL</p>
<p>Oh then…good luck. Glad your hopes are up!</p>
<p>UGH. I am soooo confused.</p>
<p>The CA DMV website says you can get your permit for a motorcycle, and says nothing about a 21 year old person with a license riding with you.</p>
<p>I called the DMV to clarify this, because it doesn’t say anything about not having someone with you. The guy at the DMV says I need a car driver’s license first. The DMV website says NOTHING about having a car license first. On the bright side, he did indeed say I could drive alone with a permit. -_-</p>
<p>I’m not very fond of DMV people. Could someone clarify this for me?</p>
<p>I don’t know about CA, but here in Idaho you have to have a drivers license first to drive a motercycle or scooter. I was assuming it was different there. Sorry. :(</p>
<p>So did I. It says NOTHNIG about having a car license in the CA DMV website or CA Motorcycle handbook. But the guys on the phone said you need to have a class C license. 
I don’t know which is correct.</p>
<p>ahhh. I just figured something out.</p>
<p>To get a motorcycle permit, you only have to 15 and a half. You can’t get your license until you’re 16. Woohoo. DMV phone people are idiots.</p>
<p>Probably the class c license. Do you know anyone with a motercycle? Maybe ask them… Idk…</p>
<p>EDIT: CONGRATS.</p>
<p>DMV where I live does not mean DMV where you live.</p>
<p>Naw, I don’t know anyone.</p>
<p>YES. I GOT MY DAD TO CONSIDER IT!!!</p>
<p>:D</p>
<p>I really hope this happens haha.
And my dad agrees, DMV people are stupid.</p>
<p>Work from home.
Get a paid internship.
Etc.</p>
<p>^lol. I’ll do online surveys. New my spam mail was good for something!</p>