<p>Remind me not to visit any of the states you live in. For those who think it’s silly or stupid to take the bus, there are many very good reasons to do so, particularly if you live in the northeast.
In Connecticut:</p>
<p>1) you have to be 16 before you can take the permit test, and many students don’t pass it the first time. It is far more complex than “what do you do at a stop sign.”</p>
<p>2) you have to have 30 hours of classroom training, 40 hours behind the wheel, and a drivery safety class with your parents, and hold permit for 120 (commercial class), or 180 (home training) days. (so now you’re at least 16-1/2)</p>
<p>3) Once you get your licence, you cannot have passengers the first 6 months, except a parent of “qualified trainer.”</p>
<p>4) The next 6 months you can have immediate family members as passengers.</p>
<p>also NO cell phones, even hands-free, or any electronic devices.</p>
<p>You can’t drive friends to and from school the first year, there’s limited parking, there’s icy roads… why would you drive to school? If you’re actively involved in after-school activities where transportation is and issue, that’s one thing, but otherwise you wasting gas and a parkings space when perfectly good free transportation is available.</p>
<p>I’m glad to see that there are more people like me!! I don’t have a license, and will only have a car every other month (it’s complicated). But my mom is going to drive my sisters, so I figure I’ll tag along</p>
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<p>^In Florida, you take a road signs and rules test on your 15th birthday (or later if that’s what you choose). In exactly a year you just have to have someone say you’ve driven for 50 hours and then if you pass the test, you get your license. The only restriction is no driving from 1 AM-5AM. Oh and at 18 you can just walk into the DMV and take both the road test and written test and if you pass, you can have your license. </p>
<p>There’s no law about using a cellphone while driving and there’s no seatbelt law. Children can use just a lap belt at age 5 (there’s no booster laws. We’re 1 of 3 states without 1.) It’s ridiculous how unsafe these laws are. =/ All 3 have been unanimously voted on in Tallahassee but no one cares enough to make them into laws despite the fact that many people (including children) die because of them.</p>
<p>I may not be driving for august or early September. No problem there. Although people will ask and I hate lying that I’m not a senior when I should be saying it proud so I will have to deal with it.</p>
<p>@Rachel, same with the 50 hours, but you don’t even have to really drive that much. All you really have to do is have a parent sign the form saying you did, and I know lots of kids who were lucky to drive more than 10, haha.</p>
<h1>32: We have these driving laws in Indiana. But it useless. There no way to actually tell if the person is actually texting or emailing. People can still talk on phone there is some problem but people should like try talking using speakers mode or through the radio. I read somewhere that only a few people got pull over for texting. Phone are easy to hide and there is no proof that the person you pull over was actually using the phone since everyone got 1.</h1>
<p>It’s pretty much impossible to live where I live and do ECs without driving to school. I started driving to school towards the end of Sophomore year once I turned 16 and got my license.</p>
<p>@CTScoutmom, There isn’t anything wrong with taking the bus, but sometimes it just isn’t convenient. I live in NY, so I had to wait until I was 16 to take my permit test which was actually pretty easy here (don’t know anyone that’s failed & they aren’t exactly the brightest people out there), then you have to take the 5 hour course, and 50 hours of driving with 15 being at night. </p>
<p>I did it as soon as I was able to so almost exactly 6 months later I went for my road test & passed (my 6 months was over march 28, I went April 12) I started driving to school because at 4:30 every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (occasionally more/less) I would babysit. My bus ride is 40 minutes long and my school is only 10 minutes away, so by the time I get home I have run out of the house. So I started driving so I could come home, take a nap and eat before I had to go. </p>
<p>And when testing came around I also drove; I was afraid to miss my bus because it came in the middle of the day (12:30 or something) and honestly I missed it last year, so I drove then, and when I was done with my test at the 2 hour mark I got to leave instead of having to wait until 4:00 for the late bus. and same for early morning tests, there was even a day when my bus just never came. My friend told me she was stranded until 5:30 that day. SO regardless of gas, oil changes & inspections I love having my car.</p>
<p>And @rachel that is CRAZY! in NY we can only drive with 1 person, plus an immediate family member, between the hours of 6 & 9 unless you have a working card (issued by your job) then you can drive later. We also have the Seatbelt, booster seat, move over, and cell phone laws.</p>
<p>In Ohio you can take the permit test at 15 and a half. Then you have to take 24 hours of in class instruction, then 8 hours of in car instruction. Plus a 50 hour affidavit has to be notarized. And you have to hold you permit for at least six months before taking the test. </p>
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<p>I’m going to be a senior and I’m taking Driver’s Ed right now. Partly I just never signed up for the class before, some times it would have been hard to schedule. Also I’m one of the younger ones in my grade so I’m somewhat behind. I will probably have my license before I graduate though!</p>
<p>I’m not driving because I don’t have a license or a car (or really the desire to drive or duke it out with underclassmen for parking spaces). I’d rather just wait until i’m 18 instead of shelling out $1k for driving lessons (yes, that’s about what everything costs).</p>