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How Old Do You Have To Be To Get A Driving License?
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Some People Are Telling Me 18 Some Are Telling Me 16? Which one is it?
From being one of the class geeks in 8th grade to one of the most noticable ones in High School. Thats what you call "Steppin Yo Game Up!"
16
16.
How do you NOT know this? Its like knowing how old you are.
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If you have already gotten it, you really aren't counting down the years to figure out how much longer until you get your license. It also varies from state to state.
There are tons of restrictions on your license until your 18 however (IE Cant drive past midnight, no more than 1 other person in the car, etc.. --well at least these were trying to be put in effect when I was 16).
In Illinois, curfew does not apply to 17 year olds or when there is an adult in the car with the 16 year old. It begins at 11:00 PM Sunday through Thursday and 11:59 PM Fridays and Saturdays. There is also a rule that you can't have more than one non-immediate family member under the age of 21 in the car for the first six months you have your license, or until you are 18, whichever comes first. This rule applies even if there is an adult in the car with the new licensee.
16. I know for sure, because I'm 15, have a permit, and really want my liscense!
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Basically in WI you get your license when your 16. Then you are immediatly put on a 9 month probationary license (1 person in the car, not out past midnight) when thats over, though you are just driving like any normal person. I believe if you cause an accident before you turn 18 you can be put back on a probationary license.
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I was involved in only one accident, it was my fault, but it was a very small one. My school parking lot is off of a small neighborhood road that connects to the main road. There isn't a light where the small road connects the main road, but there really needs to be. The problem is around 150 cars full of high schoolers pull out at the same time each day. A stop sign is just not sufficient for this. High schoolers, being the anxious people we are, tend to jump the gun when it comes to driving (pulling out too early, too fast, etc.). Anyways, to make a long story short, the guy in front of me (actually a friend from class, go figure) proceeded to pull out, hit the gas, then slammed on his brake. He did this three times. The fourth time he did this, he stopped a little too hard and I bumped the back of him. We kept insurance out of it, I wrote him a check for around $300 for damages. Nice guy, by the ways. Another time I was actually driving down the main road, just past the intersection, I come to a stop because the car in front me stopped to pick someone up (bad idea). Another car pulled out of the intersection from the smaller road, didn't noticed I was stopped in time, and hit me. No damages, but my Coke and Culver's went everywhere. 
So, going back to what I was saying about needing a light, there is an minor accident here literally once a week. Not kidding. Some unusual stuff that happened this year: Our school bus drivers think they are all high and one decided to pull out into traffic when she didn't have the right of way. Needless to say, she was hit and the thirty-some students inside were stuck (not literally) until another bus could take them home. 
One teacher rear-ended a student similar to what I did. The girl that was hit decided it was necessary to call 911, however, and a police car, fire engine, and two ambulances show up at the scene.  Wow, and to think there are drivers on the road that have this much logic. Scary.
I wouldn't call myself an experienced driver at only 16, but certainly a stoplight (especially with a red right arrow so drivers don't pull out right in front of someone) would prevent 99% of the accidents that occur here. The main road is simply too busy that you have to pull out quickly and can't hesitate like many teens do (stop and go numerous times). What also makes it dangerous is that there are railroad tracks at the intersection (crossing the main road). With their location, all traffic crossing them towards school has the right of way, so traffic should never stop, but some students decide to be nice and let the oncoming cars turn left in front of them, failing to look in their rearview mirror (another thing young drivers tend to forget is to look in the rearview and get a sense of what's behind them) and notice the car behind them is sitting on the tracks. 
^ Wow!
 2 more years and I can get my liscense and that car my mom has been promising me!From being one of the class geeks in 8th grade to one of the most noticable ones in High School. Thats what you call "Steppin Yo Game Up!"
true it's 16 right now but the state of IL might be changing it to 18 in a year or so not right now though.
GO WILDCATS~!!!!!!!!!
In Iowa, you can drive scooters (mini motorbikes) at 14 I believe.
^ I wish Chicago was like Iowa!
 From being one of the class geeks in 8th grade to one of the most noticable ones in High School. Thats what you call "Steppin Yo Game Up!"
They keep saying that they're going to change it to 18, but it never happens, and it never will.
What you don't understand you can make mean anything.
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