I got my permit!

I hadn't taken into consideration that fact that you mentioned you had a health problem that kept you from getting your license.

I think that that is the way it works here in North Carolina, I mean with the eligibility thing... But I had to wait until 18 when to the doctor's and she did an EEG on me and then cleared me, said I could taper off my meds. I'm sure that if I knew how to drive I could have just gone for my license, but I have to learn. I drove a little bit with my husband and my husband's mom. His mom is going to teach me how to drive on the weekends when we're both off work and if weather permits.

Oh I meant to say that I don't think it's always been a year and a half wait to get your license after a permit... I guess it's something they've done to ensure that the driver knows what they are doing and are confident... Who knows maybe a bunch of scared off their assets (drop the t) instructor's banded together after a few kids from hell came barreling in and took the test after a short period? lol... I don't know.

Have you always lived in TN? I know that driving laws seem to really change fast. I had to get my permit but I thought that I could get my license straight away if I wanted. I think that was my understanding a few years ago, so either the laws changed or I just misunderstood. I am happy to have my permit now. I know in School that some of my friends and acquaintances were made to wait to get their's... I suppose because the parents felt they weren't mature enough, I know one acquaintance told me her parents wanted her to mature first.

I was raised here, moved around, then moved back. Here..with the teens..they have to have a permit for a certain amount of time before getting a license. If they drop out of school they are no longer eligible for either one. If their grades drop and they have either one..they get suspended and that can run into a lot of money with reinstatement fees and such. Now an adult that has never had a permit or a license and has graduated or gotten a GED can just go take the test and get a license.

I'm not a parent, but my little sister is like a daughter to me because I raised her for many years. I know what you mean.. it's a scary thought having them drive because you're worried they may get hurt. You also don't want em to grow up too quickly and you also want to give them their freedom. It's very confusing! I was so proud of my sister the first time she drove. I was video taping her lol. She must have been so annoyed lol :P (I wasn't distracting her while she was driving, promise lol)

You learn to be creative around the law when you know you are in the wrong! LOL

lol, and I am sure there are some that don't care so much as long as we're safe! really if we think about it here in the States atleast they seem to pull people over more now just for the money that the tickets received give the state government and local lawn enforcement.

Wow, very sneaky! playing the distraught wife! I don't know how I would react if I got pulled over, which I am sure will happen. It seems like atleast once in awhile a person will get pulled over... I know I've been pulled over with friend's driving and even then I was nervous!

My husband has told me that once I am comfortable enough to drive on the roads I will be driving everywhere! lol! I told him where I would drive, though somewhat jokingly, but the areas I outlined were mostly everywhere we find ourselves going on a regular basis! lol! I've been told you have to watch others on the road as well and not just yourself. I believe that to be true as I've been the witness to many stupidities on the road.

Yes having concentration and knowing the parts of the car will help so that when your out in an area your not familiar AND / OR the car breaks down you'll know what to do... or how to get back to a familiar area, etc.

I think that it is very easy to drive. I think that if driving is a sports it will be my game. Well, first you must have the concentration and then familiarize the parts of the car so that you will be driving like a pro.

Maezee, I'm sorry I didn't see this response before! It took me awhile to legally get mine because of laziness! I had to see a doctor before I was legally able, but I'd seen one at 18, here I am 22, and finally have my permit! It bothered me so much that I didn't try before, my husband finally told me I'd better do it for my own sanity! Now he tells me when I learn how to drive, I'm going to be HIS chaffeur! Ha! Okay I probably will!

I had to wait for a bit, but then later just got lazy and discouraged. Now though I am encouraged from my husband and his mom, so I am learning how to. I know some people don't have their permit or license, and may not need it... but we live out in the country, lol, so it's a must for me!

I didn't start driving until I was 19. Though I had a medical condition, I was going to college since I was 16, was carpooled, and it was just real convenient. Then, when I DID get my permit and tried to take the test, I failed 3 times before I got it!

gentlevelvet, First of all welcome to mylto and sorry it took me a bit to get back to you. Also, yes it took me a few times but this was before I was legally cleared myself, so after being legally cleared it took only once!

sorry it took so long to respond, for some reason I forgot about these responses or they didn't come through to email. In any case, here the process is driver's ed, test, permit, test, driving test, license. So When in school your eligible to take a driver's ed class, which I did, part of the class is studying and the other part is driving, but I didn't get to take driving as I was not medically certified yet. Then, you go down and get your permit from the dmv (department of motor vehicles) I am not sure that you have to take the test again after driver's ed, I don't think so as you have a certificate certifying you, but I didn't get that as I didn't finish the course. In any case, then you get your picture taken and your permit, voila! The Driver's License you get after so much time for learning to drive. Well I think the laws have changed in the few years since I was in school so I had to go through the process I am about to outline to you. The process I had to go through was 1. Call The DMV and ask them what I would need to do to get certified... 2. Have my doctor fill out the forms again 3. Send the forms back 4. Study 5. Wait until after my new social security card arrived 6. Get my id with my new name (I just got married). 7. Study More 8. Go get my permit. now all I need to do now is 9. Practice so I can get my license in a year and a half. I had to be medically cleared as I did have a medical condition, but don't anymore.

I've taken two permit tests. One was a few years ago, another was just last Friday. I think that I may have taken another test before as well, but can't rightly remember. It wasn't as hard to pass once I studied, but the times before I hadn't studied.

Here it is a bit different as we've got to first learn to drive and thus the permit. I think I remember seeing a discussion of yours about trying to obtain your permit. Well I do hope you can learn to drive and get your permit. Here it's a permit if you need to learn to drive... a license if you know how to... The permit holder must ride with an adult who has atleast five years experience, I believe, is the law for my state.

You'd be right bounce! lol! Yes, I'm getting ready so that maybe on days my husband has to work mornings early I can take him to work, then myself, and pick him up when I get off work.

I am sure it was an exciting day for you. I am feeling better already as at first I was scared a lot of people would say they got their's when they were younger then I. My husband lol is opposite of your husband at the time, my hubs says bout time I learned as he's tired of driving me around! lol! I know he's half kidding though, but I do know he also can't wait until he's finally the passenger, and I the driver! lol!

You you have to wait a bit to get your social security, I recently got mine changed as I got married, I honestly don't think it took too long for it to come in the mail... Though I know your anticipating getting your permit. Yea, I'm 22 and just now getting around to getting mine, lol.

I know I studied this time around until I stopped paying attention to what I was reading, that's when the worry kicked in but for no reason, as now I have a paper temporary permit, and am waiting for the real thing in the mail!

My husband and I stay home alot as well, but even so for us it'd be more of a convenience. I just started work and while that's not so much the problem, the fact that I have to turn a time sheet in every friday is. Lol, let me explain, I work at one place but have to turn my time sheet in at another. I sit with my great grandmother and clean and take care that she's doing okay, so while I go straight to her house in the mornings, on Friday's I must go take the time sheet back to headquarters to get paid... lol, long story. I didn't really feel I needed a license until now either though, that and I was a bit scared I wouldn't past the tests.

I read this but I am not sure why I didn't respond to this earlier when i first saw it awhile back. Hmm... Let me try to answer all your questions. A Learner's Permit, as you know, entitles a driver to practice with another driver who has had their license for alteast five years I believe it is. They MUST wait one year and a half before they get their driver's license as per law. I know that for renewal of license you can get that I believe 6 months prior to your birthdate which is what they go by. For me, I hadn't looked at the expiration date, but I think my permit will expire in the year and a half, or it maybe on my birthday. I think they want you to wait so as to give you plenty of time to learn, though I am sure many people do this, legally your not supposed to drive until you have your permit so a year and a half gives you plenty of time to learn. Now if you fail the driving portion you just go back and take it again. My husband failed the driving portion once because of accidental speeding, he sped a few miles over the speed limit but on the test it has to be precise, just out on the road without the instructor is when you can speed a little bit and not get pulled over... I think it's five miles above the speed limit... Did that answer your questions or only prove to confuse you more? I don't mean to, but even to me my response is a bit confusing. If I didn't know what I was talking about I wouldn't know what I was talking about.

I think that the laws are pretty much similar here. We can miss 5 questions, but 6 is failing. There were a few that I didn't go with my gut instinct on and so didn't answer correctly, but I still passed. My husband went in to get his license renewed the same day, and he had to take the sign test, and then get his picture taken. The fee was $35.00 though, and they will mail us my permit and his license, we get a temporary permit / license....

Oh I can definitely understand the written part being so strict, and the driving part being more lax in that you have a point range to pass. I haven't taken the driving part yet, but maybe where they are lax with the written part here, they are more strict with the driving part? Either way driving knowledge and skill is necessary!

We are not allowed to miss any on the written exam but for the driving part they give you points for each action and as long as you are within a certain range of points then you can pass. I have had to get my license renewed once so far and if I recall it right it cost something like $25.00

I am sorry I am not quite sure what you mean, but I appreciate the response and if your still here on mylot, welcome.

Congratulations to you as well, and I hope your still on mylot as the little earnings you make here could go for a car for you. Here a learner's permit is what we get first, so while we can drive on it, it's more of a "learning" experience thus the name.