At what age did you get your driver's license?

@kafueenu (1073)
Philippines
January 18, 2010 11:47am CST
I am turning 21 on March, and honestly, I have no idea how to drive. My father doesn't have the time to tutor me, and I don't have the time to go to driving school. I think that I would be able to get my license after I graduate, finally, or worse, I'll never learn how to drive, ever!
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@Torunn (8607)
• Norway
18 Jan 10
I got it some weeks after I turned 18. Most of my friends tried to get it on their birthday, but when your birthday is in the autumn you have book the test well in advance. You can't take get a licence for motor bike after mid October, I didn't know that so I had to wait til the bikers had got theirs. Last summer I got my drivers licence for a car with a trailer. I still can't drive backwards with one though, haven't practiced enough. Good luck with the driving! Maybe you find some other relative that can help you?
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@kafueenu (1073)
• Philippines
19 Jan 10
I am asking my boyfriend to teach me how to drive, I hope I learn without ruining his car haha.
@Torunn (8607)
• Norway
20 Jan 10
Beware of trees! All of a sudden, they accelrate and come towards you at high speeds ;-)
@weasel81 (2496)
• Australia
18 Jan 10
i leanrt to drive when i was about 12/13 i think not sure, but we had the freedom of living on a farm. dad would let me drive the old ute, very slowly in about first gear. i wasn't fussed on driving back then, but when i turn 16 and could get my L's. i got my licence soon as i could. got my p's a yr later, got them late cause my dad rolled his ute i was going to take for the test and a driving lesson writing if off. so i had to take mums tank, (the land drover dual cab 130) passed first time round which was a good thing. u want to try my best mate, she same age as me but didn't get her full driving licence till late last yr. her sister is about 24 and she got her soon as she could, just my mate never bothered about it. i kept at her. just depends on how bad you need a licence.
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@kafueenu (1073)
• Philippines
19 Jan 10
Wow, it would be nice to leave in a farm, a sort of fairy tale life hehe.
@LaurenR (54)
• United States
19 Jan 10
I'm 26 and still don't have it. There are times when I hate not having one, however, I usually have no problem not having it.
@kafueenu (1073)
• Philippines
19 Jan 10
I've also thought of that, but when everybody else have them, it is frustating not having one yourself hehe.
@Khushi309 (139)
• India
19 Jan 10
i got it yesterday, and i am 19. but i have been driving for a while now, so i guess that was an advantage for me... maybe you should just take a little time and learn it, as this is like a basic necessity... you can't travel in public transport forever...
@kafueenu (1073)
• Philippines
19 Jan 10
Yes I know that, that is why I wan't to learn how to drive. Public transportation is really tiring, and also limited.
• India
18 Jan 10
I got my driving license made when I was 20. My father and brother also didn't have time to teach me driving. I first bought a driving book and tried to learn. But no benefit from that. Then I requested one of my friends to teach me driving. He taught me driving and then I got my license made.
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• Philippines
19 Jan 10
I still don't have my drivers license huhuhu. :'(
@kafueenu (1073)
• Philippines
19 Jan 10
We are together in our misery hehehe.
@sacmom (14192)
• United States
19 Jan 10
I got my driver's license when I was 17. I waited slightly longer than some teenagers to get my license. However, I didn't want to wait too long to get it as I figured it would be a good idea to have it, just in case, even if I didn't get the chance to drive all the time. Because you just never know when it'll come in handy. I'm glad I did too because ever since I moved to the country years ago I always have to drive somewhere! LOL My late maternal grandmother never learned how to drive. She either walked, took public transportation, or got a family member to drive her somewhere. It's just as well as she had no desire to learn anyway! LOL Hopefully you'll be able to learn one day! Good luck and happy mylotting!
• United States
18 Jan 10
Here we get a permit to drive with a lisenced driver in the car. We can take the test when we are 15.5 years old. That is a written test and then we take the driving test when we turn 16. That's when I got my permit and liscence. However, when I was like 12 years old my dad taught me to drive. I have been driving ever since!
@kafueenu (1073)
• Philippines
19 Jan 10
I really don't know, or I am not at what age people here are allowed to get their license. I think its 17 or 18, legal age, I think hehe.
@jilshi (271)
• Malaysia
19 Jan 10
i got my driving license when i was 17 years old. My father taught me how to drive before i participate in driving school. Therefore i was capable to drive smoothly in driving class. Eventually i managed to pass easily and get my driving license early. i remember that i drove to school everyday after got driving license.
@nautilus33 (1827)
19 Jan 10
HI! I have got my driver's license when i was 20 years old! Not because I came on age then, but just because I didn't have enough money to get it earlier! In my country the adult age is 18- so when you get 18 you can drink, you can stay at late outside, you can get driver's license, you can work! But for the driver's license I was very embarassed, because before that I have never driven a car!
• India
19 Jan 10
well i got my licence after 17 for both four wheeler and two wheeler.. may be some times it would help me of course and i went to driving school in my area to train me..
@esjosh (912)
• India
19 Jan 10
Here in India the minimum age must be 18 years to get driving license and I got it as soon as I completed 18
@iharidh (308)
• Indonesia
19 Jan 10
I forgot the exact time when I got the driving license for the first time. Maybe when I was 18 or 19. I learned how to drive in driving school, but to master how to drive (not as a racer though) I use my father's car after I finished driving school. Still, I wrecked my father's car couple of times. Not a big wreck, but a wreck is still a wreck. I think you should give some free time to attend driving school first, maybe twice a week if you don't have much time.
• India
19 Jan 10
My experience with taking license is very exciting, i got 3 times LLR during a span of 3 years, then finally i got license at the age of 30 for both two wheeler and four wheeler.
• Estonia
18 Jan 10
I am 19 and I've been taking driving lessons for a looong time already. Now I start to see some light in the end of the tunnel: I am getting close the examination and perhaps I'll get my license soon too. In our country there are very high demands on driving skills, so you have to know how to drive perfectly in order to pass the examination.
@Java09 (3075)
• United States
18 Jan 10
I was 19 when I finally got mine.I remember being very excited to get them.I was relieved when I passed the road test,I felt nervous before I took it.
• United States
18 Jan 10
I got my degree the summer after I turned 16, since I wasn't able to take driver's education in school until the previous semester and then I had to wait for the forms that said I passed to show up. I didn't like waiting the two months after I turned 16 to get my license, so I have no clue how you could be waiting until you're 21 and still not know when you will be getting yours.
• India
18 Jan 10
I am already 21 i don't have my license but i still drive car and bike both.I m just lazy to go to RTA office and make the license.My father is being asking me to make a license from last 3 yrs.if you wanna learn how to drive perfectly try it on your friends vehicles try best friend only.Driving school and all waste why to spend money on them.You should get a learners license first its easy to get that not that permanent license is difficult ot get if you know someone from RTA.which country are you from??.cause in my country i.e india there is no age i have kids of 15 yrs in my colony who have permanent license.
@Logan3745 (302)
• United States
18 Jan 10
i got my driver this year at the age of 16.