tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post8072750258749510255..comments2023-03-31T10:03:38.525+01:00Comments on Shelley's House: Driving IssuesShelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10239488936038510294noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post-39838371174068810222010-04-17T05:56:27.377+01:002010-04-17T05:56:27.377+01:00Yep, the restricted license for young drivers is a...Yep, the restricted license for young drivers is a good thing. They are also restricted from driving after 11:00pm (16/17 year olds) unless they can show they are going to/from work. I do regret the demize of Driver's Education classes in the public schools. I always felt they were very useful and should be continued but budget contraints seemed to have carried the day on this one.<br /><br />Sounds like getting a license in the UK is much harder than on this side of the pond. An American needing to get a license in that country would probably need some "extra" training to get used to driving on the wrong side of the road. ;->Rick Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771838562627660449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post-40516885671378479862010-04-16T23:44:18.944+01:002010-04-16T23:44:18.944+01:00Edinburgh is a beautiful city! I absolutely love i...Edinburgh is a beautiful city! I absolutely love it there.<br /><br />In Jersey, people cannot get drivers license until 18 now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post-2303416770085361832010-04-16T15:26:29.360+01:002010-04-16T15:26:29.360+01:00Rick - I think that's a move towards the posit...Rick - I think that's a move towards the positive. All those youngsters 'cruising' the streets after dark, can't have been a good thing (not that I'm ageist or anything...). I was going to go to university the coming fall in Edmond, and since I would still be living at home and my Dad took the one car to work everyday, one of my 16th BD gifts was a 5 year old Chevy Malibu. Mind, it had been in a wreck and the passenger side looked like crumpled aluminium foil!Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10239488936038510294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193495388714584422.post-19866573947409064442010-04-15T18:55:48.054+01:002010-04-15T18:55:48.054+01:00Fortunately or unfortunately things change. Now i...Fortunately or unfortunately things change. Now in Oklahoma driver's ed is no longer offered in the schools due to budget constraints. They have changed the licensing of young drivers. Although they still get a license at age 16 they are restricted to the hours of the day they can drive and the number of passengers. These restrictions go until they turn 18. These have lowered the number of accidents and fatalities for our young people.<br /><br />Personally, although I did take driver's ed in high school I did not get a driver's license until I was 17 since I did not have anything to drive. Mother did not drive and Pop drove a company car. Mom got her license a month before I did when Pop bought her very first car that Christmas.Rick Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771838562627660449noreply@blogger.com