I haven't been out on my own yet, but did anyone find the thought of going out on the road by themselves a little worrying? :s
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I haven't been out on my own yet, but did anyone find the thought of going out on the road by themselves a little worrying? :s
First drive I ever did was to a karting track :) A little strange at first but it's good to be on your own.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow
Well done Jon!
Going out on your own feels a bit weird at first, but you get used to it really quickly! If you haven't been out already, get out there as soon as you can. You won't regret it.
For my first solo drive, I surprised my mum with a visit to her work.
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Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow
Not at all. It was great! the ultimate 15 year old (Texas motorcycle license age) freedom! A candy apple red Honda Motosport SL 90, a pack of Camels, gas at $0.18 a gallon and camping on the beach in Galveston. Oh yeah, liability insurance....$16.00 a year.
Didn't bother kme at all on either the motorcycle or in the car.
When I was doing my first lesson a customer in the bar where I worked got all 'me man, you pathetic woman' on me and said most women never drive on motorways their entire life, so I passed first time and drove first time out alone along the motorway just to prove him wrong. Having passed my bike test, I wasn't new to motorways, otherwise I wouldn't recommend copying me. The man, by the way, lost his licence soon after :laugh:
My daughter had her 1st lession last year at 12!!! and about to have her 2nd lession.
OK so it's not on the road but at Rockingham race circuit in a mini with a proper instructor. I am hoping to get her to have a couple more before she is 18 so when she does pass she will have respect for driving and being on the road.
I've always thought the limit for alcohol, 18 films, driving, voting and so on should be lowered to 16. Afterall you're allowed to fight for your country and leave school to work, legally have sex, why not the rest? But I understand why people have problems with that :)
It's all well and good if you live in London, with good public transport, but if you live in the country or most other places you're screwed.
I would tend to agree. This is one of the main reasons why I think there should be a uniform national age for everything — and better rural public transport too, of course.Quote:
Originally Posted by Drew
It seems to be swaying to 18. To buy fags soon you'll have to be 18 and I think I heard plans to change the school leaving age to 18 too?Quote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
I think that's pretty hard to do. It wouldn't be commercially viable for any company and subsidies would only last for so long.
What, taking the age to 18 or setting a uniform age? If you mean the latter, I'm not sure it would be too difficult. As Dave pointed out earlier, some of the discrepancies are rather ridiculous.Quote:
Originally Posted by Drew
The difficult thing is the argument that 'if 16, why not 15'. Well, I understand that totally, but I think there does have to be some sort of age limit, and 16 seems sensible. However, when I was 16, I don't remember being irritated that I couldn't vote or so various other things, so it's a difficult conundrum.