(March 11, 2016 at 2:49 pm)Nymphadora Wrote:(March 11, 2016 at 11:05 am)Stimbo Wrote: UK. And that's a red herring.
And is my analogy bad just because you say so, or are you going to tell the class why, like I did with yours?
Huggy, I learned to drive in Maryland when I was a teen. It was a requirement for students to have certain credits AND driving hours under their belts before they could get their provisional licenses. We had to take a class in order to get the credits. The driving hours could be a combination of simulated drive time as well as real drive time, but a driver's ed instructor had to sign off on the papers you gave to the DMV. In PA, it's pretty much the same. You have to pay for courses to learn how to drive. I learned 28 years ago. Today, the requirements for driver's ed courses are still about the same.
No one just gets their learners permits and goes about driving to gain experience in the way you describe. Lessons are needed for the credit requirements. That's just how it was. And usually it's done through the high schools down in Maryland. Last I heard, you also needed to graduate from high school or at least have a GED in order to even apply for a learners permit down there.
Then the requirements must differ state to state. I got my license in Alaska. You got your learners permit at 14 and drivers license at 16 so no graduation requirement there.
All you need to do was take a written test and road test for 15 bucks, that was it.
