How long you been on the road (legally)?

[Pop_Rivit]

49 years with a license. 1 non chargeable accident 34 years ago and 2 tickets, the last of which was over 30 years ago.

58 years if you count the time driving vehicles around the farm and on farm roads before I was of legal driving age.

 

[Chris142]

Got my Lerners permit @ 15 1/2. I was beating on the DMV's door on my 16th birthday. I'm 41 now so 25 years.

Was driving on Private property and desert back roads @ 12 or so.

 

[duaneb9729]

37 years now! wow!

 

[LS2JSTS]

Originally Posted By: Pop_Rivit


58 years if you count the time driving vehicles around the farm and on farm roads before I was of legal driving age.


In Michigan, when I was a kid, not sure if it's still this way. You could drive any farm owned truck/tractor/implement on any public access road while doing any farm/agricultural business at the age of 14.

Needless to say, that was one vaguely written law that got tested to it's absolute limits in my case.

 

[Torino]

63 years. John--Las Vegas.

 

[Benzadmiral]

Hm. March 1976, so more 'n 34 years.

 

[mechtech2]

41

 

[exranger06]

Got my license 6 years ago almost to the day. 9/01/2004
Got my learner's permit about 4 months earlier on my 16th birthday 4/21/2004

 

[Shannow]

quarter century.

Got my learners at 16 and 9 months exactly. My driving instructor negotiated my final test for the day before my 17th birthday (they were closed for 2 weeks after Christmas). Got my licence.

Drove to midnight mass on Learners, and home on licence...and got RBTd.

 

[nixon]

Since 1964 .

 

[NHHEMI]

Learner's permit, driver's ed, and then my license all in the same year( 1984 ). I was 16. 42 now so 26 years. I can honestly say I never drove illegally.

 

[UncleS2]

43 years!

I was in the last batch of kids in the state of Texas able to get a driver's license under the old law at age 14, with driver's ed(or age 16 without). The new law had already been passed, changed to age 16 w/driver's ed, age 18 without- but it didn't go into effect until 01/01/1968, I think. You better believe that every 14-15 yr old that could make it took driver's ed the summer of '67- I sure did. So long ago, my first license didn't even have a photo on it!

 

[Quest]

22yrs (got mine in 1988).

The only time I drove wrecklessly would be @ SCCA slalom races, or winter rally races.

 

[tom slick]

19 years class C (regular autos), 16 years class M1 (motorcycles). No "real" tickets in that time. I've been driving since I was 12 but on the farm/off road.

 

[xxch4osxx]

Got my regular class G license in May 1992 and my commercial truck license in October 1994.

 

[scurvy]

Started driving trucks around hay fields and assorted farm use 17 years ago; got my permit 15 years ago, car license 14 years ago and motorcycle license 9 years ago.

 

[GROUCHO MARX]

40 years this month.

 

[ekpolk]

Me? Oh, almost 35 years longer than I ever should have been allowed to be on the roads (other than as a passenger...)!

 

[2oldtommy]

I can't believe it's been 63 years. Ohio still issued a license at 14 for restricted purposes in 1947. I learned to drive on my father's 1940 Chrysler ( No driving schools back then) He was a TOUGH teacher! My grandmother lived on the other side of town and was a reason for a restricted license. Wow, what an opportunity for a young kid! Life was much simpler back then as seen from the front porch . Still doing oil changes until I cant get under the car. --Oldtommy

 

[Studebaker]

I got mine so long ago, my birth date was in Roman Numerals.