driver's license requirements???

Anonymous-0 · Mar 22, 2012

What's it take to get a license these days?? I rember in 1980 (OH) It was a little free drivers ed after school, 5 bucks and a 20?? test for the permit the 5 bucks and a 20? test and a drive around the block and parallel park (maybe another 5 bucks?).

License over here starts out about 2k bucks and goes up based on the person's needs ( instructor decides when they are ready to move on and ake the test).

Just curious...

Dave

Anonymous-0 · Mar 22, 2012

I know some guys that got theres out of a cracker jacks box.... :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

mkirsch · Mar 22, 2012

I don't think it's any different in NY now than it was when I got mine 21 years ago.

No driver's ed requirement.
Pass a simple written exam by memorizing the answers.
Pass a basic vision test by reading a row of letters.
Pass a basic road test.

Your license is probational and you can't drive at night without a licensed adult until you turn 18. Once you're 18, you're deemed a fully licensed driver.

After that, you just send them your money every 5 years.

snoopnc · Mar 22, 2012

ssssssshhhhhhhhh.....that's where I found my Class A CDL.

ericlb · Mar 22, 2012

when i got my first one i think it was around 10 bucks, when i got my first class A cdl, i think the total was over 600, which included renting a semi to use for the driving test, and i got a deal on that, belonged to a friend and all i had to do was replace the fuel we used , [ had to drive 140 miles to get to where i took the test,]

Sean Feeney · Mar 22, 2012

Now you have be able drive with the seat all the way reclined listening to your IPOD with a DVD playing on the steering wheel, speeding talking to your friend and text messaging too.
I'm to old to learn this new multi-task driving.

rrlund · Mar 22, 2012

Don't know,but it seems like the harder and more expensive it gets,the worse the drivers get. Must think that for all the effort and expense,they own the road.

I remember on my last day of driving,the instructor dropped me off last. Told me I was the best driver in the class,but the closest to failing. Told me I had a bad attitude and it had better change. Guess nobody ever took the time to tell kids these days something like that.

Spook · Mar 22, 2012

No free driver's ed. Cost about 4 0r $500 here in Michigan.

wisbaker · Mar 22, 2012

When I traded my Michigan driver's license for an
Oklahoma license the trooper looked out the window
at my truck stated "you seem to have gotten here
with no problems, congratulations you just passed
your road test" You missed one question on the test
look here see don't do that. Now take this over to
the tag agent and give her $20.00 and you got you a license.....Next

Mike (WA) · Mar 22, 2012

Has changed a lot since I did it in about 1964. Minimal cost, but most took it to get a break on insurance cost. Anybody could get a license when they turned 16, drivers ed or not, if they passed the written and driver tests.

Car was a '57 Chev 4 door with manual transmission, dual controls. 4 kids in each session, one driving, 3 in the back, funny little instructor guy riding shotgun.

Somebody put some thought into it- they figured out where everybody lived, then grouped them and planned routes so each could get 15 minutes of driving by ending up at his/her house. First one drove out from the school, ending up at his home- he gets out, next kid then drives 15 minutes ending up at his own house, and so on- after last kid is home, instructor drives back to the school.

They also planned it so the last one in the car (alone with the instructor) was never a girl. Our Superintendent was a man of great common sense.

donjr · Mar 22, 2012

Cost about $400 for drivers ed and a lot of windshield time for kids to get em in Md. now. Got two grandkids going through it. But after all of that's done, by the way they drive, I think they go down to Mickey D's and get em out of a happy meal---

Dodgeit · Mar 22, 2012

(quoted from post at 08:06:16 03/22/12) What's it take to get a license these days?? I rember in 1980 (OH) It was a little free drivers ed after school, 5 bucks and a 20?? test for the permit the 5 bucks and a 20? test and a drive around the block and parallel park (maybe another 5 bucks?).

License over here starts out about 2k bucks and goes up based on the person's needs ( instructor decides when they are ready to move on and ake the test).

Just curious...

Dave

Dave, I have a DL for SC and a German / EU drivers license for life issued to me when I lived in Germany '82-'88. The German one was the easiest to get, took them my Ohio DL and my US Army issued European license, and they gave me the German / EU one. I believe I had to show residency permit as well.

Anonymous-0 · Mar 22, 2012

(quoted from post at 11:25:03 03/22/12)

(quoted from post at 08:06:16 03/22/12) What's it take to get a license these days?? I rember in 1980 (OH) It was a little free drivers ed after school, 5 bucks and a 20?? test for the permit the 5 bucks and a 20? test and a drive around the block and parallel park (maybe another 5 bucks?).

License over here starts out about 2k bucks and goes up based on the person's needs ( instructor decides when they are ready to move on and ake the test).

Just curious...

Dave

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That's the easy way.... But a kid or person without a license has to go thru it. Minumum hours in all conditions. If in summer, they get a restricted license un til they do the winter requirement. After the minum, it's up to the instructor if you are ready for the test. I'm debating whether to get off the 2k it'll cost me for a motorcycle license.... ...

Dave, I have a DL for SC and a German / EU drivers license for life issued to me when I lived in Germany '82-'88. The German one was the easiest to get, took them my Ohio DL and my US Army issued European license, and they gave me the German / EU one. I believe I had to show residency permit as well.

Dodgeit · Mar 22, 2012

(quoted from post at 13:33:14 03/22/12)

(quoted from post at 11:25:03 03/22/12)

(quoted from post at 08:06:16 03/22/12) What's it take to get a license these days?? I rember in 1980 (OH) It was a little free drivers ed after school, 5 bucks and a 20?? test for the permit the 5 bucks and a 20? test and a drive around the block and parallel park (maybe another 5 bucks?).

License over here starts out about 2k bucks and goes up based on the person's needs ( instructor decides when they are ready to move on and ake the test).

Just curious...

Dave

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That's the easy way.... But a kid or person without a license has to go thru it. Minumum hours in all conditions. If in summer, they get a restricted license un til they do the winter requirement. After the minum, it's up to the instructor if you are ready for the test. I'm debating whether to get off the 2k it'll cost me for a motorcycle license.... ...

Dave, I have a DL for SC and a German / EU drivers license for life issued to me when I lived in Germany '82-'88. The German one was the easiest to get, took them my Ohio DL and my US Army issued European license, and they gave me the German / EU one. I believe I had to show residency permit as well.

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You could always come home long enough to take and get a M/C license, and then go that route. It'll cost you either way, but this way you get to visit the USA and use it as a tax right off, because you really came home to look at new breeding stock (wink wink)

Anonymous-0 · Mar 22, 2012

(quoted from post at 12:48:01 03/22/12)

(quoted from post at 13:33:14 03/22/12)

(quoted from post at 11:25:03 03/22/12)

(quoted from post at 08:06:16 03/22/12) What's it take to get a license these days?? I rember in 1980 (OH) It was a little free drivers ed after school, 5 bucks and a 20?? test for the permit the 5 bucks and a 20? test and a drive around the block and parallel park (maybe another 5 bucks?).

License over here starts out about 2k bucks and goes up based on the person's needs ( instructor decides when they are ready to move on and ake the test).

Just curious...

Dave

Click to expand...

That's the easy way.... But a kid or person without a license has to go thru it. Minumum hours in all conditions. If in summer, they get a restricted license un til they do the winter requirement. After the minum, it's up to the instructor if you are ready for the test. I'm debating whether to get off the 2k it'll cost me for a motorcycle license.... ...

Dave, I have a DL for SC and a German / EU drivers license for life issued to me when I lived in Germany '82-'88. The German one was the easiest to get, took them my Ohio DL and my US Army issued European license, and they gave me the German / EU one. I believe I had to show residency permit as well.

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/quote]

You could always come home long enough to take and get a M/C license, and then go that route. It'll cost you either way, but this way you get to visit the USA and use it as a tax right off, because you really came home to look at new breeding stock (wink wink)

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Had that in mind 2 years ago when I was back. Ohio is a state that, as long as you are away with the military, your license doesn't expire until you get back in the State and renew them. Folks in Washington County weren't smart enough to honow that, then when I pointed it out and got a little pushy, they said that that had stopped with 9/11..... Noone could show it in writing but they wouldn't renew me. Didn't have time to go thru the process of getting a new one.....

Gun guru · Mar 22, 2012

I know that there are a lot of restrictions for teenagers now. When I got my D/L in 1985 I could drive at 2am and have 5 kids in the car. Now a kid cant drive past X time at night and no more than 1 other kid in the car. My boss has 2 kids that are now 17, twins. The restricted driving is a good thing IMO for teenagers.

Billy Shafer · Mar 22, 2012

When I came home from nam. I went down to the DPS office and showed the old trooper my beginners permit from 1968. This was in 1972. He ask me where have you been. Told him I just got back from nam.He looked at me and said you passed the test. Walked out with my license in less than twenty minutes. That ole man was very nice to a vet coming home.

buickanddeere · Mar 22, 2012

Depends..........My donkey brained 15 yr old just can't wait to
drive or go an party with his dimwitted school buddies and wild
young women. If I'm away he runs wild and his Momma don't
seem to realize her baby is up to no good. And she will
"protect him" afterwards when he needs a good swift kick in
the rear. Almost caught by the cops on Hallowen , tore the
transfer case out of the van in the pasture field. Filled the
truck undersides with clay in the same field . Had a mass
airflow sensor fail and one airbag sensor "deploy" from the
jolts. Last month he ditched his Mother's brand new 2012
Terain AWD SLT with several thousands in repairs. Then last
week we received a phone call from the cops. Found the boy,
some booze and the van in another ditch on the way to a
party. I would never have considered doing such at 15
knowing the beating from the cops and my Father. Can't lay a
hand on him with all the do-gooder school teachers if they
seen a bruise. He will be 17+ before he can obtain his G1
learners now. He is saving up $ to pay the repairs before he
drive again. I think his Momma may have figured out he can't
be trusted and he should have been punished months ago.
Instead of believing his promises.

farmer boy · Mar 22, 2012

It"s $125 in Ontario for the initial 5 year license. Drivers ed is optional, usually costs around $600, but for a male it is generally worth it because of insurance costs. Can get a learners permit at 16 and lasts 8-12 months depending on whether one takes drivers ed. Have to drive with a fully licensed driver. Can"t drive from 12-5 am. There"s also a intermediate class which limits the # of passengers at certain times and prohibits alcohol.

willie in mn · Mar 22, 2012

Amazing how much things have changed over the years.
Back in 55 when I got mine driver's ed was just being invented. Town kids took it, but us farmers had enough experience in fields to not bother.
Minimum age in Mn was 15. Only restriction on learner's permit was a licensed driver riding shotgun. But the test score sheet was not valid to drive on. Had to wait for the actual card to be mailed from St Paul. Permit valid for 6 months, could renew as often as needed. Could take regular lic road test whenever you felt you could pass it. Some guys took permit test on 15th birthday, made appointment for road test as soon as permit came in mail.
Got my chauffeuer lic at 18. In those days it was a seperate card, good for 1 year, cost a buck. When they combined the 2 into the class A,B,C etc in 66 or 67 I grandfathered in, no aditional test. Same thing when CDL came out. "Based on experience, road test waived" was marked on application.
Not sure about now, but in those days in Mn, person on active military duty whose lic expired, they would honor it for 30 days after discharge. Civilians working Civil Service on a military base did not get this automatic extension.

Stuart · Mar 22, 2012

Geez I thought you were perfect. A kid is only what his parents raise him to be.

kendak · Mar 22, 2012

you need to "MAN" up B&D ...I skipped school for 5 days back in HS & my Dad grounded me for 1 thats right ONE year...could go to school on a bus & drive a tractor on the weekend & summer & thats it...no going anywhere with friends or to town with Mom to get supplies ...school or tractor ...my car sat on blocks behind the shop all that time...you can bet I learned not to skip anything till this day & that was in the 60's

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