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Re: US age restrictions
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Date:
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Fri, 27 Jul 2001 14:52:01 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Shiri Dori writes:
> > 15.5 - Can get a learner's permit (can drive with supervising driver present)
> > 16 - Age of consent (what does that actually mean?)
> > - Can get a driver's licence
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> No, actually, in Mass it's 16 for permit and 16.5 for license. I just got
> mine yesterday (half a year "late" ;-).
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> 'Til you're 18, you have a junior-operator license, meaning you can only
> drive at certain hours.
Huh-- they must've changed it since I went thru drivers ed-- (which I also
did a year late at age 17-- although I got my licence after my birthday, so
I was 18 by then). Although I think the junior-operator thing was still in
effect (I had forgotten about that one)
> How come I know the laws better than you, and I'm not even a citizen?! ;-)
That's the real test to see if you're a citizen: apathy! *REAL* US citizens
don't care enough to learn the law, you foreigner! *REAL* US citizens watch
and believe everything as seen on Fox, and as reported on E! :P
DaveE
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| (...) No, actually, in Mass it's 16 for permit and 16.5 for license. I just got mine yesterday (half a year "late" ;-). 'Til you're 18, you have a junior-operator license, meaning you can only drive at certain hours. How come I know the laws better (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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