# At what age should you get your permit?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-should-you-get-your-permit/187494>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 10, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-should-you-get-your-permit/187494 "2003-07-10T16:22:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Atlantis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@Atlantis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atlantis)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-should-you-get-your-permit/187494/21 "2003-07-11T07:15:05Z")

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Rule for me was rather simple.

I’d use my mother’s car when she needed me to run errands, and she was responsible for its maintenance and gas and all what-have-you. Except on special occasions, for personal use I had to take care of my own vehicle, the purchase of which, along with insurance, gas, and all the other expenses that go along with a car were entirely my responsibility.

She got really pissed when she found that she’d have to pay out the ass for a driving school that wouldn’t teach me anything I didn’t know after four cross-country moves and driving experience without a license before I could be licensed.

As far as the priviledge of driving went, unless I really pissed her off (i. e., something along the lines of porno or drugs, not little things) if I managed to get my own car (which, through my friend’s dad, I acquired an olds in wonderful condition for $950. Not the nicest thing to look at, but there was no rust and it ran perfectly fine) driving may as well have been a right.

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