# How long did it take to learn to drive?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-did-it-take-to-learn-to-drive/267945>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 6, 2004, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-did-it-take-to-learn-to-drive/267945 "2004-10-06T23:27:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-did-it-take-to-learn-to-drive/267945/21 "2004-10-07T15:11:32Z")

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I’m pretty sure that I’m a little unusual in this respect, as I’ve known how to drive since pretty early childhood:

My extended family owned a lot of orchards, and consequently quite a bit of land. At around age 7 or so I was allowed to learn how to ride minibikes from my older (16 y.o.) cousin, and onto 4 wheelers at around age 9.

By age 11-12 we were driving both tractors and pickups around the property, mostly for the sake of work (bleh!), hauling gear & loaded bushels back to the packing barn etc.

Come 16 years old, we were more than eager to take the test and get our licenses, because driving **cars** on the **street** was SO much cooler, and would help us get girls.

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