Started driving at what age.

litmus paper

hey all, i know this is a wrong question to ask in this country, but is there many people here who started driving before the age of 17 (legal age). I myself did it wen i was 13 in a another country ofcourse.

shogunpower

7 in a 1989 1.3 dual carb civic, the manual choke was handy for starting off,,3 cushions under my ass

mumof3angels

rememer driving my Uncles car ( cant remember what age maybe 15-16) and wedged it to the side of my parents house. Me and my 1st cousin thought if we just lifted ( ya lifted ) it we could get it away from the house needless to say this did not work had to wait for my uncle to come home to move it was very funny ( not at the time) but jes yrs back you could drive on the roads and not worry not now too many boy/girl racers out there ( yes I am including girls cause they are just as bad ) lol to the new generation xxx

RobertM

About 12-13 in a Renault 21

TouchingVirus

15 on a motorbike. I did drive stuff before then (Dad's car) but never really learned, it was more "pedal to the floor I'm moving"

Permabear

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**Timbuk2**

I started when I was 15, just around the house, getting used to the whole clutch / cutting out thing :P

I found it really valuable though as when I eventually took my first lesson, I made great progress as I wasn't spending a whole lesson or two learning which pedal did what etc.

Design_Dude

Got my first car at 10, an 85 starlet. We had a big garden!

Rubberlegs

Did not learn to drive till I was 35:D

robbie_998

15. 1993 1.6L glxi mitsubishi lancer

Max Power1

About 14 or 15, in my dad's citroen XM.

I still miss that car - nothing i've ever driven since comes close to comparing with it imo

kippy

I think I was about 12/13 when dad took me for a lesson round a local caravan park.
He brought me for a few lessons there then a few lessons on minor roads. It could have been a Ford Cortina, I think it was actually.
Didnt really drive that much again till I was around 20. Got a license at 24 and my first car at 27.
Was glad I could drive so young but never needed a car till I was a good bit older.

Elbow

Bout 11 or 12 driving da auld fella's combo van, there's about 4 miles of good enough farm roads in the grandparents so got loads of practice in

af_thefragile

I was 16 i think when i first learnt to drive.
But then I didn't drive till I was 22, which is now...

erwinvr101

only learned to drive last year at 33 years of age. crazy huh... never wished to learn to drive before as i witnessed, 12 years ago, a road accident which got a bicycle rider killed as he was rammed by a truck. to this day i can still see that horrific scene clearly in my head like it just happened yesterday.

anyways, it's my wife who got me into driving and i'm also glad i did as we now have a baby and i just couldn't imagine not having a car around

AllGunsBlazing

11 years old behind the wheel of my dad's old bedford truck.

In a straight line was easy enough but trying turn it around was next to impossible as it had no power steering and I was only a wee squirt of a lad.

mikemac

13 in a Massey Ferguson 590, beast of a tractor.
Was working on a silage crew soon afterwards in a even more powerful John Deere, driving the roads at 15.
Not good looking back on it now to be charge of tons of machinery and trailers.

The Big Red Button

Tractors - literally as long as I can remember, sitting on one of my uncle's knees, doing the steering while he did everything else! And gradually learning how to use the other controls, as I got old enough to actually reach them.

Cars - in an empty field, with my uncles again, as soon as I could see above the steering wheel!

brembo26

learning at 12 in a 92' rover 214 sli! i know big laughs! lol. but valuable experience when it came to doing lessons for the full test.

questionmark?

started at 13 driving my mothers micra as my father didnt want me driving his car!!! Driving all sorts of machinery at 15 when i was working on a farm he also had a sawmills. Took my test at 18 without lessons got one tick a grade 3((tnk dats wat it was it was the lowest tick u cud get). To this day no accidents, no penalty points invalauble lessons where learned back in the day.

D.a.v.i.d

13 i think, 91 Daihatsu Charade 1.0 diesel. By 14 i was reversing 20ft trailers round the yard, and 15 got meself lumped inta the tractors, David Brown 1412 and a 1410 with no synchros! Bloody nightmare, had ta stand up ta get the clutch down all the way
Did my DTT wen i was 16, got Learners wen i was 17, passed test first time just before my 18th.
TBH if you have an old car or tractor and a field r two, use em! Boosts confidence and helps your judment if want ta drive young!
18 now, driving "legaly" for just under 2 years, no crashes, dents, or points.
Sorry for the life story!

spurious

46 last October for a car - still on a Learner permit.
24 or so for a motorcycle - have a full licence.

Faith+1

Started driving cars at 23 and now driving trucks at 25.

challengemaster

uhh...17?