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South Carolina

SCantiGOP

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4. I was born in 1951

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Fri Oct 19, 2018, 06:16 PM

Oct 2018

You could get a permit (drive during daylight with a licensed driver at least 21 in passenger seat) at 14, and after 6 months you could get a provisional license which allowed you to drive during the day until you were 16, at which time it transitioned to a full license.
I had my license shortly after I turned 15.

I went to a large High School with about 1,200 students. Each of the three years I was there we had one student killed in a car wreck, after which everyone would drive like a responsible adult for 2-3 weeks, and then went back to being young, stupid and (we thought) invincible.

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Long time ago, you could get a driver's license in South Carolina at 14. [View all] raccoon Oct 2018 OP

I remember him SCantiGOP Oct 2018 #1

Martha Barham Parker 11/13/1944 - 3/6/1959 k8conant Oct 2018 #2

Thanks! nt raccoon Oct 2018 #3

I was born in 1951 SCantiGOP Oct 2018 #4

I grew up in Iowa and had a permit at 14 liberal N proud Oct 2018 #5

In Nebraska kids could get a license at 14 if they have to drive to school in rural areas... marble falls Oct 2018 #6

Florida, too. 3Hotdogs Oct 2018 #7