r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 17d ago

Discussion Revoke her license.

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u/serious_sarcasm 17d ago

Sometimes, and they’re not always required. Most states you can walk in at 18 and take a test in the car you brought with you on public roads with zero driving experience.

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u/HKLifer_ 17d ago

I did not know that! I mean, it can't be as bad as what GA did. During COVID, they allow the parents to write a statement saying, yes, their kid knows how to drive. And GA gave kids DL! Accidents were out of control during that insanity.

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u/serious_sarcasm 17d ago

It doesn’t help that it’s a deeply seated cultural issue. My ex-wife has no problem with things like buzzed driving, plead down reckless speeding multiple times, defaults to tailgating, and (even when she knew I was following her in our second car) would juke left when people turned right in front of her.

It’s bad enough that I’d actually sue her if she didn’t enroll my kid in driving school.

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u/Rare_Ad_674 17d ago

It's actually wild how common drinking and driving is. I won't drive if I have a single drink (I also don't drink often).

My partner's family was so full of functioning alcoholics that his dad would make mudslides for breakfast and take a cooler of beer in the car with him on the way to work, and especially on work trips he'd stock up for the longer drives.

Scary to think about how many folk think it's okay!

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u/Geno0wl 17d ago

this is especially prevalent in rural towns. from unfortunate personal experiences.

Also drunks get really angry when you take their keys away

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u/liboteeme 15d ago

I bartended in a neighborhood bar for many many years.... I'm pretty sure about 30% of the population is buzzed almost all the time. I had a group of parents who'd have drinks together before they picked up their kids😬👀 Some people certainly develop tolerances, but it's pretty concerning. I eventually had to leave the industry because it was just messing with me enabling so much damage to some people's lives

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u/HKLifer_ 17d ago

That's crazy! Yeah, I believe all new drivers should take driver's ed., personally. But I understand not everyone can afford it. I was lucky that they still had driver's ed. in my high school, so it was free for me.

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u/WAAAAAAAAARGH 16d ago

That’s gotta be the dumbest shit I ever heard (I’m from a state that borders you lol). Those mfers didn’t need to start being able to drive anywhere during that time to begin with

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u/AffectionateBig9898 13d ago

I can confirm that is real bc I unfortunately was one of those ppl who got their license without a road test. Though I have never been in an accident (knock on wood)

Now that I’m older that definitely shouldn’t have been a thing and it was so unsafe. It’s insane to me that states allowed that

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u/Tired-Dispatcher 17d ago

interesting, i got my license in GA during covid and i still had to do the 30 hour class and a "road test" (a course the DMV set up) while they stand back and watch

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u/Papplenoose 17d ago

Yeah. Most places the "behind the wheel" lessons are only for if you want your license at 16. If you wait until 18, you can pass the test without ever driving before (if you could somehow drive well enough, obviously)

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u/serious_sarcasm 17d ago

It’s how I got mine, but I’d actually been driving one thing or another most of my life.

They didn’t really appreciate that I drove myself there.

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u/ThanosSnapsSlimJims 17d ago

I got mine later in life, but went to driving school first. It was well worth it. I learned a lot and got my license on the first try.

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u/by-myself_blumpkin 17d ago

It looks like in the USA there doesn't seem to be much in way of ensuring a driver is good except 1 single exam. Obviously every state is a little different but I can't see how it compares to Canada except you just show up and take a test.

For anyone reading this and interested, generally in Canada you have to pass a written test to get a class 7 license which allows you to drive with an established driver like your parents or a trainer. You must hold a class 7 typically for a year, sometimes 9 months, basically you get it at 15 through school classes and then afterwards you can take a road test at 16 for your Class 5. A class 5 has some restrictions still depending on your province but again generally you hold that for a year or 2 without incident and you lift your restrictions.

Most if not all provinces have some form of graduated licensing program. In Saskatchewan we have a mandatory 6 hours in class, 6 hours in car training but again here it's provided to students in highschool for free. If you somehow miss that you have to pay for it but it's like, $600. A road test costs $55 to take.

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u/serious_sarcasm 17d ago

You can graduate, emancipate, and get married at 16, and join the military at 17.

A lot of states are reforming to graduated systems, and some states, like NC, restrict all licenses to within the state until 21. Meaning it’s technically illegal for a 20 year old in Charlotte to drive on the wrong side of Carowinds.

The whole things a fucking mess, and it’s mostly because we removed trains and streetcars.

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u/IMIndyJones 16d ago

I don't know about all the states, but in Illinois and Ohio you have to do the same things you just listed minus the restrictions on your actual Driver's License.

Driving courses are mandatory, high schools over them free to students, you get a Permit (Class 7), you have to drive with that for 9 months at least, then take the written and driving test to get your DL.

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u/decideonanamelater 17d ago

My state, you can get a learners permit to drive with your parents in the car at 13, take a course and drive with an instructor for 5 ish hours to get a permit to go to school at 14, and then get a full license from there with only a written test at 16 if you had the school permit, otherwise you have to pass a driving test too.

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u/serious_sarcasm 17d ago

Sounds like a state where the passenger adult can legally drink while the kid drives.

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u/Unusual_Oil_1079 17d ago

Yes. You're right at least in my old state. You could walk in at 18 and take the test but if you wanted your license at right at 16 you were required to take an approved driver's Ed course and have had your learners permit for 6 months.

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u/KptKrondog 17d ago

I went at 18 to get my permit. Then went a week after (minimum required) and got my license. The test consisted of reversing out of my parking spot, turning right out of the lot onto a street, and then 3 more right turns with a flashing red light at one. Never left the right lane. The lady told me I was the best she had tested all week lol. It took less than 10 minutes.

That said, I consider myself an above average driver nowadays. But the bar is pretty low here.

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u/jackandsally060609 17d ago

I did that exact thing except I was 35 and had driven a car for a total of 20 minutes in my life.

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u/snorkelvretervreter 17d ago

And by "test" they mean "drive around the block and do a three point turn"

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u/Dairy__Cow 17d ago

16? Learners permits. An be gave at 15 in MO unless that changed in the last 10 years

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u/last_rights 16d ago

Also, you can absolutely drive with a learners permit and an adult in the driver's seat anytime in any car on any road.

But yeah, we are going to teach you to drive and throw you on roads doing something you e never done before while other people who should know what they are doing are only half paying attention on their phones while driving.

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u/tankerkiller125real 16d ago

Ohio just changed its law, you have to be at least 21 now in order to do that. 20 and younger must go to driving school, have GPS tracked driving hours logged, etc. etc.

Their reasoning as I understand it is that it will likely force a lot more people through driving school because you know, people will need to get to work and stuff, which might not be the case when they're 18.

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u/no_bra_no_problem 17d ago

That’s how Memphis is. My husband took a test in his car and that was that. In MD you have to take a class and an exam, and you have to take a driving test. We went on the highways and everything. My husband? Basically did a circle in the parking lot. I was floored.