I got my license today

[Faceman]

In Austria the only real effect of the provisional license is that you may not drive with ANY alcohol level. This means 0.01 BAC (because this could be caused by eating apples) instead of the otherwise legal 0.05 BAC.
In addition to that you are subjected to harder penalties for speeding or other offenses. They often result in an expensive re-schooling (and extension of the probation period).

However we can only make our licenses at 18 (probation period is just 1 year though) and legal drinking age starts at 16 here. I think that this way people have learned about/experienced the effects of alcohol and passed their wild days (when it's new you tend to get REALLY drunk) when they start driving.
That's why I'm a bit curious about the US. Giving people a license at 16 but forbidding them to drink til 21 IMHO results in a lot more DUI (and under significantly more influence).

[Lord of Alcohol]

Good thing I finished up the little house I framed in Mooresville, I'll be 20 miles away in Ballantine whew!!!!!!!!!!! Dont dent me Nano [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[True_Moose]

My "Graduated" license is kind of dumb. The restrictions:
1) Can't drive between midnight and five a.m. I never obey this, mainly cause after that time I'm either driving home or as a designated driver, and the cops basically don't mind that.
2) Absolutely no alcohol tolerance. Well, yeah. I'm not drinking age anyways. [img]tongue.gif[/img] Drinking and driving is one thing I'll never do.
3) Only eight demerits instead of fifteen. That's the annoying one.
4) No more people in the car than seatbelts. No thanks anyway. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Not too bad, overall. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Xen]

Congrats!

Drive slow,and do NOT foget the seatbelts` function!

[Zuvio]

Man, I flunked my first exam. Now I gotta save money for my second exam and school has just started again. Its gonna be a while before I get my license

[Nanobyte]

Originally posted by Aelia Jusa: Have you got a car?

Yes, actually. I posted pictures of it a few weeks ago, but I can't seem to locate the thread. You can see them at Stealthy's Site, here.

What is the reason for it? [img]graemlins/confused2.gif[/img]

I'm not really sure what the time restrictions are for, but they do the same thing when you have your learner's permit. They do make exceptions to the case, like if you get out of work late.

Originally posted by Lord of Alcohol: Good thing I finished up the little house I framed in Mooresville, I'll be 20 miles away in Ballantine whew!!!!!!!!!!! Dont dent me Nano [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Lol! Ballantine is where I got my car! You're just lucky I didn't go get my license first then my car

[ 10-01-2003, 06:35 PM: Message edited by: Nanobyte ]