<p>I’ve had my permit for nearly a year and a half. I had to get it renewed. Where I live they make you do this maneuverability thing with road cones and they had me do it completely opposite to the way every adult I knew told me to practice it, so I failed, and so far I haven’t bothered to come back.</p>
<p>ah, driving. I can definitely see how the manual would be more dull than shakespeare. But I’m kind of biased, since I actually find some Shakespeare plays interesting </p>
<p>I kind of wish I could drive. Sometimes it would be useful; the public transportation in my area sucks. Hardly anyone uses it, unless for über long distances. All my friends are learning, and since I’m one of the older (it’s funny, since I was born in July and tons of people in my grade are older than me by a few months) in my group of friends, I feel really awkward. </p>
<p>Plus I feel like when I’m biking I would actually understand from the driver’s perspective how the traffic really works. Right now, since I don’t really understand the traffic laws well, I nearly get hit by cars like every day. </p>
<p>My parents think I could just wait until after college to get a license. They’ll probably have self-driving cars by then, though. See [Official</a> Google Blog: What we’re driving at](<a href=“http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/what-were-driving-at.html]Official”>Official Google Blog: What we’re driving at) for why I think so. So I guess I will never learn how to drive. Well, depending on where I live after college, I may not need to (i.e. big cities such as Boston, San Diego, etc. where public transportation is fairly convenient)</p>
<p>I was actually suppose to go to the DMV today and get my license. Oh well lol</p>
<p>I wonder if it’s highly unrealistic to want to move to a small, warmish town where I can ride my bike everywhere. 
I’d probably have to get a license anyway, but I don’t really like driving.</p>
<p>I love driving…although I must say with all of the boneheads on the road its harder than flying!</p>
<p>I just don’t want to die! That’s honestly the only reason I didn’t get it on my birthday (March), and still have no desire to drive. Reasons for me to learn have been accumulating, though, so I guess it’s time. It’s more of an I-don’t-trust-them rather than I-don’t-trust-myself type thing… My dad was a drag racer, and I know several people who’ve gotten multiple DUIs (and continue to drive intoxicated), so yeah.</p>
<p>Its all about defensive driving, you’ll be fine. You get used to it and as long as you keep your eyes on the road you won’t have an issue. :)</p>
<p>In my state you can drive when you’re 14 by yourself. 12 if you live on a farm and drive a tractor. You guys will probably be able to figure out which state I live in now. So, I’ve been 3 years behind everybody else in terms of driving. LOL my twin brother has his full license and I am only at my learner’s permit… I am terrified to go over 15 mph, but I am hoping to get some experience driving on the snow outside without killing anything, be it deer or human.</p>
<p>Edit: Does anybody know kids who drive to school in their family tractors? LOL I live in a super hick area but this doesn’t happen to me</p>
<p>“Does anybody know kids who drive to school in their family tractors?”</p>
<p>Oh my God, that would be the funniest thing ever. I’ve actually never seen this, even though I live in a rural area and we constantly see farms and Amish buggies going by and such. My mom used to ride her horse to school back in the 1960’s.</p>
<p>@halcyonheather: lol sounds like the stanford area 
(referring to the smallish, warm town where you can bike anywhere). It’s totally flat and usually quite warm, and small (as in suburban). Or in fact most of the universities in California. Can’t say much about other states, because I’ve actually rarely ever travelled beyond California in the US. But yeah… not totally unrealistic. </p>
<p>Other comments: hahaha driving to school in a tractor. That would be really funny to watch. But barely having ventured outside the San Francisco Bay/Peninsula area, I can’t say I’ve ever seen that. The only times I see tractors are during constructions. In the particular suburb I live in, most people walk or bike. Only the lazy/fat/busy people drive to places within town.</p>
<p>I’ve had my license since October, but you can’t bike anywhere where I live. I’m the youngest in my class by 2 months. But hey don’t knock tractors, we have one day a year that its drive your tractor to school day. Lawn mowers are street legal. Yeah, I live in a hick town.</p>
<p>…did u live under a rock?</p>
<p>Not under a rock, but in the country 10 miles from any kind of civilization and 40 miles from a wal-mart. Back roads that are made for trucks and ATV’s not bikes.</p>
<p>I was going to learn how to drive…But a combination of not really having time and having a bus pass 10 months a year, led to me deciding to hold off until the summer before college</p>
<p>Merry Christmas everyone!!!</p>
<p>Merry christmas everyone!!</p>
<p>I get no gifts cause I don’t even celebrate christmas</p>
<p>Merry Christmas everyone!</p>
<p>How was everyone’s Christmas?</p>
<p>Mine was great because I got to fly down to SoCal today and visit my grandma. But as for presents, I definitely didn’t get as much. Just a few books, some clothes, and money. One book my mom got me was something I told her I needed for my cultural anthropology class :/</p>
<p>And my dad got a new TV for “everyone,” but it’s really only for my little brother to play video games on so he doesn’t hog the main television. So kinda a present that doesn’t affect me anyway…</p>
<p>Anyone know when december ACT scores will be released in the central time zone?</p>