Got my driver's license! (N)

[guy93]

WOOT! 17 and can finally drive alone, I got my N! It felt so great when driving alone!

Anything I need to know? I can drive well, just inexperienced.

=)

 

[Crono]

Congrats!

Just drive more cautiously your peers, and you'll be fine. It's amazing how overconfident teens can be without realizing it.

 

[daw123]

Congratulations

Congrats!

Just drive more cautiously your peers, and you'll be fine. It's amazing how overconfident teens can be without realizing it.

This. Just be careful because you will likely be over confident since you've just got your license. Even though you are licensed to drive, you still have a lot to learn about driving and that will come with experience.

 

[Azraele]

Grats!

 

[zerocool84]

What does it mean when you get your "N"?

 

[Locut0s]

What does it mean when you get your "N"?

Graduated licence system here. You start at level L meaning you have to be accompanied by another driver 25 or older who holds a full licence. You usually have to hold the L license for 1 year. After that you take a road test and you graduate to an N license where you can drive alone and some other restrictions are also eased. After 1 year at N you take your final road test and get your full license.

 

[fatpat268]

N?

Is that some Canadia thing?

 

[fatpat268]

Graduated licence system here. You start at level L meaning you have to be accompanied by another driver 25 or older who holds a full licence. You usually have to hold the L license for 1 year. After that you take a road test and you graduate to an N license where you can drive alone and some other restrictions are also eased. After 1 year at N you take your final road test and get your full license.

It's pretty much the same in the US (at least in texas anyway). You get a learner's permit, and you typically have it for half a year (the time isn't that important), and then you test for your license. That's for getting your license at 18 or over.

For 16 yo drivers, the rules are a bit stricter and require a set amount of instruction hours.

Edit: Wait... so you have to take TWO road tests? weird.

 

[daw123]

Graduated licence system here. You start at level L meaning you have to be accompanied by another driver 25 or older who holds a full licence. You usually have to hold the L license for 1 year. After that you take a road test and you graduate to an N license where you can drive alone and some other restrictions are also eased. After 1 year at N you take your final road test and get your full license.

I see, so the OP hasn't been given a full license. What happens if he doesn't pass the final test? Does he stay at N or is he demoted to L.

 

[Firsttime]

I see, so the OP hasn't been given a full license. What happens if he doesn't pass the final test? Does he stay at N or is he demoted to L.

If it's anything like here in Nova Scotia there is no test, just a defensive driving class you have to take. The only big restrictions on my N license were a midnight curfew and a 0 blood alcohol limit.

 

[Locut0s]

It's pretty much the same in the US (at least in texas anyway). You get a learner's permit, and you typically have it for half a year (the time isn't that important), and then you test for your license. That's for getting your license at 18 or over.

For 16 yo drivers, the rules are a bit stricter and require a set amount of instruction hours.

Edit: Wait... so you have to take TWO road tests? weird.

Yeah 2 road tests. For most purposes though an N level license is very similar to a full license. Here are the details of the program:

http://www.icbc.com/licensing/lic_getlic_undglp.asp

L level restrictions:
http://www.icbc.com/driver-licensing/getting-licensed/graduated-licensing/learners-stage

N Level restrictions:
http://www.icbc.com/driver-licensing/getting-licensed/graduated-licensing/novice-stage

 

[Newbian]

Ahh Canada... imposing even more odd rules to be made fun of.

 

[Locut0s]

Ahh Canada... imposing even more odd rules to be made fun of.

Ahh America... thinking that there is only one right way to do everything, their way.

 

[Newbian]

Ahh America... thinking that there is only one right way to do everything, their way.

Damn right...now go back to your metric system and send down all your maple syrup!!!

 

[TheVrolok]

I can drive well, just inexperienced.

First thing is to realize that those two statements are mostly mutually exclusive. That is not to say you're a bad driver, but by virtue of being inexperienced, you're lacking a lot of fundamental instincts. Like anything else, practice practice.. and be safe. Avoid talking on the phone/texting/eating/etc. while driving, and ignore friends who try to push you into being reckless. Congrats on the license, it's a wonderful thing to be able to drive yourself around.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Over here it's L at 15 for 6 months then Restricted for 18 months (12 if you take a defensive driving course). 15 is too young IMO.

 

[gar3555]

man...that is some weird shit. I got my farm permit at 14, learners at 15 and full fledged DL at 16. Learned to drive when I was 10, in the pasture putting up fence, on a stick shift.

 

[eldorado99]

Just be careful man.

 

[Locut0s]

man...that is some weird shit. I got my farm permit at 14, learners at 15 and full fledged DL at 16. Learned to drive when I was 10, in the pasture putting up fence, on a stick shift.

That's pretty much the same the world over for rural farm areas. Lots of people here in the praries are driving at 12 or 13 on family farms and the such. It's just not the law.

 

[eldorado99]

That's pretty much the same the world over for rural farm areas. Lots of people here in the praries are driving at 12 or 13 on family farms and the such. It's just not the law.

That plus its not learning to drive so much as learning to operate a vehicle. Learning to safely drive on downtown city roads is a totally different skill. I learned to drive an old diesel stick shift 4x4 tractor when I was 8 years old too, doesn't mean I knew how to drive a car in downtown Vancouver.

 

[Bl0cks]

I learned more driving by myself than the person who sat next to me could ever teach me.

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

Ahh America... knowing that there is only one right way to do everything, their way.

Fixed. :awe:

 

[SonnyDaze]

Defensive driving, ftmfw.

 

[gar3555]

That plus its not learning to drive so much as learning to operate a vehicle. Learning to safely drive on downtown city roads is a totally different skill. I learned to drive an old diesel stick shift 4x4 tractor when I was 8 years old too, doesn't mean I knew how to drive a car in downtown Vancouver.

true, I did not have to learn how to drive, being a male, I just knew. :awe:

 

[mmntech]

N?

Is that some Canadia thing?

Most be just BC. I have a 'G' license, which stands for general. Anything up to 4600kg and towed vehicles combine weight of up to 11,000kg. I can drive the 26ft strait trucks with it at work. Scary.

Just be careful. Don't just drive for yourself, drive for everyone else on the road. 9 times out of 10 they're not watching you.