User blog comment:UltimateTORINOR/Stress.../@comment-1874924-20100713043721

I suspect more people here have been through/ are going through this than you know. I don't know about other countries, but in most (if not all) U.S. States the driving age is only 16. While the most common age bracket here seems to be 13-15, there are a number who are 16-18, and that number seems to be increasing of late.

I remember that I had trouble with the on-the-street portion of Driver Ed when I was 16, so I had my Learner's Permit longer than most, but all ended well.

I will leave you with some advice my father gave me when I was learning to drive: "Assume that no one else knows what they're doing, because half of them don't." This attitude is central to what's called "defensive driving".