My son is 16 years old and wants me to enroll him in a course for a Learner's Permit only. According to the DMV website the law states that a person needs to complete 7 hours of "road experience" Can a drivers school just charge for the 7 hours seperately? I always thought that any drivers ed class includes the learners permit as well. We are in the state of California.
2007-12-26 12:26:00 · 4 answers · asked by ♫ Melody 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
i dont know about california, but we have to take a test to get our permit when we are 14. (i live in iowa) then we need to drive between then and 16 to get our license. however to get our license we need to complete so many hours of day and night driving with a parent and then complete drivers ed. you should just let your son drive everywhere so he does have the driving experience before he gets his license
we have to drive with a parent when we are 14 so its not that big of a deal. i think it gives us more time to be better drivers when we are on our own at age 16. also a large majority of people where i am from (a really small town--pretty much all of iowa is) we grew up driving tractors and 4-wheelers and trucks around the farm.
2007-12-26 12:29:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Been there.... done that...... got the bald patches.
Drivers Ed qualifies a minor to take the necessary written test for the learners permit ONLY.
Road Experience is a different course. Some schools offer it, some don't.
My kids school didn't - they did Drivers Ed and got their permits through their school, then had to do the 7 hours of professional on-road training with a driving school, plus the hours (20, I think?) that they had to do with me or their Mom before they could get their provisional license.
(To the 1st poster... 14 in Iowa? Remind me never to drive there!)
Richard
2007-12-26 12:31:10 · answer #2 · answered by rickinnocal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Half the time the stuff on the websites be confusing. The best thing for you to do is for you to go to the Driver's Ed office at the local school and maybe the DMV office.
2007-12-26 12:33:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is he trying to get his permit? It seems like it but I just went to www.lowestpricetrafficschool.com but that might only be for Florida. check out these sites:
http://www.dmv.org/ca-california/drivers-permits.php
http://www.lowestpricetrafficschool.com/california/
Good luck! And tell him it's a breeze if he uses lowest price traffic school and does the recommended amount of practice tests!
2007-12-26 12:32:52 · answer #4 · answered by felixthecat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋