[66Notchback]

This is from my son, up in Seattle.... I had no idea, and wow, it's tough stuff. He tells me this is "how things are" in the province of British Columbia, just north of him.

You have to write the knowledge exam, and get at least 75%. That gets you a big letter "L" (magnetic, I would assume?) and a Learner's Permit. You cannot book your "road test" for a minimum of six months. You cannot operate the vehicle without someone at least 19 years of age and legally lisenced, beside you, and not on certain freeways, or during the wee hours.

Pass the road test that you need to take next, and you get a lisence good for the basics. NO TOLERANCE for booze, or being impaired; 'same rules for an "L", but now the label on your car will read "N".

TWO YEARS, you have to carry that licence, and then RE-TEST it all, all over again. A zero tolerance for certain infractions comes with it; the cops can pull your lisence on the spot if you've been drinking.

I dunno, it sounds damned limiting in ways that could be a hardship for those working at night and such, or needing to drive to & from work but not having the body to fulfill the "supervision" requirements....

Then again, half of those on the road today can't drive a stick shift.... so maybe them Canucks ain't so nuts.

[Buyer]

Awesome! I love these rules if I'm honest. I bet that if you look at the statistics, kids are safer when they learn to drive over there. I like the way they do things.

[Chevy_Lover]

I know they seem like a great hardship, but if we are honest with ourselves, at least 80% of the teenagers we know break a few if not most of those rules. I would have to say that a lot of adults I know talk or text while driving. I know a whole bunch that drink and drive because they say they are not really drunk. Maybe if they have to work hard for them, they will appreciate them more and think twice before doing something stupid.

[Auto_Clueless]

I wish there were this types of laws where I live. My niece knows a kid that almost died in a car accident. He has just had his license, but was driving late at night and was on the cell phone.

[MaximumSpeed]

I think that anyone who considers it a hardship to have NO TOLERANCE on drinking or drugs while driving, probably shouldn't be driving themselves.

[Crissy]

I think we NEED to have those exact same laws here. Kids shouldn't be working late anyways because they have high school to attend. I think if we had these laws here, there would be so many less car accidents and deaths. Being able to drive at 16 is far too young maturity wise. I remember all the stupid things my friends and I did at that age (16-18) and we must have had some kind of angel watching over us because we didn't die or kill someone else.