| Getting that first driver's license is a dream in | | | | offer behind the wheel course and there are |
| every young person's life. Being able to have | | | | independent companies that offer behind the |
| some freedom and going out on their own makes | | | | wheel lessons as well. Each student vying for their |
| the wait worthwhile. The driver's license permits, | | | | permit must complete six hours of behind the |
| by law, a person to operate a motor vehicle. That | | | | wheel with a licensed instructor. |
| motor vehicle can be a car, truck, motorcycle or | | | | Once the permit is acquired the learning driver is |
| a bus. To acquire a driver's license one must go | | | | 'permitted' to operate a vehicle with the |
| through a long process in the United States that is | | | | supervision of a licensed adult. A driver with a |
| pretty much universal from state to state. The | | | | learner's permit is allowed to drive at any time of |
| only difference from state to state is the age | | | | the day and with as many people in the car as |
| that a person may get their driver's license at. | | | | long as they are with another licensed adult. If the |
| Not many know this but the very first driver's | | | | learner was to break any laws while driving with a |
| license, if it can be called that, was issued way | | | | permit the same fines that would apply to a |
| back in 1888. It was issued to Karl Benz by the | | | | licensed driver would apply to them. The learner's |
| Grand Ducal authorities. Why? Local residents | | | | permit is enforced for six months whether or not |
| complained about the noise and smell of his | | | | the learner is of legal age to have a license. |
| vehicle so he received permission to operate it on | | | | Once the time comes for the driving test the |
| the public streets; thus receiving the first ever | | | | learner must be escorted by a parent or guardian |
| driver's license. In the United States, the first | | | | to the testing facility with a car that meets the |
| driver's license was issued only to chauffeurs in | | | | DMV's standards, has insurance and has not failed |
| New York state on August 1, 1910. The first | | | | any recent inspections. It must also have an |
| state to require all drivers to have a license after | | | | emergency break in between the driver's seat |
| passing a driving test was New Jersey in July of | | | | and the passenger seat. If the learner passes the |
| 1913. | | | | test they receive their license, which more than |
| To acquire a driver's license one must pass a | | | | likely has restrictions on it for a new driver, and |
| course known as driver's education. Most public | | | | can begin driving on their own. |
| and private high schools offer this course for a | | | | Driver's licenses are useful not only for driving |
| semester's length so the students do not have to | | | | purposes but also determine whether or not a |
| take it at the DMV. After passing driver's | | | | person is an organ donor and it is the most |
| education, the student receives a certificate of | | | | common form of identification not only across the |
| excellence and then can sign up for behind the | | | | country but across the globe. |
| wheel driving lessons. There are high schools that | | | | |