"Well Regulated Militia"

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(08-07-2019, 10:08 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: Not from what I went through, or what I have seen recently. A road test around here takes about an hour.

VA seems even more strict than PA.

35 years ago I had to wait almost a year to get my license because I didn't go to the public school so I couldn't take the drivers ed course until the following summer after my 16th birthday.  It wasn't required but it helped with insurance discounts so my parents made me wait.

Other than that two weeks of driving with the instructor my practice was driving back and forth from work with my dad and taking my mom to the store every chance I got.

We did a cone/driving course test with a state trooper and that was it.

EDIT: Technically, back then, you could get your permit and then go take your driving test the next day.

My son just got his a couple months ago. It was the aforementioned minimum six months wait, proof of hours driven (so many at night, so many in inclement weather) then an actual road test that followed parallel parking at the DMV.  If you failed the parking part you didn't even get to take the road test.