Originally Posted by: elklanderccSheesh Schmange. These days, if you go to driving school, you get your license sooner and get a discount on insurance.

in california, it's required. first you have to do driver's ed (where they teach you the rules of the road) which I did online. then you go to the DMV and take a written test, and if you pass (you can miss up to 8 questions, I missed 4) then you get a permit, after you have the permit, you can drive with a licensed driver over the age of 25 in the passenger seat. then, over the next 6 months you need to get 50 hours of driving time, with at least 10 of those at night, and you have to get 3 lessons of driver's training at 2 hours each. after that, and the 6 months are up, then you can get your license after taking the driving test (and I think another written test). then once you have your license, you are not allowed to drive between the hours of midnight and 5 am (without someone over 25 in the passenger seat, or for when you need to drive to go to or from work or school) and for the first 6 months of a license you cannot have anyone under 20 in the car without having a 25 year old in the passenger... it's a little wierd... but the law is going to change next year, I think the law is about to change so that you have to be 17 to get a license, so I'm just glad I'm going to get it like right before the law changes, because they can't take away what's already been given to me.