09-06-2003, 12:22 AM | #11 |
Hathor
Join Date: February 18, 2002
Location: Vienna
Age: 42
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In Austria the only real effect of the provisional license is that you may not drive with ANY alcohol level. This means 0.01 BAC (because this could be caused by eating apples) instead of the otherwise legal 0.05 BAC.
In addition to that you are subjected to harder penalties for speeding or other offenses. They often result in an expensive re-schooling (and extension of the probation period). However we can only make our licenses at 18 (probation period is just 1 year though) and legal drinking age starts at 16 here. I think that this way people have learned about/experienced the effects of alcohol and passed their wild days (when it's new you tend to get REALLY drunk) when they start driving. That's why I'm a bit curious about the US. Giving people a license at 16 but forbidding them to drink til 21 IMHO results in a lot more DUI (and under significantly more influence).
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09-06-2003, 12:24 AM | #12 |
Xanathar Thieves Guild
Join Date: January 8, 2001
Location: Charlotte,NC
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Good thing I finished up the little house I framed in Mooresville, I'll be 20 miles away in Ballantine whew!!!!!!!!!!! Dont dent me Nano [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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09-06-2003, 02:09 AM | #13 |
Gold Dragon
Join Date: June 18, 2002
Location: Wolfville, NS / Calgary, AB
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My "Graduated" license is kind of dumb. The restrictions:
1) Can't drive between midnight and five a.m. I never obey this, mainly cause after that time I'm either driving home or as a designated driver, and the cops basically don't mind that. 2) Absolutely no alcohol tolerance. Well, yeah. I'm not drinking age anyways. [img]tongue.gif[/img] Drinking and driving is one thing I'll never do. 3) Only eight demerits instead of fifteen. That's the annoying one. 4) No more people in the car than seatbelts. No thanks anyway. [img]tongue.gif[/img] Not too bad, overall. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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09-06-2003, 02:35 AM | #14 |
Symbol of Moradin
Join Date: June 5, 2002
Location: Slovenia,Ljubljana
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Congrats!
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09-06-2003, 03:16 AM | #15 |
Gold Dragon
Join Date: May 19, 2002
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Man, I flunked my first exam. Now I gotta save money for my second exam and school has just started again. Its gonna be a while before I get my license
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