Today, at work I asked one of my vet techs why the driving here in Michigan is so bad. She told me that after age 18 they only have to take a written test. She said she doesn't know if the laws have changed but she said there isn't any behind the wheel student driving. She said the behind the wheel driving is like for 18 years and under or something like that. I've never heard of that before. I laughed because I knew that PB would get even more upset knowing this, lol.

I know that's how it is in NH (over 18, no driver's ed required). I thought that applied in most states.. but maybe not..?

Strange. I grew up in New York, and no matter your age, you had to take a road test. I watched someone flunk her road test by rolling through a stop sign.

What really annoys me is that here in CT vehicles are not required to pass safety inspections unless they are over 10 years old and are sold. When I first moved to CT, I nearly rear-ended a pickup truck because the driver braked hard and had no functioning taillights or brake lights. If you are driving a car that has no functioning taillights, brake lights, turn signals, headlights - GET YOUR CAR OFF THE FREAKING ROAD AND INTO A REPAIR SHOP.

[QUOTE=aephi alum;2108210]Strange. I grew up in New York, and no matter your age, you had to take a road test. QUOTE]

Ditto on Cali.

I have a huge complaint about the things my boss does to annoy me but I'm going to hold it in. I can't explain it but I feel like she'll see it somehow. :p

Actually, in NH, you don't even need a learner's permit. You just have to be 15 1/2, have your birth certificate on you when driving, and have someone over the age of 25 with you.

Yet another thing that makes driving in CT so horrendous.

Not in the state of Minnesota, unless the laws have changed, but I doubt it. Even if you're like 30, you still have to take a certain amount of hours behind the wheel and a written test, too. Honestly, I have to agree with PB to some degree. I mean, not so much as getting upset about the driving, because getting upset isn't going to change anything. It's just that Michigan has a lot of weird streets. Like roundabouts, and Michigan Us. I can't explain the Michigan Us, maybe PB and Dee would do better at explaining how those work. When I moved here in June of 2007, I was totally lost trying to figure out that left meant right, and right meant left. I just think that with weird streets like that, there needs to be a behind the wheel training as well as a written.

Growning up in NH/MA, I have a lot of experience with rotaries and weird roads and traffic patterns (hello Boston!). But there are A LOT of people who have no idea what they're doing. You'd think eventually they'd pick up on things.

Even when I moved to NJ, it took me a while to get used to driving and knowing where to go as there are basically no left turns anywhere (on busier streets), and you have to be prepared and know where jug handles are. Also, I've always been taught that a solid green light = turn left only after yielding.. but that's not always the case here - in many places, you can just make the left turn, as the drivers coming from the other direction still have a red light. Needless to say, I got honked at a lot.

But I also learned quickly and have no problem now.

To the 2 "downstate politicians" who think that Cook County, where Chicago is located, should withdraw from the state and form its own 51st state,

What were you smoking?

Also, they then advocated that their own 2 counties should also withdraw from the state of Illinois and form the 52nd state (that's how ridiculous this all is).

I know that some upstate NY people think that the City should form it's own state.

Yes, and some in Montreal, Quebecque (sp?) believe that Quebecque should withdraw from Canada and form its own country. But I just heard this in the morning and I am so annoyed. Don't fix the state's financial problems. Form 2 new states instead.

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I got honked at a lot, too. I was so confused.:(