Age Law For Driving..

[petrol08head]

I got this from the BBC webiste but wanted to know if anyone knew when it was happening or if it is as then my bro's cannot drive until then and also some mates.

"Driving Age in the UK
The minimum driving age in the UK is currently 17 years old. If the government ever decided to change the minimum driving age, you would almost certainly hear about it on national television well before the age was actually changed.

If we hear of any future plans to lower the driving age to 16 or it going up to the age of 18, we will update this page immediately.

The current law states that:

You can't start to drive a car until you have a valid signed provisional driving licence in your possesion and are of the minimum driving age of seventeen.
( 16 years old if you receive the higher rate of disability)"

if someone would comment back with answers, would really appriciate it.

cheers.
ed

[Taita]

What?

If he is 17, get him in a car.

[herewego]

The question isn't clear, but is this what you want to know?

Learning to drive
The usual minimum age for driving cars is 17. For anyone who is getting Disability Living Allowance at the higher rate (mobility component), the minimum age for driving is 16.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople/Motorin...

[waremark]

There are no current plans to change the age for starting to drive in the UK. In spite of quite a lot of comment about it in the press, the recent government consultation on possible changes to learning to drive did not suggest changing the minimum age - nor any of the other changes suggested in the press, such as requiring a specified number of professional lessons, or learning over a specified minimum period, or being limited in what you could do for a while after passing your test.