16 is a learners permit and they've changed all that. At least in my home state. The permit allows you to drive with a fully lincenced person 21 or over. Then you get a censored permit after. You can drive only during certin hours and to and from work or school. And they're trying to stop kids from driving to and from school. It's just a status symbol anyway. After all that if you're good and no tickets or violations you get a full permit. You can drive all by your lonesome whenever you want to. They've made it pretty hard on young folks in the past few years. But then teen deaths from car accidents has hit an all time high. Drunk, speeding, and stoned while driving have killed more teens than anything else. Don't be in such a hurry to be another line on an accident report...