Reply #49: Graduated in 2002 and yes

[Reverend_Smitty]

I had driver's ed in school my Sophomore year so I had my permit a month after I turned 16 but in NJ I had to wait until I was 17 to get my full license. That would have been March 01...I also wasn't subject to the new graduated license laws which has all sorts of restrictions until you turn 18.

I feel like I was part of the last gasp of teenage cruising where we'd all pile into someones car and just drive...anywhere...it didn't matter because gas was a buck a gallon. The summer of 02 was magical for me, just for that reason. I think we can all agree that George Bush and his buddies effectively killed that right of passage.