[snowman]

About 8-10 years old. My first drive was a Cat bull dozer on our farm. Couldn't pull clutch levers until I was 10, played with what I could at 8. The next was an old chevy 6 cyl pickup truck. Drove on the farm and on local dirt roads. Drove many other trucks and cars before I finally got a permit at 16 in NY. Went thru a radar trap at over 150 Mph at age 17. No ticket, but they checked my taillights, shocks, signals, ... every time they say me for the next couple years.

I went back to visit from college and went thru a radar trap at about 130 Mph. Next door neighbor was local judge, just got a simple over 5 mph ticket for it. They put my fathers name instead of mine in the paper. He never let me forget, but it was worth it. Judge went on to NYS supreme court. He is dead now, so I can say this without any harm to him.

I had my kids, 2 girls, driving at age 10 on private roads. Racing school at age 16. Permits at age 15.

Damn, Driving is FUN!!!