Teenagers across Australia can get their probationary licence at 16 or 17, but in Victoria, learner permit holders have to wait until they're 18. Some say the law is out of step.

…And you can imagine the job discrimination as an adult if you don’t drive.

  • keepcarrot [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    15 hours ago

    Public transport is not the worst in Australia, but so many jobs require a car even if you can make it to work. I think people also judge you negatively if you don’t drive even if the job doesn’t require it.

  • Grass@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    17 hours ago

    its 16, or was when I was 16, here in canada, but I didnt get mine until I kinda had no choice at 21 when the only worthwhile work was far away. If we had the infrastructure to do it safely I totally would have just biked, but it was a long haul highway with rockslide cliff on the right, deep salt water and rocks on the left with no median or separator and barely even a shoulder before the ditch.