How old do you have to be to drive in California?

How old to drive in California?? ten points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…

• Im confused Like when your 15 and half you could drive with a parent and when your 16 and 17 you have curfew then 18 you don't can anyone else get specific please because I turned 15 in May. Best answer gets ten points

• Answer:

  At 15.5 years old, you can get a permit. This allows you to drive but you must a parent in the passenger seat. When you turn 16, you can get a license. This license allows you to drive by yourself. After you get a license, you must follow certain rules. I believe at 18, these restrictions are lifted. This is from the CA DMV: The newest restrictions, enacted in January of 2006, are expected to cut down the number of teen car accidents and the number of teens who are injured or killed each year in California. The latest amendments to California's GDL law include: Teens who have had their driver's license less than one year may not drive between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. unless the driver is accompanied by licensed driver age 25 or older. There may be exceptions for a job, school, a family need, or a medical emergency. Teens who have held their driver's license less than one year may not transport any passengers younger than 20 (except family members) without having someone 25 or older in the front passenger seat of the vehicle.