Provisional Driving licence age is 17

The current age for a provisional licence is 17, and not changing to 18 or 21, you can still apply for a provisional driving licence at any post office or online at the DSA website. There is no truth in rumours that the provisional driving age will be changing to 18 in April 2008, neither is it true that after April 2008 you will not be allowed to take the UK driving test until you are aged 18 or 21.

While there has been a lot of discussion in the press about the driving age for obtaining a provisional driving licence being raised, the government has not even had a consultation in parliarment, and it is definately not law yet, neither is there any law being passed in parliament to change the provisional licence or driving test age to 18 or 21!

If you are 17 and thinking of getting a provisional driving licence, then why not go to the nearest post office and get you application form and start filling it in. If you have a new digital passport, you are able to apply for the provisional licence from the comfort of your home.

Obtaining your licence at the driving age of 17 means you can start early in obtaining a life skill that will be very helpful in your later years even if you don't need to drive now. Your provisional licence could be the start of new doors opening up in your life, and remember that the cost of living is going up not down, so the cost of learning to drive will not come down but up. My BSM driving lessons cost me £15 per hour in London in the year 1991, that price has almost doubled in 2008!

Get your provisional licence today!