You want a Florida learner's license. What is the minimum age you must reach before you can apply?
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A.
15 Correct
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B.
18
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C.
14
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D.
16
The answer is "15"
The Florida Driver License Handbook's Learner's License row opens with "Be at least 15 years old," making 15 the earliest age at which you can apply for the permit. Picking 16, as D does, grabs the age from the Driver License row printed directly below the Learner's License row under the same requirements heading.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. 18
18 is when the under-18 graduated-licensing restrictions lift, not the age at which the learner's license first opens. This answer treats 18 as the default "adult driving" age without checking the Learner's License row printed three years earlier on the manual page.
C. 14
Florida's learner's-license floor is 15, not 14. Parental consent is a separate under-18 requirement, not an age waiver. This answer carries a 14-year-old learner-permit rule from another state over to Florida, whose learner's-license row starts a year later.
D. 16
16 is the minimum age for the Class E driver license, which the manual lists as a separate, later step from the learner's license. This answer grabs the age from the Driver License row directly below the Learner's License row under the same requirements heading.
This question tests your knowledge of Graduated Licensing in Florida. Source: The Official Florida Driver License Handbook, "Requirements for Class E Learner's & Driver License: Learner's License," p.8..
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