Si If I undertand that, you can't pass your test before 17 ?, as here in canada, you can start driving at 16 with your mom or dad or a supervisor for 8 months or 1 year (depends if you take lessons) so for me it was 8 months, had 12 lessons of 1 hour, and some practice with mom and dad here and there, but not that much, never had problem on the road, passed my test firs time too, and i had my license a month before turning 17 so I've been driving for 4 or 5 months now. I'm in the same case as Bigman, i drove tractors on the road when i was younger with no license