Talk:Natalie/@comment-34296592-20181225114247/@comment-3452092-20181225152947

I would guess that the do follow the laws in the USA for things occuring in the USA (and we know the MC can't drive). Natalie and Cliff appear to be at least Sophomores (having spent the last school year obsessed with Rory), so it's not unreasonable to believe that both of them would be 16.

As for US driving laws, unless you get some pretty special exceptions (I knew someone who legally could drive at 10, at least I think it was 10, maybe that's when he saved his mom's life by driving and he didn't get it until a little later although still early, due to some sort of thing involving his mom's medical conditions or something weird like that . . . Said person is probably in his 40s now and I haven't seen him in well over 20 years), you can get a permit at 15 (I think 14 in some places) and you can get a licence at 16. I was 18 when I got my license, because I really didn't care, and my brother was 21 if I remember correctly, because he cared less than I did. Our sisters were 16 (one getting it on her birthday and the other the day after, I believe), because unlike us they did care. It seems like there might be some states were you can get a license at 15 and a half, but I can't recall for sure.