> right now, DC has the loosest driving laws in the US. all of my friends in Maryland have to take drivers ed before they get their license, plus their driving test is HARD. i have no problem with that. then the kida who are driving really can drive. but saying i can't carry more than family members and one other person for a year and a half after i get my license? it's just stupid

Mmm. My little brother (Fatty! Hehee) just got his license a while ago, and I like to pick on him 'cause he has all these weird restrictions; Massachusetts changed its regulations too recently for the change to effect me, but it got him. So now I get to tease him. :-}