I think there's also some difference between whether you learned to drive before or after you gained an appreciation for your own mortality. Teenagers who get t

I think there's also some difference between whether you learned to drive before or after you gained an appreciation for your own mortality. Teenagers who get their license tend to do some level of stupid stuff, and it helps define what you're capable of behind the wheel. If you always have driven safely (because you're a mature adult who understands you could kill yourself or others), then the "what can I do with my car" border lies in an unknown space going outwards from normal commuter driving. If you spent your teenage years canyon racing, or speeding down the street at 2 am, etc, you know that you're capable of a lot more difficult driving than your day to day.