What can't you do aged 18?

I'm 18 tomorrow and looking forward to all the benefits of being an adult. What can't you do aged 18?

Adopt?
Supervise a learner driver?

They are the only things I can really think of - are there anymore?

Reply 1

Rozaroo

1

be a magistrate
join saga
be an mp? Not sure on that though

Reply 2

The West Wing

18

You can't stand for election

Reply 3

HereFishyFishy

13

- get in to 21+ clubs
- drink in America (well, most states)

Reply 4

Good bloke

19

That is right. You cannot stand as an MP.

Reply 5

Spinal

2

Drive a HGV (I think?).

Reply 6

HJV

16

-Do drugs.
-Kill someone.
-etc.

Also:
-Enter bars that are 20+ (I haven't seen any in England, but they're quite common in eg. Dublin and Helsinki)

Reply 7

happydinosaur

15

Eat off the kids menu.

Reply 8

falls_whisper

14

Fancy anyone younger than you or you'd be a paedophile :P

Reply 9

Clubber Lang

15

s someone ahs alluded to - being 18 also has its disadvantages in law - mainly being more culpable for crimes and mroe liekly to get a %%%%%%%%%%%%%%ing.

Reply 10

Laevis

13

Fly.

Commit crimes and get off lightly.

Nor stand as an MP. 21 is the age to be. :coma:

Reply 11

.ACS.

19

happydinosaur

Eat off the kids menu.

What?!?!

Reply 12

ashy

17

HJV

-Do drugs.
-Kill someone.
-etc.

Also:
-Enter bars that are 20+ (I haven't seen any in England, but they're quite common in eg. Dublin and Helsinki)

There are plenty of 21+ pubs, clubs in England :p:

Reply 13

Pinball_heart

13

You can't drive motability cars, I think.

Reply 14

ashy

17

tomoli

I'm 18 tomorrow and looking forward to all the benefits of being an adult. What can't you do aged 18?

Adopt?
Supervise a learner driver?

They are the only things I can really think of - are there anymore?

You can't supervise a learner driver unless you're 21+ and have had a licence for 3 years.

Reply 15

Clubber Lang

15

Pinball_heart

Am I the only person here who is thinking about the alcohol and cigarettes?!
You will have ID.
I still have to find a dodgey off-license that won't ID me.

Well you CAN drink and smoek at 18 - which kind of defeats the poitn of this thread :wink:

- however I think they are the 2 obvious things people know they can do at 18 anyway so probably no one is mentioning them for that reason.

Reply 16

Metal_Gear

10

18 is when you start regretting things. For example, it is really too late to start training for the olympics. It's too late to have "grown up" doing a martial art. You can't really ask your parents to buy you games etc without feeling a little awkward. You are almost out of 6th form and are effectively ending an era of your life (being spoon fed at school :'().

A few regrets I have heard, not necessarily my own.

Reply 17

Juno

20

Buy alcohol in my village after 4pm on fridays and saturdays

Reply 18

.ACS.

19

Pinball_heart

Am I the only person here who is thinking about the alcohol and cigarettes?!
You will have ID.
I still have to find a dodgey off-license that won't ID me.