17 (number) - Age 17

Age 17

• In the United Kingdom, the minimum driving age for a car or van.
• In the United States, it is the age at which one may purchase, rent, or reserve M-rated video games without parental consent.
• Also, in some of the states in the United States, and some jurisdictions around the world, seventeen is the age of sexual consent.
• In most states of the United States, Canada and in the United Kingdom, the age at which you may donate blood (without parental consent).
• In many countries and regions, the age at which one may obtain a driver's license.
• In the United States, the age at which one may watch, rent, or purchase R-rated movies without parental consent.
• In the United States, the age at which one can enlist in the armed forces with parental permission.
• At this age one can apply for a Private Pilot Licence (however the applicant can start training at 16).