[jasonbvr]

In North Carolina, USA, you can drive a scooter at 16, and you are not required to have a license to do so. But most people you see in North Carolina driving scooters, are doing so because they lost their license from a charge of drinking and driving.

In Japan, you have to have a drivers license to ride a scooter. There is no difference in age. To ride a bike with over 50cc's, you need a motorcycle license which I hear is hard to get.