In 2021, 17-year-olds cannot apply for a driver's license. According to regulations, the minimum age to apply for a driver's license is 18 years old. Below are the specific requirements for applying for a driver's license: 1. Age requirements: Different types of driver's licenses have different age requirements. For example, to apply for a small car, small automatic transmission car, small automatic transmission passenger car for the disabled, or light motorcycle, the applicant must be between 18 and 70 years old. To apply for a large passenger vehicle, the applicant must be between 26 and 50 years old. The minimum age requirement for a driver's license is 18 years old, and the maximum age requirement is 70 years old. 2. Height requirements: Applicants for large passenger vehicles, tractors, city buses, large trucks, or trolleybuses must be at least 155 cm tall. Applicants for medium-sized passenger vehicles must be at least 150 cm tall. 3. Color vision requirements: No red-green color blindness. 4. Hearing: The applicant must be able to distinguish the direction of sound from a tuning fork placed 50 cm away from each ear. Those with hearing impairments who can meet the above conditions with hearing aids may apply for a small car or small automatic transmission car driver's license. 5. Vision: Applicants for large passenger vehicles, tractors, city buses, medium-sized passenger vehicles, large trucks, trolleybuses, or trams must have uncorrected or corrected visual acuity of at least 5.0 on the logarithmic visual acuity chart. For other vehicle types, the requirement is at least 4.9. Applicants with monocular vision impairment may apply for a small car, small automatic transmission car, low-speed truck, three-wheeled car, or small automatic transmission passenger car for the disabled if their better eye has uncorrected or corrected visual acuity of at least 5.0 and a horizontal field of vision of at least 150 degrees.
