What is the minimum age requirement for obtaining a driver's license?
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According to the "Regulations on the Application and Use of Motor Vehicle Driving Licenses", applicants for a motor vehicle driving license must meet the following age requirements: Applicants for small cars, small automatic transmission cars, small automatic transmission passenger cars for the disabled, and light motorcycles must be between 18 and 70 years old. The age recorded on the ID card shall prevail, and applicants must be at least 18 years old to apply for a driving license that meets the age requirements. The age requirements for applying for a driving license are as follows: Applicants for low-speed trucks, three-wheeled vehicles, ordinary three-wheeled motorcycles, ordinary two-wheeled motorcycles, or wheeled self-propelled machinery must be between 18 and 60 years old. Applicants for city buses, large trucks, trolleybuses, or trams must be between 20 and 50 years old. Applicants for medium-sized passenger vehicles must be between 21 and 50 years old. Applicants for tractor-trailers must be between 24 and 50 years old. Applicants for large passenger vehicles must be between 26 and 50 years old. Students receiving full-time driving vocational education who apply for large passenger vehicles or tractor-trailers must be between 20 and 50 years old. Physical requirements for applying for a driving license: Height: Applicants for large passenger vehicles, tractor-trailers, 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. Vision: Applicants for large passenger vehicles, tractor-trailers, 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. Applicants for other vehicle types must have uncorrected or corrected visual acuity of at least 4.9 on the logarithmic visual acuity chart. Applicants with monocular vision impairment can apply for small cars, small automatic transmission cars, low-speed trucks, three-wheeled vehicles, or small automatic transmission passenger cars for the disabled if their uncorrected or corrected visual acuity in the right eye is at least 5.0 on the logarithmic visual acuity chart and their horizontal visual field reaches 150 degrees. Color vision: No red-green color blindness. Hearing: Able to distinguish the direction of sound sources with each ear at a distance of 50 cm from a tuning fork. Applicants with hearing impairment who can meet the above requirements with hearing aids can apply for small cars or small automatic transmission cars. Upper limbs: Both thumbs must be intact, and each hand must have at least three other fingers intact, with normal limb and finger movement. Applicants with missing finger tips or three intact fingers on the left hand and complete palms on both hands can apply for small cars, small automatic transmission cars, low-speed trucks, or three-wheeled vehicles. Lower limbs: Both lower limbs must be intact and have normal movement, with a length difference of no more than 5 cm. Applicants with a missing or non-functional left lower limb can apply for small automatic transmission cars. Torso and neck: No movement dysfunction. Applicants with missing or non-functional right lower limbs or both lower limbs who can sit independently and meet the upper limb requirements can apply for small automatic transmission passenger cars for the disabled. Applicants with one missing hand, a intact thumb on the other hand, at least two other intact fingers, and normal upper limb and finger movement, and who meet the lower limb requirements, can apply for small automatic transmission passenger cars for the disabled. Applicants for a motor vehicle driving license must submit their application to the vehicle management office according to the following regulations: Applicants residing in their registered residence must apply at their registered residence. Applicants residing in a temporary residence can apply at their temporary residence. Active military personnel (including armed police) must apply at their place of residence. Foreign nationals must apply at their place of residence. Applicants applying for additional vehicle types must apply at the place where their current driving license was issued.