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Italian teens flock to 'minicars' January 3, 2003, BY TOM RACHMAN ROME--Niccolo turns the key and holds tight as his little vehicle shudders forward with a noise like a diesel lawn mower grinding long grass. This isn't exactly a Ferrari, but the snub-nosed, 8-foot-long minicar isn't bad for a teenager's first wheels. What is worrying, especially to pedestrians who brave the screeching cars and mopeds zinging by on Italian roads, is that Niccolo Cantaloni, 17, is too young to get a driver's license. Yet what he's doing is legal. Thanks to a twist of Italian law, kids as young as 14 can drive so-called minicars--which are much smaller and much slower than normal cars--though they can't get licenses until age 18. Even adults whose licenses have been revoked, or who wouldn't qualify for a license because of health problems including bad eyesight, can drive minicars because the vehicles are classified as small mopeds, which don't require a license to operate...
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