We have graduated licensing here, too. But, half the people don't follow the rules. You can get your full license at 16.5, but can't have any passengers under 18 until the driver is 18, unless they are siblings. Can't be on the road between 12:30 AM and 5 AM. We caught our older son driving his friend home from school when he was 17, when DH just happened to be behind him one day. DS sped up and ditched his friend in a K Mart parking lot!
I moved to Florida when I was 15.6 and got my permit and license there. Then I moved to AZ. I didn't have to drive in the snow until I was 37 and it was seriously one of the most traumatic things I've ever had to do. We lived on a huge hill, on scary curve, too. One time I was driving DH's Saab home from the gym and I could not get up my street. I let a strange guy get in my car and drive me up the hill! After 2 years, I insisted on getting AWD, which helped me get up the hill and made me confident. Now, I don't like doing it, still, but I do. Thankfully, as a teacher, I didn't have work when it was really bad, but in the mid nineties, there were a few years of horrible blizzards that started during school time and I lived 40 miles away.
I learned to drive a stick when DH severely sprained his left ankle and couldn't drive his car and we needed to trade cars. I haven't driven a stick since like, 1998, but I am sure I could. Tire changing, no way. That's what AAA is for.