Southern California teenager Les Anderson tries to get his driver's license to impress his crush, beautiful Mercedes Lane.

Les had previously made plans to drive his grandfather's prized 1972 Cadillac Sedan de Ville and decides to sneak away anyway for a joyride with Mercedes.

She is taken into the hospital but a crane fails outside and a falling steel girder crushes the Cadillac, much to the shock of Les and Robert.

Sometime later, Mrs. Anderson gives birth to twin babies, and the family tries to explain the state of the Cadillac to Les' grandfather, but Grandpa laughs it off as he reveals he has severely damaged his son's own BMW in an accident.

The site's critics consensus reads, "Despite a hard-working cast and a premise that will appeal to its teenage target demographic, this deeply silly comedy only has a License to Drive audiences to seek out better films.

"[2] On Metacritic, the film had an average score of 36 out of 100 based on 9 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".

[4] Songs played in the film, but not on the soundtrack License to Drive was first released on VHS by CBS/Fox Video on December 15, 1988.

[5] It was notable that some VHS versions of the film replaced the Nia Peeples song "Trouble" with "New Sensation" by INXS.