Driving Age to 18

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How annoying would this be? They say 16-year-olds are too immature to drive, yet I feel as we have asperges, perhaps we are different. I guess the minority can still be punished for what the majority does, but still, they should at least let us drive.

The driving age in New York City is 18.

In my opinion, most people shouldn't be allowed to drive at all, at any age. It should be left to enthusiasts and professionals.

Not annoying. I was still in school and living at home so driving didn't matter to me. I didn't drive much when I was 15 and 16. But I drove more when I was 17 and it was just easier for my parents because they didn't have to take me to my appointments anymore or to school or to softball open gym.

But raising it to 18, that might make it harder for the parents because then they'd have to wait longer till their kids can drive so they wouldn't have to take them to places anymore such as to work, school, practice, picking them up from it, taking them to a friend's house, appointments, etc.

I have never seen anyone say 16 is too young to drive but I heard about how California was talking about raising it to 18 because there are so many people and they figure 18 be mature enough to drive.

They wanted move driving age in PL to 21
But it's still 18.

And yes, people are immature. 16 is stupid age.

I think that people who fail exam many times (I must think how many) shouldn't drive at all. There are people who take exam 20 times or sth - stupid. Many fails are sign sb's not good enough and should use public transport.

I was always a mature driver. I have made a few mistakes such as driving in the snow too fast and sliding into the barb wire fence almost and sliding on the gravel when I put on the breaks.

The United States was historically one of the more rural countries in the world. 50 years ago it was common in rural areas (farms) for kids to drive at 9, 10 years old for work. Sometimes change doesn't happen quickly

Well, the whole blanket age system is flawed. I've trouble coming up with a better system, though...

I consider myself a fairly responsible person. Yet, I can't purchase alcohol until exactly 365 days have passed from today, which makes me magically qualified to purchase alcohol. 'tis crazy, when you think about it. But there's a majority to think of and a case-by-case basis system is too much work...Such is reality.

My Friend who is 16 years old, drove me home from school one night. I was COMPLETELY on edge because of how young she is. I know I am just a year older, but it was surreal...
I felt a bit weird about the situation....

None of the US states have a serious driver test. It's more like a placeholder to look like they care about safety, while giving as many people as possible a license to avoid losing votes. This is why I despise politics and sometimes fantasize about running the show so I could have everybody's head on a silver platter. The US has 44,000 deaths per year in traffic accidents, and 44,000 of them are preventable.

I get a few moving violations per year, historically they were virtually all for speeding (outside NYC, in the city you have to be driving like Steve McQueen on crack to get a ticket) but I've had a few 'unsafe lane change' and other BS. The closest thing I ever had to an accident was many years ago. I have a lawyer and about 75% of my violations are thrown out, depending on jurisdiction.

If the driver test was *serious*, it would be difficult for a very young person to pass it, and that would compensate for the need for an age cutoff.

Fine by me.

It's those senile old buzzards behind the wheel that scare the hell out of me, not 16 and 17 year olds.
You'll know what I mean when your in the southbound lane and one of them comes careening northbound in the same lane!

I'm not really sure what the question, etc. was, but I do think it's best if driving ages were 18 instead of 16. There would be far less accidents that way. I don't know if maybe the laws have changed in other places, but here in the US, in Ohio, the legal driving age is still 16, even though I don't think it should be. (Unless it's changed, & I just never heard about it.)