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Is 16 really old enough to drive?
My son is 14. This being said, he is already talking about driving in a couple years. Perhaps I'm just an over-protective mom, but I really don't feel 16 yr olds are mature enough to drive. I have told him that he may wait until he's 17 to actually get his license so he can drive with his permit for an entire year. This doesn't fly with him, but I still would feel safer to do this. There have been so many horrible wrecks in my area that involved young 16 yr old drivers that I just don't feel comfortable in letting my son out on the road by himself at such a young age. What do you all think about this? If I had my choice the driving age would be raised another year for everyone.
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Most times I am a tad iffy
Most times I am a tad iffy on this subject. I remember how I drove and also how some of my friends drove as well, the difference between maturity levels can sometimes be just crazy.
Though I wish it could be
Though I wish it could be so, I don't think we could ever test the maturity of driving candidates. So I think that a rise in driving age is more than appropriate and soon, before any more young lives are lost.
Honestly most kids these
Honestly most kids these days are barely mature enough until almost thirty it would seem. Between plain childish, selfish behavior an dangerous stuff like talking on their cell phones half the people who pass even at 18+ don't seem to take it seriously.
Statistics have
Statistics have consistently shown that the youngest drivers are the ones who have the majority of the accidents. Not the newest drivers-the youngest.
So I would support a raise in age to 18 in a heart beat. It's older elsewhere in the world, I don't know why it's so young here but for the fact that our public transport is a joke.
I think it should be raised
They have talked about raising it to 18 in my state but I don't know if it will ever happen. Our ideas of what people can do is rather skewed, anyway, I think. 16 years old to drive, 18 years old to vote and join the military and 21 to have a beer. There should be more uniformity to it, in my opinion.
If you feel he should wait, then make him wait. You're the parent and it doesn't matter what the law allows. Granted, it won't make you popular but most of our parental decisions don't…lol. If you don't think he's ready to drive on his own then you need to do what you can to protect him.
I don't think sixteen is
I don't think sixteen is old enough to drive. In Kentucky, where I live, you have to have your permit for a year before you can get your license.
Really? Katie I'm from Ky
Really? Katie I'm from Ky and I thought they could still get their permit at 16 and then their license 6 months later. Where have I been? If that's the case then my son can get his permit at 16 and then maybe his license at 17. I would feel so much safer this way. I've already made my mind up this is the way it will be regardless if the law says they have to wait a full year or not. I don't know who came up with the idea that kids could drive at 16, but they need to rethink this in my opinion.
~stangchic~
How responsible is he right
How responsible is he right now? I have noticed that some of the quiet teens you see around lately are the better drivers compared to others around. :)