Too young to drive? (Is 16 to young to drive)

WALB-TV Albany, GA ^ | 05/19/2006 | Dawn Hobby

[Jimmy Valentine]

Pennsylvania used to have a "Cinderella" license which allowed people under 18 to drive from about 6:00AM to midnight.

Probably a good idea still.

[P-40]

And you carried your own supply of telephone books too?

It would have taken a lot of phone books from our little town to make a difference. :)

[DennisR]

1. How will teens date?

Walk, bike, take the bus, parents take them.

2. How will they get to work?

See number 1.

3. How will they learn to drive so that when they turn 18 they will be "experienced".

Driver's ed, parents, learner's permit. (And there is a huge difference in maturity between 16 and 18.)

4. How can we say "your old enough to get a job, pay taxes, be a parent, join the military and shoot people but not mature enough to drive!"?

Easy: "You are old enough to get a job, pay taxes, be a parent, join the military and shoot people but not mature enough to drive."

5. Life is dangerous, people(teens included) will always be killed doing just about anything. We cannot legislate total safety and we shouldn't even try.

No argument there, but do you not see that life is also based on sound human judgement? Do you want someone driving at 10? 11? 12? 13? Of course not - so society decides on that age.

[traviskicks]

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[freeangel]

"teenage drivers are killing themselves"

Sorry to say, this is another problem that many of todays parents can be blamed for. Parents should know their children well enough to judge their maturity level and grant driving privileges accordingly. Buying a kid a new, speedy car is also not in the childs best interest if the parent wants them to live. Our son was very responsible, but he still ended up with one of our old cars and was told that any accidents or tickets that resulted in increased premiums would go on HIS tab. He'll be 21 in Jan. and has kept his driving record "clean."

[devane617]

Remember, the 6k number killed is ONLY the drivers. It does not include passengers, and does not include injuries. The death/serious injury rate for teen drivers and those involved in the accident is astounding.

[Xenalyte]

Stephanie Phillips has, not one, but two teenage girls. 16-year old Amore is already driving. and 15-year old Charity is just beginning.

With a perfectly good name like Stephanie, Mom couldn't resist Amore and Charity. Sigh.

[Tax-chick]

LOL! I wonder if it's "A-Moor" or "A-more-ay."

[RobFromGa]

I think 16 is too young to drive in Atlanta. In the rural parts of the state, it's probably fine but how do you make the distinction.

[moog]

My friend used to use 3 big huge
ones and he WAS 16.