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States Should Raise Driving Age, Says Insurance Safety Group

National News • September 10, 2008
Taking aim at a longstanding rite of passage for 16-year-olds, an influential auto safety group is calling on states to raise the age for getting a driver's license to 17 or even 18. Adrian Lund, ...

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Posted On: September 10, 2008, 3:55 pm CDT
Posted By: SFOInsuranceLady
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RS, you make a good point about taking away the experience from parents who are "hands on" with their children. But as it is now, in California, you can get your permit at 15, and be licenesed at 16. This is not enough time to teach your kids proactively (I took 2 years with my girls practicing). If the legal age to drive is 18, getting your permit at 16 would make more sense as you would have plenty of time to educate and teach your kids. I still say raising the driving age would help tremendously.

So, kids at school don't like using a shuttle and public transportation...too bad. Driving is a right, not a priviledge. Raising the driving age will also raise the permit age and give kids more time to learn how to handle a 2,000 pound weapon.

As for lowering the drinking age....what are they thinking? That's legalized homicide! :)
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