And would that mean that gas prices would go down?
No. There are more 19-100 year olds in the world that drive than 16-18 year olds who drive. So no it would not save gas. Maybe like .000000000000000000001%
No, here's why:
It's a pretty reasonable question. Less teens on the road = less gas used. Here's the thing though. For all the teens that would stay home, there would be a ton of teens that would have their parents drive them places, doubling the mileage they would otherwise use.
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our children to drink responsibly before they even get their drivers license. 21 being the age to buy a beer is silly make it more like 17 or 18.
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Let's take a Friday night concert. If you have your license, you can go from school to a friends house, ride with him to the concert and head home. If you don't have the license, you would go home, have your parent drive to your friends house (or he would have his parent drive to the concert), then to the concert to drop you off. The parent would then have to drive back to pick them up, thus adding plenty of time and fuel that would otherwise be saved.
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Put a no drivers license until 18 initiative on the ballot Ill vote for it. same time, make the age limit for going to war 21. How can you tell a kid that
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Fact is, kids at 16 are mature enough to drive a car if taught properly. It's those that aren't taught that screw it up for the rest of the teen drivers. Changing it to 18 won't do much anyway, since there is generally not a ton of maturity that takes place until kids are out of high school and in college. Public kindergarten starting age to be increased | WWAY NewsChannel 3 ::
Also, I agree about raising the age for being able to have a drivers license. it about time we change the driving age from 16 to 17 or 18. A sixteen year old
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folks, can you really see lawmakers changing the legal age to 18? can drink when youre 16 but you cant get your drivers license until youre 18.
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Would changing the age limit to get a drivers license to 18 save gas?