[Mr. Wyndham]

It should be MUCH HARDER to aquire a license...but the age should not be raised -- it won't do anything. Like Blur said -- you don't suddenly gain the ability to drive safe at any age. And like Skyman said: It takes 1)training/experience, 2)maturity, and 3)common sense. None of which are directly, and undoubtedly linked to age.

1) Experience: raising the age would delay the time it takes to get experience behind the wheel; it's just going to take that much longer to get experience if you have to wait.......

2) Maturity: admittidly, it is generally true that the older you get, the more mature you get...but there are enough teenagers who ARE mature enough to drive that they end up being 'punished' under this generalization.

3) Common-Sense: If you don't have it, it's going to be har to get it...age has nothing to do with this beyond the mid-teen years.

If you raise the age...it's just going to raise the age of those people who are constantly dying in stupid car crashes. The only REAL way to eliminate the problem is to properly train people to drive...not the scare-tactics-1970's-videos that they shove down your throat in these bogus "courses"...actually TEACH people how to drive. Make it mandatory, make it all-conclusive, and make the test harder to pass (both road and paper).

This will weed out anybody not qualified to drive. From 16 to 90+. If you're a good driver, then there's nothing to worry or get upset about: you'll pass. But if you fit the stereo typical 16 year old, or even a middle-aged person who takes stupid risks and endangers others on the road...you won't pass. Good.