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Originally Posted by Camaro509
Kansas just raised their standard driving license age from 16 to 17 this year.
I think that better driving education along with responsible parenting would go much farther in keeping our young drivers alive than just making the age 17 (although it may help marginally).
I lay 100% blame on the individual drivers and the parents for this, not societies rules or regulations, or lack thereof.
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imho, raising the age one year will just give you 1 year older inexperienced drivers. If they start at 16, by the time they are 18 they 'should' be competent enough to be trusted on their own without restrictions (of course some ADULTS still need to attend driving school of some sort). While I do feel that parents should do more to teach their kids how to drive, the government needs to require some more stringent drive testing. And I think it would be a great idea to incorporate a bit of the 'emergency driving' classes into basic drivers ed. Some people still don't know which way to steer when the car starts to spin...