Typo for Better

Wouldn't it be awesome if the people writing the laws and regulations of driving made a typo? Many of us think so, though we don't all agree on what the typo should be. And so, the age old (In more ways than one) question remains. Should driving age be at 14, 16, or 18? I think we should keep it at sixteen, and here's why.

First of all, I KNOW that driving age shouldn't be at age 14. Who needs to drive at that age anyway? There is not many places that a 14-year -old wants to go to. If they do, however, tend to have a lot of activities, they can get a ride with parents, siblings, friends, the bus, or just simply walk or bike. Exercise is always a good thing. Also, 14-year-olds aren't old enough to get jobs, so they don't have anywhere that they have to be except school, and that has a school bus. They aren't mature enough to care about the rules on the road that keep people safe, and that will endanger them and other people.

On the other hand, I don't have as much of a conviction that the driving age should be at age 18. There are the same amount of pros and cons. On the good side, 18-year-olds are mature enough to handle themselves on the road, but they also might of waited so long to have this privilege that they go drunk and crazy with freedom. They also have many instances  where they can use a car to get places, like a job or dates, but that happens before age eighteen. They're jobs will also help pay for bills, but again, teens usually get jobs before they're eighteen. I think waiting to be eighteen is just too long to wait.

Therefore, since 14 and 18 are out of the question, I think the appropriate driving age should be 16. This is when teens start high school and have more clubs, sports, and extra-curricular activities to attend. Also, this is when teens usually buckle down and get a job, and paying more of they're own fees in the famiy. However, I don't like the rules in BC where you first get an 'L', an 'N', and finally a full fledged lisence. By then you are nineteen, even older than eighteen and even more drunk with freedom. Teenagers are so daunted by th three years of magnets that they doon't start until they are forced to learn or ride the bus the rest of thier life.

So,  my final opinon is that we should stick with the age of sixteen, but not have an 'L' or an 'N'. Keep the age, or the numbers, not the letters. They only give adults more time to adjust to the fact that thier children are driving. Driving should start at sixteen, and be a full fledged lisence.