Florida is considering raising the driving age from 16 to 17, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Thousands of Florida 16-year-olds are killed or injured in car crashes every year, a statistic that has spurred at least one legislator to call for increasing the state’s driving age. “That extra year, the kids need it,” said Irv Slosberg, D-Boca Raton. “Their brain hasn’t matured. Sometimes I relate this to trying to pour a gallon bottle of milk into a pint and it just overflows — they can’t take in all that information.”
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02/21, 11:59 AM
posted by:
Downshift
Never going to happen.
Better to make drivers under 18 second-class drivers. Make them put a decal on the car when they drive (like the yellow ribbons). Yank their licenses for a year for even the most minor infraction. Set the speed limit 10 mph lower. Make the automakers put in a kiddy chip that limits acceleration to the equivalent of 10 seconds to 60.
That’s not going to cure all problems, but it should take care of a bunch.
We remember being 16.
02/21, 12:48 PM
posted by:
Mike
With our 2 sons, my wife and I waited until their 17th birthday to have them get a license. For our daughter, it was 16. Depends on the maturity of the kid. There are an aweful lot of immature 16 yr. olds behind the wheels of poorly guided missles.
02/21, 1:06 PM
posted by:
Bart
Downshift, I think you have some good ideas except for one. Going 10 miles under the speed limit when everyone else is doing the limit or going over is very dangerous.
02/21, 1:26 PM
posted by:
benzin190e
Going 10 miles under the speed limit is dangerous on the highway, but is much safer for inexperienced drivers on city streets.
02/21, 2:45 PM
posted by:
AngelBaby
I find it ironic that a state like Florida could think that raising the lower age limit is gonna make their roads a safer place to drive.
How about lowering the UPPER age limit? There’s plenty of codgers down there who have NO business being behind the wheel of a 2-ton machine. They should at least not be able to get a license that only has to be renewed every five years. They should create a special license class for those over 70.
02/21, 3:34 PM
posted by:
Larry
It all comes down to training. When I was 16, I drove during bad weather for my mom and other ladies in the neighborhood because I was the better driver. It won’t matter how high you raise the age limit if you don’t train the driver before you put him/her behind the wheel.
02/21, 3:59 PM
posted by:
Adam T
The reason that 16 year olds have more trouble is that they have just started driving. If we raise the age limit to 17 then they won’t be able to drive until they have already gotten a year of practice under their belts… oh, wait.
02/21, 6:04 PM
posted by:
Greenspeed
I like the idea of limiting the acceleration of their cars…
and AngelBaby is right too – there are too many senile or otherwise distracted older people on the road. Its just too hard to pick a fight with the AARP.
03/13, 2:13 PM
posted by:
kayla bijarro
lower the driving age to 14 or 15 teen so we can drive
03/13, 2:17 PM
posted by:
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03/13, 2:19 PM
posted by:
Anonymous
hi stupid
03/13, 2:22 PM
posted by:
David boring
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03/18, 9:46 AM
posted by:
tyler keast
What about if yur already 15 and they change the age to 17 would it affect them…..if not then what about all those people who are already just turned 16 when the law is passed , are you just gonna let them wreck too..the law shouldnt pass …cant people vote it back down..???
03/18, 9:49 AM
posted by:
tyler keast
1 year really wouldnt help any one because some students need to get jobs so they will need to drive to work but they have no car to drive…if you change the laws it will mkae morew underage drivers drive more and will create worse problems and not let them get their license till they are 18
08/03, 1:13 PM
posted by:
Taylor Lewis
i oppose this i would like to have my l,s when im 16 its just 6 months away and i can practice before durin and after i get my licens. if you really stop and think people of all ages get into “accideents” thats why they are called accidents rasing the age won’t do anything it should just stay the same!
fight the power!
12/17, 3:14 PM
posted by:
hmmmmm
Okay, i think that if they change the law, it would be stupid. I’m just a kid, I know but hear me out. I am already 15 and I heard that the law would only affect kids who are not 15 by 2009. That the law would say you have to be 16 to get a permit in 2009. But listen people, kids are really treated unfairly now a days. I know you may disagree but think about this; I can’t tell you how many times I have had all the money I need to go buy a new outfit, some food, or a new cd, etc. that I really want, but I can’t go get it because no one will drive me. My parents got their permits at 14, and most adults probably did too , or maybe even younger, so they really don’t get how it’s not right to make a kid wait to be 17 to get a license!? Plus, it would totally ruin the tradition of a sweet 16. What, would it be sweet 17 now? the whole thing is stupid, just instead of making it a law of being 17 to drive, just make kids take drivers ed. things would work a lot better if you ask me,.