Driver's licenses

[Lunar]

Driving is an incredibly unsafe activity.  If it was just dangerous to the driver, then I wouldn't care, but it becomes dangerous to everyone else.  You want to know that your airplane pilot is licensed just like you want to know that the other cars on the road are..which is worth the minor hassle of having to get licensed yourself.

It's not that burdensome to take the DMV test..it takes, what, 10 minutes?  I don't want 13 year olds driving on the freeway at 90 miles per hour, I'm sorry.

I'd raise it to 18, just to match a universal age of adulthood.

But the consequences are so great that people will think twice.

You overestimate people.

[Lunar]

I don't think anyone argued that no younger drivers would be safe.  Hell, I think a majority of them would be.  But all it takes is 5% of those 12-14 year old drivers to really do some harm.

[Lunar]

That's an extreme minority, and they'll die off pretty quickly

And take everyone else down with them.

You put too much faith in parents and then again too much faith in their ability to mandate everything.

[Lunar]

  Do you really think that people would study the applicable laws in their community if they wernt tested on it?  You really are naive.

Not to mention that if everyone DID decide to learn the laws of the road without the test, taking the rest would then be no big deal.  It takes 10 minutes tops.

[Lunar]

That test isn't the big deal. You have to go through hours and hours of Behind the Wheel.

Not if you wait until you're an adult, that's only for minors.

If you're talking about the ..what..50 hours with your parents or whatever, it's an honor policy.  If you have the experience and can past the DMV driving test then it doesn't matter.

Because you don't want to learn how to drive with an experienced driver in the car..we should get rid of it?  Your own logic earlier dictated that you would want to get this experience anyway because it's safer..so how is it anymore of a hassle on you?