It's a question that could reverberate across the country, wherever a new teen driver is turning a key in an ignition.
Is 16 the right age to get a driver's license?
Researchers for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety say the answer is no, and they point to statistics to back up the position that raising the driving age makes sense and would save lives.
If parents refuse to protect youths from the costs of vehicle ownership, the problem will be self-correcting. The burden of payment is the beginning of responsibility, which Bible-honoring parents, of all people, ought to know.
Now it's a pity that young safe drivers are penalized for the sins of the majority, but that's the way the actuarial business, which is not endowed with the gift of prophecy, must work.
Something like an old Dart or Rambler would be a good first car - cheap, easy to fix, underpowered, but robust enough to be safe. Too bad cars of this class are now rare; I appreciate them now much more than when I was young.
As long as parents don't complain of the enormously high insurance rates on youthful drivers. They come into the office wanting their 16 insured on his new high powered 2009 Mustang or 4WD Dodge Ram Extended Cab Diesel Pickup and go over the edge when they find out how much the premuims are. Based on the driving records and habits of some of these youthful drivers, one can understand WHY they have to pay so much. I was 17 when I learned to drive and it was in a 1960 Chevrolet Impala and a 1970 Dodge Dart.
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