What is the youngest age a person should be allowed to drive with license and why?

Question

What is the youngest age a person should be allowed to drive with license and why?

Answer 1

there are some people that i would trust driving at 10 (exaggerating slightly) and some that i don't think should ever driver.

Answer 2

18 years of age should be the youngest.........

Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among 15- to 20-year olds.

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, 3,490 drivers in this age group died in motor vehicle crashes in 2006 and an additional 272,000 were injured.

Drivers age 15- to 20-years old accounted for 12.9 percent of all the drivers involved in fatal crashes and 16 percent of all the drivers involved in police-reported crashes.

Twenty-five percent of teen drivers killed were intoxicated. In 2002 (latest data available) the estimated economic cost of police-reported crashes involving drivers between the ages of 15 and 20 was $40.8 billion, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Among licensed drivers, young people between the ages of 15 and 20 have the highest rate of fatal crashes relative to other age groups, including the elderly. In fact, the risk of being involved in a fatal crash for teens is three times greater than for drivers age 65 to 69.

Immaturity and lack of driving experience are the two main factors leading to the high crash rate among teens.

Answer 3

18

Answer 4

visit florida  in 5 min you are gonna start prayin its an 10 year old driving next to you you might feel safer then the 100 year olds here still driving.

Answer 5

I believe it should be based on skill and maturity and not an age. Everyone is different at any age level and it should be a decision on part of the parents and passing tests on both paper and pavement.