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I don't think 16 is too young.

If you pushed the driving age up to 18, you'd just have equally inexperienced 18 year olds.

I didn't get my license until I was 17--a year after I took driver's ed. My parents took me out ONCE to practice driving. When I took my exam, I failed twice before passing--mostly because I hadn't been behind the wheel of a car in a year at that point.

I think I really learned how to drive after I bought my first car and had my license. I drove my whole senior year, then went away to college. I drove only when I came home from college (2-3 times a year) and over the summer. Senior year of college I brought my car down with me. I don't think I was a mature, considerate driver until I was 23 or so.