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well i think he's right that it's a restriction of a liberty. but these are public roads that the state maintains and safety is a legit concern

i'm not sure it's even worth talking about at this point... the kids born today will grow up in a world where robot cars will take them to their destination. they can text and play video games and whatever the hell they'll do in 15 years while in any seat in a car since the car is doing everything for them. we'll be discussing removing their ability to drive all together, in favor of safer robots, rather than raising the driving age

How is it not an attack on liberty if your ability to engage in a peaceful activity is restricted?

The higher the GPA in high school should reflect a lower starting age. A reward for showing responsibility and ambition. A one size fits all random number don't really work well for anything, including the BAC for drinking. Robot cars might happen eventually, but a glitch = a clustercrunch.

So, the problem is drinking and driving and texting and driving so we should make it so kids have to be older when they start driving?

Seems pretty dumb to me.

Also, 500 per year is not a number that suggests we need to take serious action, in a pool of 400+ million people.

We need to teach kids to be more responsible. Taking away a 16 year old's ability to get a license will not achieve that.