Is Sixteen Old Enough to Drive

Ever since the invention of the automobile people have been asking the same question; how old is old enough to drive? Utah, like many other states in the U.S., has set the legal driving age to sixteen. Many people wonder is sixteen really old enough to get behind the wheel or should we postpone this privilege until they are eighteen? There are two sides to every argument however, and I believe that a sixteen year old has enough sense to be able to drive. While there are many teenage accidents every day, there are also lots of great drivers who don’t get any recognition simply because they weren't causing problems. Below are a few of the reasons why sixteen year olds should be able to drive. One of the main reasons sixteen year olds should be able to drive is because they have a lot more places need they need to be at that age. High schools host a variety of different clubs, sports teams, after school activities, etcetera. While our parents may be able to take us to some of them, their work may get in the way of an important activity or something their student desperately needs to attend. Driving is the solution to this problem since we are able to take ourselves where we need to be without interfering too much with our parent’s schedules. If you don’t allow teens to drive until they are eighteen it would be a huge inconvenience and would inevitably cause teens to attend fewer and fewer extracurricular activities which in the end will do more harm to our academic success than good. While driving at sixteen does have many benefits, many people are concerned that sixteen year olds aren’t mature enough to be able to drive. They believe that we cause too many accidents and that it would be better to wait until we are a bit older to start driving. While these accusations do have a premise the ideology that teens are inevitably going to turn into careless, unsafe drivers is false. While there are many cases of teens doing reckless acts while driving such as drinking,