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Originally Posted by Shadix
The thing is, there isn't a one age that fits all. People mature at different rates and it is often dependent on life experiences. You will find 22 year olds who are more mature than 32 year olds. There is no biological switch that goes off at a certain age and makes someone an adult.
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That is very true. I hope that one day in the future there would be a test of brain functioning to determine if a teen is mature enough to drive. Since the maturation differs so widely, the current practice of basing driving eligibility solely on age and results of testing is very dangerous. With respect to the written driving test, I certainly could have passed it at age 7. The road test is, of course, more complex and a 7-year-old cannot pass it, but still, the internet is full of descriptions of routes that are used by each local DMV to test candidates for the driver's license. A teen can drive that route multiple times and learn every turn on it, but that does not mean that teen would be able to navigate a difficult and unpredictable situation on the road in RL.