Should the minimum driving age be raised to 21?

I thought 'yes' as soon as I read this headline. But then again, the question that has to be asked are the reasons why we would be increasing the age limit to 21. People grow up through different experiences, upbringings, and cultures, and the time it takes for someone to acquire a mind sound enough to show consideration towards others and the aptitude to handle a car responsibly it is beyond anyone's assumption. It is of course true, that in general younger drivers are more likely to cause more accidents due to lack of experience, but it is more than just experience that is a factor of safer driving. Surely, the attitude and a ...

If you're a Libra driving a blue car, better make sure you have plenty of breakdown cover. For statistically you're the most likely to end up stuck at the side of the road waiting for help. By contrast Pisceans (me) can congratulate themselves on having the fewest breakdowns. Blue (my fav color) is the color of the car most likely to grind to a halt, according to an RAC survey of one million member survey (some of you will remember filling in). The RAC people also discovered that 23% of motorists would put off buying a car if it had an 'unlucky' number on the plate and if it was their unlucky color. But cars with 13 on the number plate are 25% less likely to break down. ...

The annual carnage that is wrought on the highways and byways of the UK and Ireland by poor and downright dangerous drivers is absolutely staggering. If even a fraction of the number of people who suffer an untimely death as a result of road traffic accidents were to meet their deaths by any other means, then there would be a public outcry and people protesting in the streets. The media would have field day, and would be howling at the Government of the day to take immediate and drastic action to remedy the situation. But people simply love their cars, and are generally unwilling to admit that there is a growing problem with road safety, and that they ...