Simply increasing the driving age by a year or two doesn't have much influence on the accident rate, for example.
However, depending on your age, driving record and place of residence, that additional cost may be nominal.
Narrow streets from before the car came of age make driving a nightmare.
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In the age of autonomous driving, we'll be less alone, thrown into the company of strangers.
That is because training programmes, while not producing significantly safer drivers, cause young people to obtain driving licences at an earlier age.
Anyone buying alcohol in Newquay must show a passport or driving licence to prove their age in a clampdown on under-age drinking in the resort.
In high school, Alan watched his friends come of age -- driving around town with their new licenses, earning some extra cash from their summer jobs at the mall.
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Professor Peter Clayton, a paediatric endocrinologist at the University of Manchester, told the BBC News website it was still unclear what factors might be driving a reduction in the age of onset of puberty.
He refuses to get misty-eyed about the "golden age" of teenage driving, however.
The age restriction for people driving powered craft over 3 kilowatts will also be raised from 14 to 16 unless under close adult supervision.
And he did not note that he had already been guilty, at age 25, of 26 driving violations.
Already, research has shown that younger people are driving less today than people in other age groups or those in the same age group a decade ago.
People change as we age and most have more limitations on social life, driving or keeping track of things.
They claim that baby boomers drove stock prices high during the 1990s as they saved for retirement and that they are driving prices lower now that 10, 000 boomers per day are reaching age 60 and selling holdings.
This was after adjusting for factors such as age, sleep patterns, kilometres driven, breaks taken and night-driving schedules.
"It is amazing in this day and age and with all the publicity surrounding the impact of drink or drug driving that some people will still do it, " he said.
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Come on, that's like the age when all my emotions and all my sexuality was blooming and budding and driving me nuts.
While Apple's iPhone and iPad ushered in the age of touchscreens, it's Google's Android operating system that is driving the rapid pace of change.
The UK driving licence has taken on more importance as an identity document and, in addition to driving, can be used to take a domestic flight, open a bank account, prove age or gain credit.
Teens perceive drunken driving, reading text messages and eating while driving, as well as having other passengers in the car, as the biggest distractions for drivers their age.
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