It is interesting there is a push to up the age for a driving license from 16 to 18 here in the US.
It's the parenting that is the problem not the kids. 2 years extra doesn't fix stupid it will just make it harder for the 16 year olds to have jobs they can get to. When I was 17 and a senior in high school I only went to a half a day of school and then I drove to an ROP place of work where they paid me. I wouldn't have had the means to do it if I didn't have my licence.
-Sab