According to: Raising minimum driving age is modest statement. By: By JOHN M. CRISP, Opponents will argue that some 16-year-old drivers are more competent than others at, say, age 30. Perhaps, but law can't easily deal with those kinds of distinctions.

But Lately, 16 year olds have been yakking on cell phones and texting behind the wheel. Also, 16-year-old drivers have more accidents per highway mile than any other age group.

From that, the fact is, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, 16-year-old drivers have more accidents per highway mile than any other age group.

They say that the minimal driving age should stay at 16 but I say that it should be changed to 18. I think this because Nudging the legal driving age upwards a bit, that is, in the direction of more maturity, experience, and responsibility, would at least have the practical effect of reducing the number of 16-year-olds who are killed each year in auto accidents. Therefore, I think that the minimal driving age should be changed to 18.