Pros: Health and DevelopmentHealth concerns factor into driving age debates. Even if a teen can safely walk to a friend's house or school, it's unlikely he'll choose that option if he can hop in the car instead. With more than one-third of teenagers classified as overweight or obese, eliminating an opportunity for exercise is a negative.The brain isn't fully developed at 18; that doesn't happen until a person's mid-20s, typically. However, emotional maturity increases with age and experience. While a 16-year-old may drive faster than is safe because her friends tease her for being slow, at 18, that same teen may have the maturity to consider consequences and resist peer pressure. And if a younger teen's friends can't drive, she's not at as much risk of making the poor judgment of getting into a car with a peer who's impaired
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