Research shows that in 2014 only 24.5 of teenagers got their license when they turned 16 Beck Julie People say that teenagers should not be aloud to be behind a wheel so soon But if a student has a after school activity they must do a parent doesn't want to drive them back and forth to every practice game or concert Therefore here is some reasons why the driving age should stay at the age sixteen Many students have after school activities that they are involved in whether it is a sport choir or band They do not want to have to ask their parents to always take them to their practices or concerts also their parents most likely don t want to drive them On the other hand you have some teenagers who parents work till late at night or do not get home until after the child's practice or concert starts so how are they suppose to get to their activity Many people have been able to drive at the age 16 for decades so why change it now Do people want to change it because they say a sixteen year old is too irresponsible to drive but yet there are eighteen twenty one and fifty year olds that just as irresponsible debate org It doesn't matter about the age difference between sixteen to fifty its about the person behind the wheel Drivers Ed Unlike most people that wait to get their license till their eighteen or older they have to take a course called drivers ed Once a citizen is eighteen they do not have to take drivers ed and can just take the test to get their license But if a teenager is under eighteen they have to take the course