I personally think it should be atleast over 18 to drive, theres enough stupid drivers on the road let alone some young stupid drivers, they show off with their friends. Most people at school in my year drive even though they live relatively close to the school, its a status thing. so is being 18 and being able to drink alcohol, when I turn 18 im not going to overdo it, my parents have let me drink alcohol in small quantities since I was quite young so I dont really like alcohol that much anyway, I dont see a real need to go out and get really drunk and gamble all my money away, I might have a small go on a gambling machine making sure I only have a small amount of money on me to start off with and that will be it, its a waste of money, when you could put the money that is totally wasted on muppet items!