[RightWhale]

Lower the drinking age to 16 and raise the driving age to 29.

[Political Junkie Too]

Exactly (sort of).

In Europe (I've been told), children learn to drink at a young age, but because of the costs of insurance they don't learn to drive until they are in their twenties. This has the result of allowing the children to go through the binge drinking stage, and then learn how to drink before getting behind the wheel of a car.

In the USA, children learn to drive at 15, but can't drink until they are 21. Therefore, they are going through the binge stages behind the wheel of a car.

-PJ

[steveo]

Lower the drinking age to 16 and raise the driving age to 29.

That isn't as crazy as it seems. Most fatal accidents around here it seems involve drivers under 25. I'd support a driving ban to anyone under 25 from 10 PM until 6 AM unless they were driving for work purposes (and could prove it). This is not to protect the little pukes but the innocent citizen that gets broad sided by some Acura POS who just had his first beer buzz.

[calenel]

"Lower the drinking age to 16 and raise the driving age to 29."

That's a lot closer to the right answer. In Germany and most of Europe, drinking isn't a priviledge, so there isn't so much illicit drinking. Driving, on the other hand, is a priviledge and it is painful to get a license.