January 12, 2011
Would changing the age limit to get a drivers license to 18 save gas?
And would that mean that gas prices would go down?
Related Product:
Rocket Fuel French RoastSave on Ethical Bean Rocket Fuel French Roast Coffee (6x12 OZ). The lovechild of dark alchemy and complete combustion. A hammering dark roast blended ... Read More >
Related Posts
Filed under Gas Conservation FAQ by on Jan 12th, 2011. Comment. 
Leave a Comment
Comments on Would changing the age limit to get a drivers license to 18 save gas?
No. There are more 19-100 year olds in the world that drive than 16-18 year olds who drive. So no it would not save gas. Maybe like .000000000000000000001%
No, here’s why:
It’s a pretty reasonable question. Less teens on the road = less gas used. Here’s the thing though. For all the teens that would stay home, there would be a ton of teens that would have their parents drive them places, doubling the mileage they would otherwise use.
Let’s take a Friday night concert. If you have your license, you can go from school to a friends house, ride with him to the concert and head home. If you don’t have the license, you would go home, have your parent drive to your friends house (or he would have his parent drive to the concert), then to the concert to drop you off. The parent would then have to drive back to pick them up, thus adding plenty of time and fuel that would otherwise be saved.
Fact is, kids at 16 are mature enough to drive a car if taught properly. It’s those that aren’t taught that screw it up for the rest of the teen drivers. Changing it to 18 won’t do much anyway, since there is generally not a ton of maturity that takes place until kids are out of high school and in college.
No
When teens are not at the age to drive, they ask their parent’s to drive them places. Which will double gas mileage. And no gas price will not go down, I wish they would though.
Probably not, but it would keep the age bracket with the highest incidence of accidents off of the road.
And that move is working, too!