Driving age to be raised?

Currently 17 in the UK, it has been queried how old the legal driving age should be with British motorists. The Car Insurance firm Admiral recently held a survey amongst British motorists to engage with their market and discuss the age they thought you should be to drive.

The outcome was actually completely different to what I expected, with the age being 21, a whopping 4 years older than what the current age is. Another surprise from the survey was the opinion with 38% of motorists that hoped for the legal speed limit to be as low as 20 mph in residential areas.

It seems that many motorists are of a different view to myself… 1 in 5 of those who undertook the survey said that the use of congestion charges in built up towns and cities would help with their daily drives.

I started driving at the age of 17 and it took me until I was 21 to finally pass, all be it with a number of breaks in between! I think I was ready at that point, I just struggles to get to grips with the whole driving thing- I think you either take to it or not, a bit like marmite. I learnt in a number of cars also, including a Ford Ka and a slightly larger model the Ford Focus, both of which were great to drive. I was quite lucky as my Mum bought me the Ford Ka and kitted it out with comforting Ford parts such as a CD player that helped me relax when I passed as it no longer felt as if I was on my own in the car.