Raise it to 18? Whaddya say, chap?

I went to England once. The roads are all narrow. They have speed humps instead of bumps and there is no “shoulder”— just hedges. They also don’t have 16 year olds behind the wheel. In fact, Britain (yes the same country where you can drink at 18) doesn’t allow unsupervised driving until 18 years of age.
Why? My 16-year-old self would kick me for saying this, but 16-year-olds are not mature enough to drive. Some are, sure. But definitely not all. Blame it on the dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex. The National Institute of Health has determined that at the age of 16, this decision-making and consequence-perceiving part of the brain is much more underdeveloped than at 17 or 18. Of course, you can always argue that our brains develop more quickly than the Brits.
Regardless, two people will die every day in USA by vehicles driven by 16-year-olds. One in five 16-year-olds will be involved in a crash within their first year of driving. AAA reports that “In 2003, there were 937 drivers age 16 who were involved in fatal crashes. In those wrecks, 411 of the 16-year-old drivers died and 352 of their passengers were killed. Sixteen-year-old drivers are involved in fatal crashes at a rate nearly five times the rate of drivers 20 or older.” I suggest that we take after our mother country and raise the driving age to 18.
The advantages are clear. It will save lives. The disadvantages are less clear. Raising the driving age would bring up transportation issues for teens such as getting to work or school. Often this is the argument that shuts down arguments for a raised driving age. This sounds to me like a call for better public transportation options, better sidewalks and cheaper bicycles. The lives on teenagers and everyone else on the road must be prioritized over conveinence.