Raise the driving age!

I realized suddenly today that I’ve reached the point where I think the driving age should be raised to 18.

I came to this realization as I was being tossed around in the back seat of a suburban my brother Conrad was driving. He’s at that point where he’s just started to get behind the wheel of a car because in the past century we have somehow failed to come up with a way to learn how to operate a deadly multi-ton piece of machinery other than simply “trying it.”

I remember being so ready to drive at 16 it hurt, but if I drove anything like my brother does now, it’s a miracle I never killed anyone. I’m sure he’ll get better with practice, but here’s a slightly blurry picture of my brother behind a wheel:

[Image: Conrad’s scary driving]