How do you feel about the current age restrictions for things like driving, drinking, voting, and seeing an R-rated movie?
A new poll looked at the age requirements of various things, and it found that a majority of Americans would RAISE the driving age above 16.
52% of Americans say you should have to be OLDER than 16 to be allowed to drive. And the age group that agrees the most is: 18- to 29-year-olds. 58% of them say 16 is too young to drive.
Most Americans (54%) also support a MAXIMUM driving age. 10% of people would make the cut-off 90 years old, 21% would make the cut-off 80, and 23% would pick an age YOUNGER than 80.
Not surprisingly, Boomers were the LEAST LIKELY to want a maximum driving age.
Americans are divided over the drinking age. 47% say it’s cool as-is, at 21, 41% think it should be “younger than 21, or no minimum”, and 12% of people say it should be OLDER than 21.
Interestingly, 18- to 29-year-olds were much more likely to say it should be “younger than 21”, AND “older than 21.”
As for other age limits, America largely agrees with the current restrictions for R-rated movies, marriage, pornography, gambling, and voting.
But around 10% of Americans think people should be OLDER than 21 before they can get married, watch porn, and gamble legally.
And 22% believe you should be able to get married YOUNGER than 17, 17% think you should be able to watch pornography before you’re 17, 9% say you should be able to gamble legally before you’re 17, and 25% think you should be able to vote before you’re 18.
