If you want to learn from experience you have to take action not post on this blog. Get a well written petition backed up by verifiable facts, post on the web and I will sign it. Laws do change. I use to teach sail boat racing to teenagers and I have known 14 yr. old kids that are trusted with 10,000 sailboats with their friends (it is legal as long as they don't start the motor) and know "mature" men that drive like assholes. I once had a German exchange student who couldn't understand why American college students drink so irresponsibly. She thought they all acted like 15 yrs. old, which is the age that people can buy beer in Germany.