How old is old enough?

[Tisthammerw]

Originally Posted by JKPolk

The reason why they can drive by themselves is shown in the video game example I made. It's the driver's car, if they **** it up it's their problem. But The rental companies spend a lot of money getting and maintaining cars, they don't need some kid with too little experience making a simple judgment error and totaling their car.

That's true, but see my post before yours (post #28). It all seems to generate a bit of an oddity: you cannot in practice rent a car but you can own one, even though ownership requires more responsibility.