• @[email protected]
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    41 year ago

    operating heavy machinery with the potential to kill people really shouldn’t be done by 16-year-olds.

    14 year olds can get drivers licenses in South Dakota (source, which of course requires either scripting to view the text or opening the page source).

    • Flying Squid
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      31 year ago

      Holy shit… my daughter is 13 and I wouldn’t want her behind a steering wheel. Not at her maturity level. But then I also think the drinking age should be 16 and the driving age 18 because a lot of young people get in car crashes due to not understanding what alcohol does to them.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

      I could too as a farm boy in oregon back in the 90s.

      Its a far cry from operating a log truck or servicing sawmill machinery. Which requires years of experience.