Because he wants to get a moped. He has saved up for the last two years from his holiday job so no excuse of money.
I am so worried about the thought of him having an accident, I can hardly sleep at night. I even had a dream the other night that he had come off and was lying in the road and a car ran over him.
I know this is making me sound a bit unhinged, I talk to my partner about it, and he just says "he'll be fine".
The worse thing is I had a moped when I was 16 so when I say anything, I feel like a hypocrite!
We live in a rural area and it will be great for him to have some independence, and will save me having to give him lifts everywhere, but I still wish he would give the moped a miss and wait until he is old enough to learn to drive 