I hear ya, like I said I grew up super rural as well. For example, using Google's directions from where I grew up to the nearest big city using public transit has me start the trip with a half hour drive/taxi ride.

I'm just trying to fix dead young drivers, but I totally agree that it screws up the world for people under 25.

all of your anecdotes could happen to anyone at any age if they don't have any experience driving

Actually, I'll go one further, I know of quite a few drivers with plenty of experience, decades even, who struggle to control their vehicle on a day-to-day basis. It's like they're just incapable of learning the skill. My father-in-law, for example, has probably 40 years of experience behind the wheel and drives so poorly that I pretty much refuse to ride in or near a vehicle he's driving. One of my wife's former bosses drives perpetually 15 miles under the speed limit and goes into a near panic attack if she has to drive slowly and look at house numbers at the same time when trying to find a new place.

I honestly don't know how to solve that outside of autonomous vehicles and significantly harder licensing.