Driving Age Change

Although many who support lowering the driving age believe that there are immature and distracted drivers in every age group, there's no arguing with science. It is scientifically proven that sixteen-year-old children are far less qualified than further developed individuals in terms of brain development. According to a study conducted by National Institutes of Mental Health, teenage drivers are not only vulnerable because they lack experience behind the wheel, but also because of the unique makeup of the adolescent brain. The brain is at its peak in terms of acquiring and retaining new information during adolescence. However, the areas needed for impulse control and mediating emotional responses are the last to develop and may not reach full

Teenage drivers are more likely to get into an accident than someone who is in there 30’s. This is mostly because of maturity in the brain. Scientist have proven “that critical parts of the brain involved in decision-making are not fully developed until years later at age 25 or so.” Teen drivers do not think about what could happen, or the lives they might have in

Shari Roan in “Should the driving age be raised” talks about the controversial issue all American families face when it comes to teens driving and the safety of others. She states that in a nationwide analysis the number of fatal crashes between the ages 16 and 17 year old drivers have fallen and the number of fatal crashes between the ages of 18 and 19 year old drivers have risen by almost the same amount. She states that the combination of immaturity and inexperience makes teen drivers particularly vulnerable to motor vehicle accidents. She also explains that car crashes are the leading cause of death among teens resulting in 4,054 fatalities in 2008 according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in Arlington Va.

As teenagers are leaving their homes, cities, and in many cases, states, to attend colleges, driving has become an integral part in a teen’s life. However, many states are putting heavy restrictions on teen drivers to keep not only them safe, but the rest of the community as well. But that has not been enough- teen drivers still are a major problem on the road due partly to their lack of mental development. This has pushed some states to consider raising minimum driving age, eliminating the whole problem of inexperience in drivers. The minimum age should not raised, however, because it will not help the issue of road safety.

Many people think it is a good idea to change the driving age from 16 to 18. They think it would reduce crashes and stress on parents. They also think it would help out parents that has jobs. However, I believe raising the minimum driving age from 16 to 18 is good because some people has a job, some have sports, and some people are responsible.

Young drivers between the ages of 15 and 20 experience high collision rates on roads, And this requires the need for raising the legal driving age to not have unnecessary injuries to our future generations. No parent or loved one ever wants to lose a child to an avoidable automobile collision caused by driver inexperience, preventable error, or carelessness behind the wheel. Additionally, the volume of traffic on US roads and highways alone causes intimidation among many experienced drivers.

I don't believe that the driving age should not be changed. I think that the classroom teacher that lets you take the driver test not the hand written test, but the driving part should be a test, but they should do it more than once to really see if they are good drivers. Like when you go to drivers class they should say like “pop drive quiz” or something along those lines maybe do it six times and they have to pass every time or they can't get there license its fair if they really want their license they will try hard and take it serious no one deserves to die or hurt because some kid doesn't know how to drive or even adults mess up that's also why i think that like every four years or so everyone with a driver's license has to go and retake

The driving age should resume to stay at 16, because high school is the time you need to start learning how to be independent as a young adult. This teaches the young adults at an early age, really big responsibilities that they will need to learn also in the long run. There will be times that you won't have anyone to drive you to a certain place that you need to be based on circumstances. By the time you are 18, you are considered an adult by then. If you are just learning to drive, how are you suppose to be comfortable going places without being afraid to be in an accident or cause an accident, because you never drove before? Raising the driving age won't save lives. It's inexperience, not age, that causes accidents. Raising the driving

My first reason is that it would be an effective answer to help put an end to these high rates of death among teens. The current legal age of 16 is far too early for a teenager whom is most likely not yet mature enough to put themselves behind the wheel of a car. At the age of 18 that teenager has now become an adult which by this point should have raised enough maturity and wits to know what is right and wrong when behind the wheel. The rates of death among teenagers is shocking yet preventable with such measures put into place. One measure could be requiring more time to practice under the driving permit.

Personally, I think they should not change the driving age to eighteen years of age. The reason why is because, what if there was an emergency and you were babysitting you little brother or sister and one of them fell and hurt them self and had to go to the emergency room and no parent was home. Then, how would the kids get there other than an ambulance

“Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.” – P.J. O’Rourke. In 2013, two thousand-one hundred-sixty-three teens in the United States, age sixteen– nineteen, were killed and 243,243 were treated for injuries suffered in the car accidents. In simple terms, about six teenagers, age sixteen- nineteen, died every day from car crashes in that year! This problem needs to be resolved. Fortunately, there are solutions to decreasing motor crashes, like increasing the driving age to twenty-one. There’s been a great deal of controversy regarding if the driving age should be grown to twenty-one. Consider the driving age being brought up to twenty-one; teenagers are not adults yet (immature) and do not take driving seriously. Teens tend to not wear seatbelts and ride cars faster than adults, the risk of motor vehicle crashes is higher among sixteen- nineteen year olds than any other group of drivers, and teens may consume alcohol and/or text and drive.

At the age of sixteen, most teens already know how to drive, but they have a higher crash rate than any other age. “In 2012, 60 percent of deaths among passengers vehicles occupants ages 16-19 were drivers”. This is very important because people at at this age are young and they have a long way to go before they pass, but instead some die at an early age. Teenagers are the future, to make life better, improving and carrying work that has been around for many years. Letting them do something that can or is dangerous at a younger age is huge risk that can soon cause consequences to life. Raising the age can prevent deaths from many teen drivers.

Given these points, we should not raise the age for driving. Driving at the age of 16 allows teenagers to gain experience at driving, it is more convenient for parents, and when it comes to emergency situations, such as an injured child, these teenagers could easily drive the child to the emergency situations. Ask yourself, should the age of driving really change from 16 and

Traffic crashes are the leading cause of death for teens and young adults. More than 5,000 young people die every year in car crashes and thousands more are injured. Drivers who are 16 years old are more than 20 times as likely to have a crash, as are other drivers. There are two main reasons why teens are at a higher for being in a car crash and lack of driving experience and their tendency to take risks while driving. Teens drive faster and do not control the car as well as more experienced drivers. Their judgment in traffic is often insufficient to avoid a crash. In addition, teens do most of their driving at night, which can be even more difficult. Standard driver's education classes include 30 hours of classroom teaching and 6 hours of behind-the-wheel training. This is not enough time to fully train a new driver. Teen drivers are more like to be influence by peers and other stresses and distractions. This can lead to reckless driving behaviors such as speeding, driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, and not wearing safety belts. There is no safe amount that you can drink and still drive. Even one drink can influence your driving offences. “Nowadays, drunk driving has become driving while intoxicated, driving while impaired, driving while under the influence, operating while under the influence (impaired, intoxicated, or whatever), and in many

In our daily life we listen to 18 year old teenagers say, “I’m an adult I can make my own decisions.” In part, this statement is legally correct but not always physiologically acceptable. Some studies have shown that the brain at that age is not fully developed, specially the area that controls decision making. In the teenage years, there is a factor that plays an important role in every human’s life, peers. Teenagers are influenced in most part by their peers and it is important for their development to have them, it coud influence when making a decision. Many adults already think that teenagers don't make the best decisions, and actually many studies support this belief. Many websites publish statistics of car accidents where teenagers are the principal cause or are involved. The lack of cognitive development, the horrible decision making and the peer pressure are factors that prevent adolescents under 18 to be responsible drivers. For this reason driving age should be changed to 20 years old.