Should The Minimum Age Be Required A Driver License?

Many teens in the US are employed part time while also attending high school. Having a license enables these teens to get to and from work, job interviews, or even in some cases become employed in the delivery business. USA Today reports that while 30% of teens have jobs, employment rate is still falling. Increasing the driving age would only decrease the number of teens in the workforce. Surprisingly one third of those teens working, do so to support their family. Without proper transportation these teens would be forced to either miss more school or work less in order to make ends meet while still

Young drivers should have to wait until they are 18 years old to get their license because 16 year olds are more likely to get in an accident than an older driver. One author said, “Sixteen-year-old drivers are the most likely to crash, so raising the age at which teens could get their license would save many lives…” (Rubin). Rubin gives a valid reason to why the minimum driving age should be raised from 16 to 18. If the driving age is raised, there would be less people involved in wrecks, which would help the world out as a whole. Even though 16 year olds are more accident prone than other drivers, taking 16 year olds off of the road would save the lives of everyone on the road. However, there are people who believe that the minimum driving age should not be raised because of various reasons. One article states that, “If they have to wait until they are 17 or 18, they remain dependent on parents practically until they are ready to go off to college, join the military or take a

The big debate as to whether the legal driving age should be raised to eighteen is an ongoing issue. There are both arguments for and against this matter. Younger drivers, as well as old ones, can cause many life-threatening accidents; therefore, raising the minimum driving age could significantly reduce the number of accidents. The accident rates can be lowered considerably if the legal driving age is bumped up to eighteen. This would mean that no more kids could get hurt or worse, killed in a car accident.

Raising the age to eighteen doesn’t provide them more information to drive. It just takes them longer to be able to travel by themselves. Also eighteen is closer to being able to do drugs and they have an excuse to do drugs. Which is not ok. Also if you raise the age, what happens to the people at age sixteen who have a car already? They just have to take

You can't take something away from teens they have been waiting their whole lives for. A lot of people will be mad at everyone for raising the driving age.

Should the legal drinking age be lowered to age 18? Recently people have been debating whether If the drinking age should be lowered to 18. Some people think 18 is a better age but others think it’s outrageous to lower the drinking age to 18. After much reading and observing, I myself think the drinking age should be kept at 21 years old,because young adults who drink while they 're underage make poor decisions and majority of the young adults are in college lacking in classes.

Because of safety concerns, many states have increased the age at which teens can begin to drive. The Virginia state legislature is considering raising the minimum driving age from 16 to 18. If the state raises the age to drive, kids would start depending on their parents to take them places. The parents would be chauffeuring their kids to places like school, work, and so on. I think raising the age to drive is a bad idea because the kids don't have to depend on the parents as much, it can teach the kids responsibility and freedom, and it can allow the kids to get jobs without their parents.

Due to state safety concerns many states have raised the minimum legal age to drive. The state of Virginia, which is where I live, is now thinking of doing the same. This state should be looked at with careful consideration. The state of Virginia will look at all reasons why it should not be raised before coming to a conclusion. The driving age should not be raised because it would be much harder to get a job, having another driver in a large family can help with day to day tasks, and social freedom and growing up.

I think they should not raise the driving age 16 to 18 because some students have jobs. If you raise the driving 16 to 18 then the parents will have to drive there student to work and that should not be the parents responsiblity to have to drive them back home and back to work everyday. If there parents are having money problems the student cant help them out if he cant get to work and back.

The driving age should not be tampered with and raised to 21. Raising the driving age to 21 will introduce numerous of problems for parents and young teens that are working , social events ,and also school activities have

One of the biggest concerns about drinking is drunk driving.(4prevention) You are legally allowed to drive a car at age 16. If the drinking age was lowered to 18 this would give them a short 2 years to learn responsibilities. It would also

Well we all can't wait to drive and get our license at 16 but some of us are, sometimes a little careless. Did you know that in2013, 2,163 teens in the U.S ages 16-19 were killed and 243,243 were treated in the emergency departments for injuries suffered in motor vehicles crashes. That means that six teens ages 16-19 died every day from motor vehicle injuries. Others are like how would i get to school think about this if there was no cars you would ride a bus or your parents when you were 15 and under you didn't drive and it wouldn't be a problem if you didn't drive till you were 21 nothing would change. Being teens we like to do teen things like party and hang with friends and thing but you have to think

The legal age for drinking should be raise from 21 to 25 years old. You may ask yourself why I’m saying this? Well, I think the drinking age should be increase because in my opinion people that are 25-years-old are more mature than 21-year old’s. first of all, I think there would be less crashes if the drinking age increases. There would be less people on the road getting distracted and speeding. Also, people would not fall asleep behind the wheel. A 25-year-old person knows up to what limit they can go to before driving a car. People tend to get clumsy and sleepy when drinking alcohol. Maybe a 25-year-old person is more mature than a 21-year-old and decides not to risk it by drinking and driving. In addition, I think the

I am writing this email not only to persuade you to increase the driving age but to also inform you of the dangers that have come as a result of teens and young adults driving irresponsibly. There have been numerous accidents of the teen being under the influence of drugs and alcohol which has resulted in the deaths of not only the ones driving but also innocent people who have had the misfortune of being at the other end of the car accident. I strongly feel that raising the driving age is going to not only save the lives of thousands of teens but also saving the lives of the innocent people that fall victim to the irresponsible driving that teens practice.             In America getting your drivers license is a sign of freedom, being able to drive where ever you want whenever you would like.

I think 16 year olds should be able to drive in all states. I say this because teens have jobs, activities, and places to go and with a parent taking them around, it may be more difficult on the parents because they may be working. Also, this will give teens more responsibility with a car and being on the road. I think it also shows the capabilities of the the parent’s child because they have to work out payment plans for the car, safe driving,