Raising The Driving Age

Because of safety concerns, many states have increased the age at which teens can begin to drive. Virginia's legislature is considering raising the minimum driving age from sixteen to eighteen. I do not believe the age should be increased because teeneagers benefit greatly from driving at the at the age of sixteen. Driving is a necessity for many young adults to maneuver from location to location as they become older with more responsibility. Many adults assume students lack the ability to make appropriate choices while driving, but this is not the case. Having a driver's license at the age of sixteen allows young adults to gain experience, lets them become more independent, and encourages responsibility.

Many states want to bring up the age of driving from 16 to 18. However, many news sites and blogs disagree because adults can do the same exact thing, as a man said from CBS news “it is really easy to do the wrong thing and hard to do the right thing”. Therefore, should these states take away teens’

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In the article titled "States Should Raise Driving Age" discusses why states should raise the driver's license age from 16 to 17 or even 18 years old. The author proves that research has shown that New Jersey has significantly reduced deaths related to traffic crashes in teen drivers compared to states that issue a license at 16 years old. New Jersey issues a drivers license at 17 years old. The author states that representatives of the Insurance Institute agree that there are other options such as tougher laws, education programs, and longer permit requirements that would allow teens to still obtain a license at the age of 16. Although there is evidence that teen driver crash's are high, researchers argue that auto safety groups should focus

Raising the age was not an idea based on opinions. Over the years many people and organizations have recorded facts and statistics to support their claims. An example shown on CBS News, shows that “More than 5,000 U.S. teens die each year in car crashes. The rate of crashes, fatal and nonfatal, per mile driven for 16-year-old drivers is almost 10 times the rate for drivers ages 30 to 59, according to the National Highway Safety Administration” (CBS NEWS). One huge influence on the topic was the Insurance Institutes for Highway Safety, they created a seventeen page memo filled with statistics and examples of how raising the age is a necessity. This is not the first attempt to use statistics to support the appeal to raise the age. The Seattle Times states, “The example the institute uses most prominently is New Jersey, the only state with a minimum driver's license age of 17. The report cited a study from 1992-96 in which the rate of crash-related deaths among 16- and 17-year-olds was 18 per 100,000 in New Jersey, compared with 26 per 100,000 in Connecticut, which had a minimum driver's license age of 16 and 4 months” (Willette). Overall the argument that raising the age will result in less teen deaths while driving is highly justified. There are frequent examples and a huge amount of research that proves that younger drivers are more likely to cause harm or damage than an older, more experienced driver.

Many states are considering raising the driving age from sixteen to eighteen. Students nearing the age to drive would be outraged to have to wait two more years before being allowed behind the wheel. The driving age should not be raised because parents have jobs and can not always take their children to where they need to be, teens are starting to mature, and the age limit has been sixteen for a period of time, so do not change it now.

Did you know that 33% of teen deaths are caused by traffic accidents? Most teens that die in traffic accidents each year are2 16-20 years of age. Should they raise the driving age, or make you hold your learner's permit longer? I feel they should make you hold your learner’s permit longer to make you a more experienced driver.

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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.

Most teenagers look forward to the big 16 for numerous reasons. There are lots of factors for this reason, including, more responsibilities, more independence, and one of the big ones, getting a drivers licenses. The age limits for driving have been debated on for such a long time now. The age limit for driving varies according to what country you’re living in. In my opinion, the driving age in the United States should not be raised to age 18 because I believe that age has nothing to do with responsibility, getting to and from school and curricular activities can be hard without your own transportation, and not all families have a person eligible to drive.

The first reason I think that changing the driving age will not make the road safer is the fact that after we get our permit we either drive three months or six months with a guardian in the car. Those three or six months will train you to become a safer driver and teach you to make smarter decisions. Most teens in this time period will take a drivers education course which offers up- to- date safe driving and defensive driving information. The classroom portion teaches driving laws and regulations, road signs and traffic signals, and much more. The behind

In the article “Raise driving age to 18 when teens are more responsible” by Alexander he talked about how roads would be a lot safer if we raised the driving age. It would give the kids s chance to learn more about driving safety and rules of the road. The issue of freedom for teens are not gone, they can easily take bus to school or have somebody older to them to school or work with no problem.

Do you know that one of the leading causes of the death of many teenagers is car accidents? "National Teen Driving Statistics" showed that 16-year-old teenagers are three times more likely to die in car accidents than the average of all drivers. More teenage drivers are involved in car crashes every year than any age group and are more likely to die. Many states grant 16 year olds unsupervised driving privileges, which many safety advocates argue it too soon. Many argue that teenagers are emotionally and psychological immature when facing other challenges. The driving age should be raised; youths for the most part are bad drivers on the grounds that they have a tendency to be immature and less mature.

Due to safety concerns, many states have agreed that increasing the age at which teens can begin to drive. Virginia is considering raising the minimum driving age from 16 to 18. I believe that the minimum driving age should remain the same. Although there are some safety concerns, teens who are responsible on the road should not be punished for the actions of others. Also, young adults driving on the road gives them a sense of responsibility. Another reason why the law should not change, it would delay the teens on getting a job and getting that feeling of adulthood.

I think that the age should stay the same because we teenagers are responsible enough to drive, we all don’t speed. We have taken a class on how to drive, we have taken a test to get our learners proving that we know what the laws are, and we have driven with a Driving educator that says we are ready to go our own too. The parents have the right to take the license away from the teenager until there are 18 if necessary if they feel the need to. The driving age should stay the same because we are responsible enough; we need a dependable way to get to work, we proven ourselves worthy enough.