Should Minimum Driving Age Be Raised

Raising the minimum driving age would significantly incontinence large families, independent youths. The driving age should continue at the mi nimum age that it is currently today. If the minimum age was amplified it would create a huge strain on large families that must depend on the eldest child

teens 16-18 have the highest car crash rates of any age group. Currently the government is only taking precautionary measures. Even though drivers education and written testing are good, there's more the government can do. For such a major issue the government is doing very little to prevent it. The change begins with education. Once people know about the issue then there's more support for government involvement. The government should change the driving age to 18 because politically it would unify the United States under one age and reduce car crashes.

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 disagree with raising the driving age.I disagree because raising the driving age will not change anything.For example, the text,"Should the driving age be raised to 18?," states, "Except raising the driving age won't save lives.It is inexperienced not age,that causes accidents.Raising the driving age will jus create inexperienced,accident-prone drivers at 18 instead of 16."My

Both informational articles in the Performance Assessment discuss the subject of minimum driving age and how the driving requirements have affected teens. They both inform and show the reader statistics on young drivers’ crash rates and how certain laws changed the crash rates. While reading and from personal experience, I do think that the minimum age requirements should not be lowered. The requirements should not be lowered because it does help young drivers get more insight on driving, the crash rates aren’t as high as 18 year olds, and it is more convenient for children with hard working

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.

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.

Are you concerned about the minimum required driving age being too low? Many reports have been made to give reasons why the minimum driving age should not be raised. Teens that abide by the restrictions of a new driver get in fewer wrecks than those who wait longer to avoid the restrictions. These improved restrictions placed on teen drivers as decreased the amount of accidents young drivers have. Teens need their own solo driving experience before learning to avoid simple mistakes.

Should the minimum driving age be raised? In the article Traffic Safety Facts the NHTSA states that, 5,864 15 - 20 year old drivers were involved in fatal crashes in 2008, which is a 27% decrease from the crashes in 1998. This is still a big number, and has been tried to be reduced by New Jersey, but ended up not doing much, and instead added and increase of car crashes to an older age group. The minimum driving age should not be raised to allow teens to gain experience, learn responsibility, while staying safe altogether.

The driving age should be lowered to 14 or 15 years old because people should know how to drive a vehicle by then.People need the experience it will improve their driving skills before they get older and it will make it easier for tennagers to get to school and to their job because it will make them understand responsibility.

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.

On June 30, 2014, KTLA News reported a fatal car crash in the Lancaster area. Two sixteen year olds driving at an unknown speed had driven through a stop sign and drove into a big rig. The driver died at the scene and the passenger was pronounced dead at the hospital. The truck driver did try to stop, but was unsuccessful. Stories like these are read across the news headlines frequently. Raising the age limit can prevent and help lower the amount of accidents and fatalities.

If the age that a driver can legally get behind the wheel in a vehicle is increased, doing so won’t change the ability one has to drive. Most crashes occur because of inexperience and bad judgement, all of which are teachable. The main way to learn how to drive is to actually drive a car. Increasing legal age is

While many people think raising the minimum driving age is beneficial, research shows that the amount of fatal crashes involving 15 to 20-year-old drivers has decreased over the past 10 years. If it is raised, it would not help anything. Teens would still drive around at night… just illegally. Teens are busy all the time. If they cannot drive they have to rely on someone else all the time to take them where they need to be. Also, getting a driver’s license is a big step in growing up as a teenager.

It is not the 15-19-year-olds that are the most dangerous on the roads; it is the 20-24-year-olds. The driver license age being raised just means that people have one year less driving experience when they hit the critical fatality ages. If the driver's license age were still 15, that would mean drivers would have at least five years extra driving experience before they enter the most dangerous age-period (20-24-year-olds) which in my opinion would make them much safer drivers. These explanations and examples show that the age increase from 15-16 to obtain your learner's licence was unnecessary as the driver's in the most vulnerable age group (20-24) are not experienced enough to be safer and therefore proves that the raise in age shouldn't have