Driving age should it be raised

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If we ban driving until eighteen then younger teens will feel compelled to drive just to contradict the law, and therefore lowering opinions on driving for under 18s.

This situation is neither win win nor lose lose. Whether they like it or not teenagers are the next generation so what can they do to prevent that. You should raise the legal age of driving to 18 because the most wrecks that occur are from teens.

Well, over the past ten years, many countries, and parts in the U. This means that new drivers have to go through two or more restrictions before they earn a full license. They pay attention to their ipod their cell phones, their radio, but not the road. I know some people do, but we need to be more careful. And making the test harder is just as bad as keeping the age of 16 because people will study to get the license.

I think that if you raise it to 18 there will be a lesser chance that accidents will occur. Older people will likely to pay more attention to the road then all the new technology people create. Many teens under the age of 18 feel more than capable. Some of the maturity levels of teens under the age of 18 are higher than others.

Controvesy is the last thing that is needed especially when dealing with teenagers. The current age limit is perhaps one of few things keeping crime rates low.

The driving age should be raised because over 5, teens die because they are careless, and I do not want to be hit by a careless teen!!! I think that if they made the driving test more complicated than it would reduce the wreckless teens on the road. So why punish all teens by banning driving from the ones who know how to do the right thing?

Teenagers may take their eyes of the road, texting, and crash into another vehicle. Most accidents happen because the teens think that it is more inportant to talk or text there friends then to pay attention to the road. I think that sited texting while driving should automatically be a ticket. Statistics show that and year-old driver death rates increase with each additional passenger IIHS.

In countries such as America and Australia the minimum driving age is even lower. This would seem to set a precedent that it is ok. The statistics on road deaths in the US reflect those of the UK. America is also considering its stance on minimum driving age at this time. The following chart specifies the age at which one may be fully privileged to drive in a particular American state.

Alabama 17 yrs. Alaska 16 yrs. Arizona 16 yrs. Arkansas 18 yrs. California 18 yrs. Connecticut 17 yrs. Florida 18 yrs. Georgia 18 yrs. Hawaii 17 yrs. Idaho 16 yrs. Iowa 17 yrs. Kansas 16 yrs. Kentucky 17 yrs. Louisiana 17 yrs. Maine 16 yrs. Maryland 17 yrs.

Minnesota 16 yrs. Missouri 17 yrs. Montana 16 yrs. Nebraska 17 yrs. New Hampshire 17 yrs. New Mexico 16 yrs. New York 17 yrs. North Dakota 14 yrs. Ohio 18 yrs. Pennsylvania 17 yrs. South Carolina 16 yrs. South Dakota 16 yrs. Tennessee 17 yrs. Texas 16 yrs. Utah 17 yrs. Virginia 18 yrs. Washington 18 yrs. West Virginia 17 yrs. Wisconsin 16 yrs. Wyoming 16 yrs. By raising the age it does not guarantee that accidents will decrease. They may simply just be delayed by one year as drivers are having accidents a year later.

This would be the case if the accidents were caused primarily by lack of experience as opposed to age. In addition, carrying out any change just to see if it works is generally a poor idea. If it is not broken, do not fix it. Only by carrying out the change will we be able to see if it works or not. The age has a lot to do with driving. When they are and still in high school the pressure with school, friends, and daily emotions at that age can distract the young drivers to the point of an accident.

People will never know unless they try. Without personal mobility, young people are restricted as to where they go and when they go. This not only has implications for the human rights of young people, but may have further reaching impacts such as a hit on the economy if younger people find that their ability to work is constrained.

Restrict the freedom of young people? Are you kidding? Freedom is everything to young people. If you take that away then what do they have? In fact the younger the driver the more they learn. If you do this, this may cause more teenagers to drive illegally. I agree with this comment. If you do take some freedom from the young teenagers it only helps them to be stronger later on and more maturer.

If you give the young teenagers too much freedom, it only causes them to do what ever they want to the point of dissobeying the rules which their parents give and the goverenment. It would create consistency throughout the U. Depending on the state where you live, there are different standards in place for when teens can obtain a license or permit. The global standard for driving is 18, but in the U.

It could reduce the amount of congestion on the road. Because there are fewer drivers on the roadways with an increase in the independent driving age, there could be less congestion in some communities.

Schools would require fewer parking spots to accommodate student drivers, which means the land could be used for other facilities or needs. Fewer vehicles would also mean lower emissions generated for our transportation needs since students would carpool or take the bus to school, which could give our environment a small boost.

That is one of the reasons why kids in this age demographic tend to be impulsive, emotionally unstable, and fail to predict what the consequences of their actions will be. Because all of these skills are essential to the driving process, raising the driving age would allow for young people to finish physically maturing in a way that will eventually make them better drivers.

Driving today is a very different experience for young drivers than it was even a generation ago. Teens in the s were still managing all aspects of the driving experience through their personal skill because vehicles came with minimal features.

Now year-olds have access to lane assist technology, automatic braking, and some vehicles can even park themselves. By working with these features early, they can begin to master them as they gain more wisdom behind the wheel.

Even someone who gets behind the wheel at age 25 without any experience will struggle in the same ways that a year-old does during their first driving sessions. It makes the family schedule more challenging to manage. When kids reach a certain age, they begin to manage a job while they are going to school. There are athletic practices to attend, often right after school.

If a year-old or 17 is unable to drive because the driving age was raised, then someone else in the family must step up to provide these transportation services. This added pressure could make it challenging to manage the career responsibilities of the parents in a single-guardian home or one where both are working to make ends meet.

It communicates a lack of trust in the young drivers. Although young drivers do make significantly more serious mistakes on the road when compared to others, it would be incorrect to say that year-olds are responsible for every major incident. If we decide to raise the driving age because of these statistics, then we are effectively discriminating against these kids since the same process is not followed for older drivers.

This disadvantage shows that we do not trust all drivers of a certain age, even though there are many young teens who are very responsible behind the wheel and never in accidents.

It would prevent them from learning the responsibilities of vehicle ownership.