Teens are notorious for their mannerisms and social issues; underage fornication, substance abuse, and addictive tendencies otherwise compromise the safety of adolescents all over the nation. One overlooked issue though is underage driving, a practice that has killed thousands of minors as early as their sixteenth birthday. A topic that has caused controversy in the last few decades, the minimal driving age has affected America in multiple respects. In ‘Is 16 Too Young to Drive a Car?’ by Robert Davis and ‘Fatal Car Crashes Drop for 16 Year-Olds, Rise for Older Teens’ by Alison Audrey, both argumentative articles deliberate the pertinence of raising the legal driving age, or opting out on it. Thus, the legal driving age should be raised due to a surplus of interconnected reasons. First
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Research from the National Institute of Health supports that teen brains are less-likely to weigh risks. Due to their sub-par developmental stage in life, these brains still require ample time to grow and sustain themselves, inadvertently causing unproductive driving. Moreover, this research propels the consensus that teen brains are simply more irrational and impulsive compared to the ones of their adult counterpart. In the article, Davis exemplifies that “Scientist[s] have found that this vital area [of the brain] is not fully developed until age 25.” (248). This elucidates that the requisites of a mature mind are usually dismissed by the mentalities of minors. Some people would say that raising the legal driving age is unnecessary because there are already limitations on teen drivers, however, this is simply not the case. Even if sixteen year old drivers have currently
Research from the National Institute of Health supports that teen brains are less-likely to weigh risks. Due to their sub-par developmental stage in life, these brains still require ample time to grow and sustain themselves, inadvertently causing unproductive driving. Moreover, this research propels the consensus that teen brains are simply more irrational and impulsive compared to the ones of their adult counterpart. In the article, Davis exemplifies that “Scientist[s] have found that this vital area [of the brain] is not fully developed until age 25.” (248). This elucidates that the requisites of a mature mind are usually dismissed by the mentalities of minors. Some people would say that raising the legal driving age is unnecessary because there are already limitations on teen drivers, however, this is simply not the case. Even if sixteen year old drivers have currently