Pros And Cons Of Lowering The Driving Age

Lowering and raising the driving age has been a debatable topic for many years. People that want to raise the driving age are saying that kids are immature because they are younger, which is totally unrealistic, because the driving age should be lowered. If the driving age is lowered, there could be safer driving, and because teenagers would be more independent, as most parents hate the hassle of trying to chaffeur the teenagers everywhere.

There is a problem in society with stereotyping. People are saying that kids are immature, and they should raise the driving age for that, but they are restricting every teenager, not just the immature teens. Some people are saying that they are young, around 16, which is the legal driving age in Canada as well as some states in the US, and they say that he or she is better at driving than most of the “adult” drivers. The privilege of driving should be tested on responsibility and readiness, instead of putting a higher age limit, as it would just raise the driving fatalities from the 16-21 year-olds to the 18-22 year-olds instead. …show more content…
There is a census conducted in Canada about reaction time. The reaction time usually is lower at age 14, and then rises at age 20 and over. Aside from reaction time, there is the advantage of legal alcohol drinking age. In Canada, the drinking age is usually 19, except in Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec where the drinking age is 18. If we raise the driving age, there would probably be more drunken drivers. That will definitely increase the number of fatalities of driving. The risk of drunk driving accidents increases exponentially with higher BAC, which stands for Blood Alcohol