One thing that most teenagers look forward to after turning 16, is getting their driver’s license. Once they get their license, they may go out to celebrate with their friends. On the way, the driver wasn’t paying attention, and crashed into another car on the road. Although no one is injured, both the cars are badly damaged. But not all teens might just have damaged their car, sometimes it’s their life as well as others in the car. For thousands of teens each year, this is a reality. The crash rate for sixteen-year-old drivers is three times higher than drivers of all ages! I think the driving age should be raised to twenty in order to keep roads safer and to protect thousands of drivers.
My first reason for changing the driving age to twenty is because fewer deaths and accidents would occur. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 3,827 drivers in the 15-20 age bracket died in 2002. In several countries, they have done research on raising the driving age and found out that when younger people start driving, they are more likely to crash. Their research also proved that due to their brains not being completely developed, it reduces their capabilities of being a safe and responsible driver. …show more content…
During the past 15 years, graduated driver’s licensing programs have become a standard across the country. These requires teens to spend more of their time driving with their parents, or any adult experienced driver, before they are on their own. These programs dramatically reduce the rate of teen’s fatal crashes. According to the NIH-supported research effort, these programs reduced the amount of fatal crashes among 16 and 17-year-olds by 8 to 14 percent. Though it is a standard, not all states enforce these programs on
My first reason for changing the driving age to twenty is because fewer deaths and accidents would occur. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 3,827 drivers in the 15-20 age bracket died in 2002. In several countries, they have done research on raising the driving age and found out that when younger people start driving, they are more likely to crash. Their research also proved that due to their brains not being completely developed, it reduces their capabilities of being a safe and responsible driver. …show more content…
During the past 15 years, graduated driver’s licensing programs have become a standard across the country. These requires teens to spend more of their time driving with their parents, or any adult experienced driver, before they are on their own. These programs dramatically reduce the rate of teen’s fatal crashes. According to the NIH-supported research effort, these programs reduced the amount of fatal crashes among 16 and 17-year-olds by 8 to 14 percent. Though it is a standard, not all states enforce these programs on