Teens Driving At 16

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56 percent of teens rely on their parents to learn how to drive. If more than half of teens are learning to drive from their parents, could parents be the cause of the high number of crashes among teens? Teenage driving laws have reduced the number of crashes among teens these past few years. The fatal crash rate among 16 year olds has gone down, while the crash rates among 18 year olds have gone up. Driving programs have restricted and made it harder for teens to obtain a driver's license. Teens should be able to drive at 16 for many purposes.

A common argument against this position is teens cause too many driver fatalities but I think that anyone can cause a car crash, we should not count crashes by age group. The information

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