Driving Age Essay

Decent Essays
Improved Essays
Superior Essays
Great Essays
Brilliant Essays
    Page 3 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Improved Essays

    who get into car accidents are not just one specific age, they are of all ages, genders, and races. Even though teenagers are more likely to get into an accident, how are they going to learn from their mistakes if they are restricted from driving ? The answer is they won’t learn. By restraining teens from driving at 16, you are just delaying the accidents for when they are able to drive. Not only are the experiences being skewed by changing the age, but there are also many programs in many…

    • 538 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    restrictions for young teens have been in play the amount of accidents teen between about 16 and 17 years old have been decreasing. In “Population and Driver Involved in Fatal Crashes by Age” (Table 2 pg. 25 unit 3) the statistics show that younger teens have fewer crashes than those who are older. The minimum driving age should be not be raised because of the restrictions and experience and work for the license help them to drive carefully and have fewer car crashes amongst teenagers, and those…

    • 518 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    A sixteen-year-old boy distracted texting while driving, on the interstate, accidently moved the car wheel handle which caused the vehicle to merge into the left lane. At the same time, a car was driving beside the boy and hits the car. The state of Maryland driving age should be twenty-five years of age. Why? The reasons are maturity, fewer accidents, and have more experience. Even though there are a few teens that drive carefully, it's best for us because it gives us more time to practice.…

    • 321 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Many states have increased the age at which teens can begin to drive because of safety concerns. I believe raising the minimum driving age from 16 to 18 is not a necessary decision to make. Driving age should not be raised because you can work at 16, it teaches responsibility, and it eliminates the need for transportation. Kids growing up look up to being a teenager and…

    • 355 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Should the Driving Age Be Lowered? Did you know that 71 percent of tweens have an interest in cars? Although they may be fascinated by the machines they cannot own or drive one of their own for around six more years. Why have them wait? If a 14-year-old teenager is able to pass all of the tests to be eligible to drive a car, why shouldn’t they be able to? Allowing teenagers to drive earlier in their lives will allow them to mature at an earlier age. If a 14-year-old wanted to drive,…

    • 461 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Is the age of 16 safe to start driving and have a license? States have been deciding if they should increase the driving age. This choice is highly unnecessary because you can help your parents with important things, you can drive to school, and you can drive to work. I have disagreed with the choice of increasing the driving age from 16 to 18 because already by the age of 16 a lot of people take care of handling important adult responsibilities. Some 16 year olds have parents that make them…

    • 487 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Pros And Cons Of The Driving Age

    • 1855 Words
    • 8 Pages
    • 6 Works Cited

    An estimated 20,000lives have been saved in the past twenty-five years, but yet politicians are not wanting to budge on the driving age in the United States. It is estimated that triple the number of lives saved due to the change in drinking age will be saved if the driving age was to be raised. It takes a lot of persuasion to change a hard headed politicians mind. What usually gets them to is a series of crashed involving young adults, and then, jut maybe, they will think of other ways to…

    • 1855 Words
    • 8 Pages
    • 6 Works Cited
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Motor vehicle crashes has been one of the main cause of death for the people in the United States. Also 60% of deaths among passenger vehicle occupants ages 16-19 were the drivers. This shows that more than half of the vehicle crashes are caused by teenagers. Increasing the driving age will prevent all these crashes. The legal minimum age to get a driver license in the United States should be increase to 21. Teen drivers in the United States are causing too many accidents to happen. Having a…

    • 950 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Is it too young to drive? I say no. 16 is the perfect age. That's why you get a permit when you´re15 so you have a year to prepare to drive. When you're sixteen you go out with people and you go to high school. You definitely need a car to do this stuff. And also when you´re sixteen your high school team does fundraisers and all this stuff. You need a car to go out and do you´re important stuff. My claim is this, Of course people out there think 16 is too young and teens can get hurt. Well as…

    • 580 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    and ride motorcycle on the road that cause many problem so that government makes a new policy for this. Driving car and riding motorcycle for teenagers under 18 years old should be banned because teenagers under 18 years old are immature, it is dangerous for the safety of riders, drivers and other people, and also it can lead to many accidents. For the first of all is what is the reason driving car and riding motorcycle for teenagers under 18 years old should be banned?, because teenagers…

    • 934 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 50