I think that the driving age should be raised, because kids need to be more experienced. Safe Teen would provide the law of getting a learners permit at the age of 16, and a full license at 18. A car can be a more deadly weapon than a gun or knife.
Agreed, kaden gave us good reasons that actually make sense. Plus, he also gave us a source, no other person has given us a source yet than Kaden! :D Good job Karen! :D
Each year, about one-third of deaths of teens are due to teens that are just starting to drive. This would decrease if the driving age was raised. I found this on the documents that Mrs. Hagmann provided.
Some might say that the deaths will then be moved up to age 18 but that wouldn’t be true because they will realize that if the age has been raised once for bad actions, then it can be raised again and they will pay more attention on the road.
Why would you punish all the kids by bumping up the driving age when it is really just a few kids are getting in trouble. Only a few thousands kids are getting in accidents but there are a ton of kids.
Why would you punish all the kids by bumping up the driving age when it is really just a few kids are getting in trouble. Only a few thousands kids are getting in accidents but there are a ton of kids.
In 2005, four teenage boys were in a car accident where it spun out of control. Two of the four teens died after hitting multiple objects. The driver survived.
16 year old's have more accidents than any other age group. Raising the driving age will put more mature people on the road increasing the safety and cutting out one of the many reasons that accidents are on the road.
At age 16, most people are not fully mature. Many teens do not realize that their reflexes and hand-eye coordination skills are not fully developed yet, and they can end up getting in accidents. This is why they should raise the driving age
If the driving age was raised to 18, roads would be safer and teenage death rates from car accidents would be lower. All that we have to do is raise the driving age for safer roads and safer teenagers. Imagine everyone you know that died from a teen crash, coming back to life
In New Jersey, they allowed teens to drive at 17. Studies have shown that the rate of teens killed in crashes in New Jersey has been lower after the driving age was too lowered.
In 2008 there were more than 37,000 people killed on highways and more than a hundred people died every day because the Teenagers are being too irresponsible by running red lights. Teens are also getting way too distracted by talking on the phone and texting on the phone while behind the wheel.
37,000 people were killed in a year by car crashes, and taking away teen drivers which are 3 times more likely to crash would take away lots of deaths. Comparing this to the vietnam war, it would take 3 of the deadliest years of the war to match the deaths of one year of highway driving. Thats a lot of deaths
All 50 states prohibit 16-year-olds from drinking alcohol, buying cigarettes, and purchasing handguns. Yet somehow most states are willing to put them in charge of a car, which could potentially be a deadly weapon. This could be be very dangerous
All on one after school drive, the radio is blasting, phones are endlessly ringing and vibrating, and four teenagers are eagerly and distractingly chatting about whatever life or death situation occurred in between sixth and seventh period that day. This normally would not be a problem, for an experienced driver capable of blocking out distractions with the necessary focus skills needed that only time and practice can perfect. Yet, with an inattentive 16 year old who recently received their license behind the wheel, the lives of all four teenagers become more at risk with every inch traveled down the pavement by that car.
If we start our learners permit at 16 and get our full license at 18, teenagers would have more experience on the road, and it won't cause as many accidents.
Statistics have shown one of every five 16-year-olds will be in a severe motor vehicle crash within two years of getting their license- and that number is only rising- yet only for drivers 17 years old and younger. At 18, the rate of crashes drastically declines. The radical but now new idea of raising the legal driving age is most assuredly a controversial issue, and is gaining momentum, but if the lives of over 5000 teens lost in the year 2009 to motor vehicle crashes can’t convince America of the desperation in this cause, what will?
The driving age needs to be raised because of all the immature people. Sure it may not be fair to the kids who are experienced but the world will be a much safer place if we don't have teens drive until 18. Nobody wants to go to the hospital, or lose a loved one.
Teen drivers like to be more dangerous than older adults. This can lead to high speeds, and drag races. This interferes with others trying to drive places, putting there lives in danger
There are around 5,000 teenager deaths from crashes each year.
In 2003, 937 16 year old lives were lost in motor vehicle accidents. 411 were operating the vehicle. The other 352 were the passengers to drivers under the age of 18.
Safe Teen would provide the law of getting a learners permit at the age of 16, and a full license at 18. This would make drivers more experienced on the road, and they would be more aware of things that could happen like falling trees and a lot more.
Most crashes are caused by young teenagers, young and reckless, teens do not know how to drive properly without instructions, and even then are can still be a hazard! D:
Lives are at stake, a teenager could easily not know how to drive, and that could be dangerous. Nobody wants to pay for an accident that they didn't cause, and nobody wants to lose their own life
If teens aren’t allowed to drink or smoke, then why do they have the responsibility to drive a car? With a car, they can kill other people and themselves. They can cause a lot of damage to the road, or things along it too.
just like crayon said the fact of the matter is driving is based on experience and being able to make good choices. Sixteen-year-old drivers crash mostly because of inexperience.
It will cause more problems than it will help. but I get that you don't want to die early but changing the driving age really is doing anything but take away experience.
It will cause more problems than it will help. but I get that you don't want to die early but changing the driving age really is doing anything but take away experience.
I think that raising the driving age will not help. Driving is more about expectorants 18 year old who just started are just as likely to get into accidents as first time 16 year colds driving.
If the driving age is raised then 18 year olds will also crash because of inexperience. This means that the death rate of 18 year olds will increase, while the death of 16-year-old death rate; will increase. We are not helping the cause by raising the driving age we are just delaying the time they will die.
If the driving age is raised then 18 year olds will also crash because of inexperience. This means that the death rate of 18 year olds will increase, while the death of 16-year-old death rate; will increase. We are not helping the cause by raising the driving age we are just delaying the time they will die.
How mad would parents be if they have to drive their kids to all their events. Kids don't want to drive to practice, dances, or even just school. It would also definitely make parents mad.
Parents will have to drive students around more, but they will realise that it is so that their kids won’t die and think differently about it. Also, they must remember when they were younger and the same things happened to their classmates when they were starting to drive.
MelonLord says that that they should leave the driving age as it is, but I say we shouldn't, because there could be more accidents when you are younger. 16 year old are not allowed to drink or smoke, but a car could be more deadly than drugs or a gun. Kids could get in a lot of trouble for doing something bad in a car. Therefore I think that the driving age should be raised.
The fact that people think raising the driving age is good is stupid. It's not because they're 16 that they are getting in accidents it's because they have a lack of experience.
Although you think that it is caused by lack of experience, raising the driving age after high school (Most kids graduate) will change a kid because they had to persevere through the hardest time in there life. Giving kids the chance to drive after they have matured over the hardest years in there life so they will know that they need to stay safe on the road.
But if kids aren't allowed to buy cigarettes, purchase handguns, and buy alcohol which are all things that can kill you, why would you trust the teenagers in the hands of a car which can potentially kill you
If the driving age is raised then 18 year olds will also crash because of inexperience. This means that the death rate of 18 year olds will increase, while the death of 16-year-old death rate; will increase. We are not helping the cause by raising the driving age we are just delaying the time they will die.
I don't agree with you Will, If you raise the age then their will be more experience and a lot less deaths because they have become more mature as they get older
You may think that it is inexperience but it also comes with responsibility and maturity so high school will change a immature teen to an educated adult, so would you rather have the teen and the road or the adult.
How are busy 16 year old's supposed to get to places? The thing is they have to drive to practice drive to friends house or even drive to there boy friend or girl friend. It would be a huge inconvenience for the parents to have to drive all over the world.
experience is the main cause of car wrecks for teens.If we change the minimum age to eighteen, they will have just the same amount of experience, (Learning for approximately a year and a half before license) age plays no factor into this. Yes, there can be others such as media distractions, peer passenger distractions etc. But most of the time, a sixteen year old could have just as much discernment as an eighteen year old. There will, of course, be irresponsible sixteen year olds, but there will also always be irresponsible eighteen year olds too.
if we raise the driving age to 18 their still going to be inexperienced. That means that we're just delaying their deaths. 16 should be the driving age that way kids can get to high school easier and go to practice and such also their still getting experience in driving so then they can learn how to drive more safe at a young age.
Some might say that the deaths will then be moved up to age 18 but that wouldn’t be true because they will realize that if the age has been raised once for bad actions, then it can be raised again and they will pay more attention on the road.
If they understand that they have not been allowed the opportunity, they should realize that and if they don't, then they should raise the driving age again.
There are around 5,000 teenager deaths from crashes each year.
In 2003, 937 16 year old lives were lost in motor vehicle accidents. 411 were operating the vehicle. The other 352 were the passengers to drivers under the age of 18.
But driving is, after all, a skill like any other; it is not mastered overnight — or after a few weeks of classroom instruction and a couple of hours in the seat. Therefore, it takes time to learn so it might be easier to teach kids to drive at 14 or 15 and then let them actually start to drive at the age of 17 or 18 so they know what they are doing.
If the driving age is raised then 18 year olds will also crash because of inexperience. This means that the death rate of 18 year olds will increase, while the death of 16-year-old death rate; will increase. We are not helping the cause by raising the driving age we are just delaying the time they will die.
If the driving age is raised then 18 year olds will also crash because of inexperience. This means that the death rate of 18 year olds will increase, while the death of 16-year-old death rate; will increase. We are not helping the cause by raising the driving age we are just delaying the time they will die.
If the driving age is raised then 18 year olds will also crash because of inexperience. This means that the death rate of 18 year olds will increase, while the death of 16-year-old death rate; will increase. We are not helping the cause by raising the driving age we are just delaying the time they will die.
