Teens Driving
Congratulations, you’ve passed the driving test.” At the age of 16 people can receive their drivers’ license. Many think that this age is too high but many more think it is too low. The age at which young people can receive their license is far too low. There are three stages of a license and people should not be able to receive the first stage of their license until they are 20. Cost, insurance, and age are all crucial points in why the driving age needs to be changed.
With the driving age at 16 there are a lot more accidents. The amount of accidents with teenage drivers is more than triple that of drivers who are older and have had more experience. If the driving age was higher this would lessen the number of accidents more because people would have a better understanding of what they are doing. People should not be able to start drivers Ed until they are 18 or older. This would maximize the understanding of what driving is and would permit people to spend more time learning. At the age of 15 when students are permitted to take drivers Ed and at 16 when they can first obtain a drivers’ license it is too soon. With only a year of practice and with not a lot of understanding about driving it is a main factor in the amount of accidents occurring. If drivers training started at 18 and went on for two years instead of a max of six months and we got our licenses at 20 it would increase understanding and in turn reduce accidents.
Insurance is also a major factor why we should not be able to get our licenses until we are 20. At the age of 16 the “grown-ups” still consider you to be a little kid. So with that they charge parents almost a thousand dollars more in six months than if you did not have a teenage driver. If you were 20 they could not consider you a “kid” anymore and therefore the rates would not go up. Insurance is also hard to obtain when you are 16. It is hard because it is extremely expensive and goes up if you have bad grades and or accidents. With
With the driving age at 16 there are a lot more accidents. The amount of accidents with teenage drivers is more than triple that of drivers who are older and have had more experience. If the driving age was higher this would lessen the number of accidents more because people would have a better understanding of what they are doing. People should not be able to start drivers Ed until they are 18 or older. This would maximize the understanding of what driving is and would permit people to spend more time learning. At the age of 15 when students are permitted to take drivers Ed and at 16 when they can first obtain a drivers’ license it is too soon. With only a year of practice and with not a lot of understanding about driving it is a main factor in the amount of accidents occurring. If drivers training started at 18 and went on for two years instead of a max of six months and we got our licenses at 20 it would increase understanding and in turn reduce accidents.
Insurance is also a major factor why we should not be able to get our licenses until we are 20. At the age of 16 the “grown-ups” still consider you to be a little kid. So with that they charge parents almost a thousand dollars more in six months than if you did not have a teenage driver. If you were 20 they could not consider you a “kid” anymore and therefore the rates would not go up. Insurance is also hard to obtain when you are 16. It is hard because it is extremely expensive and goes up if you have bad grades and or accidents. With