Argumentative Driving Age
Argumentative Driving Age
There have been 1,348 fewer deadly crashes involving 16-year-old drivers,on the other hand in a year there were 4,358 deaths of teens under 21 from alcohol use.The government should not raise the minimum driving age.Driving makes teens more responsible and makes them more focused.Some people say that it should stay the same for many reasons one being that teens are not responsible enough. If we lowered the driving age it would help make teens more responsible and experienced and also with driving programs it would benefit them tremendously.
Instead of raising the driving age they should implement more educational driving programs.Because with these driving programs, it's going to help teens get more responsible …show more content…
Others would argue against this and say that they should raise the driving age because teens are not experienced enough when they first start driving and think that all teens are not responsible enough to own a car and drive it.In the Traffic Safety Facts, it states that “In 2008 5,864 15 to 20-year-old drivers were involved in fatal crashes”.Many people want the driving age raised because of all these fatal crashes and there is a lot of statistics and facts that a lot of teens are getting into fatal crashes so many people don't feel safe driving around with teens because they feel like they might get involved in one of these fatal crashes with a teen.Also, parents feel like their kid's lives are in danger every day because they don't know what would happen on the road with many teens that are not experienced at driving.On the other hand, if these driving programs are issued in every state the roads will be safer.In the article Teenage Driving Laws May Just Delay Deadly Crashes, Dr.Matsen states “New Jerseys tough laws may have just shifted the effect to 21-year-olds,similar to the way tough restrictions on 16 and 17-year-olds were followed in a spike in deadly crashes among 18 years old in other states”.Parents and people don't need to worry about teens getting in fatal crashes on the road if the driving programs are issued around the country then everyone will be safe,and with the driving programs issues around the country they don't need to raise the driving age because
There have been 1,348 fewer deadly crashes involving 16-year-old drivers,on the other hand in a year there were 4,358 deaths of teens under 21 from alcohol use.The government should not raise the minimum driving age.Driving makes teens more responsible and makes them more focused.Some people say that it should stay the same for many reasons one being that teens are not responsible enough. If we lowered the driving age it would help make teens more responsible and experienced and also with driving programs it would benefit them tremendously.
Instead of raising the driving age they should implement more educational driving programs.Because with these driving programs, it's going to help teens get more responsible …show more content…
Others would argue against this and say that they should raise the driving age because teens are not experienced enough when they first start driving and think that all teens are not responsible enough to own a car and drive it.In the Traffic Safety Facts, it states that “In 2008 5,864 15 to 20-year-old drivers were involved in fatal crashes”.Many people want the driving age raised because of all these fatal crashes and there is a lot of statistics and facts that a lot of teens are getting into fatal crashes so many people don't feel safe driving around with teens because they feel like they might get involved in one of these fatal crashes with a teen.Also, parents feel like their kid's lives are in danger every day because they don't know what would happen on the road with many teens that are not experienced at driving.On the other hand, if these driving programs are issued in every state the roads will be safer.In the article Teenage Driving Laws May Just Delay Deadly Crashes, Dr.Matsen states “New Jerseys tough laws may have just shifted the effect to 21-year-olds,similar to the way tough restrictions on 16 and 17-year-olds were followed in a spike in deadly crashes among 18 years old in other states”.Parents and people don't need to worry about teens getting in fatal crashes on the road if the driving programs are issued around the country then everyone will be safe,and with the driving programs issues around the country they don't need to raise the driving age because