Do you think that the gov. should raise driving age to 18? why?

Question

I am writing a paper on this question and I need some help.

Answer 1

I am assuming that the question of raising the age for your paper has to do with the high incidence of teenage fatalities on the road. It's a tragic thing but I don't know if I necessarily agree that rasing the age to 18 is the solution.
It cannot hurt because it is ALL extra experience but I think that the only thing to give young drivers good experience in driving is driving alone. Raising the age to 18 would still leave the requirement of a licensed driver in the car which is another pair of eyes to watching the road. When that other pair of eyes is not there, the young driver must do it all on his own.
I think that driving alone is the only way to get good experience driving and in being the ONLY person responsible.
Also, I think before a teen gets his/her license and is allowed to drive, the parents need to take responsibility and think about whether or not their child is responsible/mature enough to handle driving. Had I not been responsible enough at 16, I know for a fact that my parents would have simply refused to allow me to drive.
Perhaps some of the problem with teens driving is that there are many people (usually other teens) in the car with them. In many fatal crashes we hear about, there are two or three other people in the car as well. The distractions are too many.
Just my thoughts and hope this helps.

Answer 2

Well, as a mother of a 15 year old, I would like to make it a little higher - say 35 ? Seriously, I think it is absurd that there is the disparity of ages for different "adult" activities. Let alone the disparity between the States on various things. I am inclined to think 18 for voting, drinking, driving, going to war (PG not) ,signing contracts etc etc. HOWEVER, that said, with our public transport system the way it is ie abysmal, how do the under eighteen's get to work etc ? I was raised in the "everything at 21" era but I think 18 is really now the new 21.

Answer 3

I don't know what jared is thinking when he says "the rest of the world uses 18 as something or another". That's completely wrong, so don't put that in your paper.

The reason there are higher mortality rates amongst teenagers in America than in most parts of Europe has a lot less to do with age and mental capacity and a lot more to do with the culture of teens in America today.

Answer 4

well not really i mean sometimes u need to drive when young and if you have a license then u can do it without getting into trouble what i think is that they should not let old people drive like past 60 or somethign just cuz they are old and they cause lots of trouble they are slow and do not see as well but then again young kids are driving fast but i think that 16 is fine by that time you are well into your maturing age

good luck papers are no fun

Answer 5

Yes. The rest of the world establishes 18 years of age as the peak to do pretty much anything (drink, drive (obviously not at the same time), smoke, gamble, etc.) There are too many irresponsible teenagers who simply lack judgement because of their age and stage of development. Hope that helps!!!

Answer 6

I'd make it 21 & even THEN I'm not so sure. People at this age haven't been ALIVE long enough to develop good judgement or responsibility at least the vast majority of them anyway.