I understand that the Yahoo community is filled with people holding different opinions, but whether you are for or against this issue, please share your ideas on the advantages on lowering the driving age. (p.s the legal driving age is 17 where I live)
2007-03-03 01:01:26 · 13 answers · asked by Forsaken 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
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2007-03-03 01:10:49 · answer #1 · answered by momview 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having another driver in the family is an advantage.
There is a great disadvantage to that advantage though. It is likely that the 15, 16 or 17 year old will wreck the family car, and/or be maimed or killed before they're old enough to drink.
Young people are not equipped with the maturity to handle the overwhelming urge to exercise use of the great power at their disposal. Many adults are likewise.
Age education and experience help but do not make a safe driver. I suggest waiting till they are 16 or so and then strictly limit their use of a vehicle til they are at least 18.
2007-03-03 01:16:52 · answer #2 · answered by CJohn317 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is absolutely no advantage to lowering the driving age to 15.
When I was 15 the state I lived in allowed children to get their drivers licenses when they were 15 if they had gone to a state approved driving instruction school.
I went to the classes and did my road instruction with a bunch of other kids and it was pretty much a waste of time. Anyone with an IQ of 50 could pass the tests they gave us. I didn't really learn anything but I was allowed to get my license. Two weeks later I was speeding down a dirt road and rolled my car, injuring my brother and two best friends.
It's one thing to learn the laws and rules of the road but quite another to be responsible and mature enough to follow them. In my experience with 15 year old kids today they are not any more mature or responsible that we were 20 years ago.
I have a 12 year old child now and the chance of me allowing him to get a license at age 15 is 0%. I just don't think that kids at age 15 are ready to deal with the responsibility of driving around a 4000 pound killing machine.
2007-03-06 05:44:39 · answer #3 · answered by tinkerbelltude 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i could could say the biggest income could be that the more youthful driving force could must have supervision even as in the back of the wheel for a minimum of a year. in this time they can see so a lot more suitable of the circumstances that they could finally end up in even as they are on my own and characteristic someone to handbook them through the shape. I strongly have self belief that if the more youthful drivers had more suitable positive education and bigger practice before being set loose on the line there could be some distance a lot less injuries related to youthful drivers. wish I particularly were efficient.
2016-12-05 04:37:11 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't vote for it.
While I certainly can imagine there may be a few who could handle this responsibility well, the larger population of 15 year olds could not.
In NJ exceptions are made for children of farmers. It is a restricted license. I think it is 16 years. Regular drivers must be 17. There are also limits on non-family passengers under 21 and late night restriction (unless reporting to or from work) for those under 18. These limits have helped a bit.
2007-03-03 01:14:41 · answer #5 · answered by KirksWorld 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i am 15... and i think that i would be ordered to take my dad to and from the pub all the time if i could drive... i dont think that it would be a good idea
.... however i really want to drive when im 17... and i think its unfair that the driving age is probably going to go up to 18 just because of stupid boy racer idiots... my birthday is in july so i am one of the youngest in the year... and i have to wait an extra year to drive ... :-(
2007-03-03 05:18:17 · answer #6 · answered by clemmie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Lower the driving age to 15 and there will be more accidents, more people killed, more business for car repair shops, and busier emergengy rooms at the hospitals
2007-03-03 01:49:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anthony M 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I can see no advantages at all, but see plenty of disadvantages. In fact, there is talk of raising the age here to 18 or older.
2007-03-03 01:06:18 · answer #8 · answered by Enchanted 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No advantage at all. That is much to young to be handling a 2000 pound weapon at high speed.
2007-03-03 03:54:44 · answer #9 · answered by bugs280 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't see any advantages, and would vote for inreasing it at least to 18
2007-03-06 13:35:17 · answer #10 · answered by Misha 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Car manufacturers will have a larger pool of customers.
2007-03-03 01:09:08 · answer #11 · answered by John of shrysostom 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋