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If your neighbor robs a bank, should you go to jail? No. If your classmate gets in an accident, should your driver's license be taken away? Of course not! Neither situation is fair. Raising the driving age will punish all young drivers for the mistakes of a few of their peers.
In this country we live by the principle of innocent until proven guilty. Those who want to raise the driving age have labeled teens guilty before they've gotten in an accident or before they've even stepped into a car. They believe that just because of your birth date, you are dangerous and must be punished by having your ability to drive taken from you.
Those who favor raising the driving age say that statistics show teenagers are more likely to get into accidents than adults.
What they don't say is that statistics also show that men of all ages are 77 percent more likely to kill someone while driving than women. If people want to save lives by raising the driving age, then how about saving lives by allowing only women to drive?
Except raising the driving age won't save lives. Studies show that it is INEXPERIENCE, not age, that causes accidents. Raising the driving age will just create inexperienced, accident-prone drivers at 18 instead of 16.
Teens need the ability to drive just as much as anyone else--to get to school, to get to work, to get to sports or band practice, or just to go out with their friends.
Cars are necessary for mobility in this country. Taking that away is a large disruption to the lives of teenagers for no good reason.
Never once has an expert told us age is an issue.
Not every parent is going to be able to take their kids to a job. Now you're going to take away their right to go to that job.
''Raising the age is the wrong thing. I see kids at 16 years old . . . most of them, they can drive fine," said David Leung, owner of D&D Auto School, which runs driver's education programs for high school students in Boston, Quincy, and Randolph.
You have given some excellent reasons. I automatically assumed that the "loudest" voices on this issue were right. Thank you for your input. It did get me to considering that the problem may not be the age of the troublesome individuals, but a lack of consequences when they first run into trouble. Can someone provide any information on how leniently or not that young people are handled for first and/or second traffic offenses. That may be a good addition to this issue.
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∙ 11y agoArguments for raising the drinking age would include that alcohol-related motor vehicle fatalities kill more young adults than any other causes. Young adults often have friends that are under age, and they purchase and/or serve them alcohol. Young adults tend to make poorer decisions regarding alcohol use than older adults.
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∙ 12y agoQuite a few countries outside of North America do not have an age restriction.
For students who are in rural areas this would be a benefit for education
There are no restrictions for a 14 y/o to operate farm equipment, (its at the discretion of the parent)
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Raising the driving age to 18?
Not gonna happen.
How is death rate reduced?
raising driving age
How is the teen driving problem being addressed?
Raising the drinking age from 18 to 21.
What are the pros and cons of raising the driving age to 18 years or older?
pros: mcdonald's cons: Doughnut
Againt raising the age to 18 for driving?
I am so against raising the driving age. That's not fair to others who have to wait and others got there when they were 16. Raising the driving age will not really prevent accidents , you can be any age and still be in an accident. Elders that are and certain age should not be able to drive because they not able to see and hear as well when they were younger. When your 16 , you have to get to work and to school , our parents cant drive us around for ever! We need to take responsibility right now than later. Everyone will should not have to wait because of whats others did.
Would raising the driving age to 21 lower the chances of accidents caused by young adults?
yes because they are responsible
What are some arguments for or against raising the legal driving age to 18 or higher?
Many advocate raising the driving age to 18 and raising the age at which a driver can have a passanger to even higher than that. The idea is that since most fatalities are caused by drivers under 24 and most of them are among drivers under 18, raising the driving age would lower the traffic fatalities. Let's face it, younger drivers are more likely to be irresponsible behind the wheel especially when they have friends in the car with them. Who do you think would be more likely to participate in a street race; A 17 year old or a 35 year old? Okay see ur point but 35 year olds have usaully been driving since they were 16-17 so they should have more expirence and maturity 17 year olds have just started they will gain expirence. Raising the Legal Driving age does seem like a decent idea, but raising the minimum driving age doesn't necessarily mean our young drivers on the road will drive better. It will just make our casualties involving ages 18 rather than 16. Raising the driving age is a good idea, because kids are more likely to participate in street races, but if we're looking to see better driving, perhaps a good idea would be to raise the standards in our driving test, and to re-take the test every licence renewal. Personally, I was surprised and dissapointed how easy the test was to get my permit when I turned 15.
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Are gas prices a reason for raising the driving age to 18?
No, driver's safety is the reason. Drivers under the age of 18 have an exorbitant amount of accidents. They simply are irresponsible drivers at that age. Statistics do not lie.
Is Boehner for raising the retirement age for social security benefits to 70 years old?
Yes, today, Rep. Boehner, the minority leader of the Republican Party, stated that the retirement age, at which social security benefits may first be received, should be set at 70 years of age.
Are they going to ever change the driving age?
Many states are considering legislation to raise the driving age, especially since there are statistics showing that a disproportionate amount of automobile fatalities and other accidents are caused by drivers under the age of 24. While states are not necessarily considering a driving age of 24, they certainly do have justification for raising the driving age to 17 or 18. At the same time, however, many opponents of this idea say that such accidents are caused by inexperience, rather than age.
Is Pennsylvania raising their driving age to 18?
they are still thinking about it but are unsure. But i have a feeling they will like next year cause the statistics show that the older you are, the less accidents there are. :(
