NO! The driving age shouldn't be lowered at all, if anything it should be highered!
You're asking for an opinion, and my opinion is that it would not be a good idea.
Legal but not always a good idea.
ProsDont have to ask your parents to drop you off at schoolBecome more responsibleConsMore accidentsDrink DrivingI think lowering driving age will not reduce accidents on the road
No. That would be a mistake! =]
Some topics to discuss or have arguments about for 7th grade students might include the topic of cellphone use in cars, texting while driving, lowering the driving age, lowering the drinking age, and even whether or not students should have lockers in school. Another good topic might include the death penalty for crime.
Well, that is not lowering the age, it is increasing the age.
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It doesn't sound like a good idea to me. Younger drivers already have a disproportionate number of accidents, and if even younger people are allowed to become drivers, I would expect the roads to become even more dangerous for everyone. Also, where do 14 year old children have to go? They should be going to school, and if necessary taking a school bus. They are not generally driving to work. If they do have somewhere to go that requires driving, their parents will usually take them. As a further concern, 14 year old children are still growing, and some are quite short. That could also cause difficulty in reaching the pedals, seeing over the dashboard, and so forth.
18 or older
Lowering the Driving AgeSome believe it should be lowered to 14 and 8 months to get your license and that you should be able to determine when to take drivers training. Others even believe the driving age should be lowered to age 11. Views about this are likely divided by age. Those who would benefit from a lower driving age are likely to believe it should be lowered, but those who already have their license are likely to disagree.
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.
No its good enough as it is
no they can not and it wouldn't be a good idea anyway