What are the some pros and cons about the driving age raised to 18?
Here are some pros and cons to raising the driving age to 18: Pros: *Raising the age to 18 would decrease the amount of teenagers involved in accidents at such a young age. Statistics point to the fact that young teen drivers die more than any other age group. – 16 year-olds have higher crash rates than drivers of any other age. – 16-year-olds are three times more likely to die in a motor vehicle crash than the average of all drivers. *You give more time for the teens to learn the proper ways to drive before they can actually begin the driving process. *With more time comes maturity. As teens get older they tend to mature. At 15 or 16 teens are not mature enough to handle the responsibility of driving. Cons: *Teens that have to wait until 18 would be more dependent on their parents for transportation. If parents have to take their teens around everywhere they have to go, they consume more gas, and they take more time doing it. *Less responsibility becomes the normal. If teens are force
