Should 16 year-olds drive?

 

 

In the article "Should 16 year olds drive?" talks about 16 teen year olds driving because it’s a lot of teens dying in vehicle crashes every year. The state reforms included doubling the number of adult supervised hours required behind the wheel to get a driver license and tripling the length of the time a new teen driver must possess a learner's permit. Some credit those changes for significant declines in teen driving deaths in the first seven month of the year. "This is kind of the next logical step" he said of the insurance institute's push to raise the minimum age. The institute contends research shows "that licensing at later ages would substantially reduce crashes involving teen drivers. “I don’t think it matters what age you are," the Hinsdale Central High School sophomore said Monday before hitting the road for her driver's education class, "as long as you have the practice and experience." But "were still losing a lot of teens on the roads each year" Lund said. Motor vehicle crashes kill more than 5,000 teenagers every year. The example the institute uses most prominently is New Jersey, the only state with a minimum driver's license age of 17. The report cited a study from 1992-96 in which the rate of crash-related deaths among 16- and 17-year-olds was 18 per 100,000 in New Jersey, compared with 26 per 100,000 in Connecticut, which had a minimum driver's license age of 16 and 4 months. I picture myself 16 going to Dmv to get my driver license. Teen drivers can be irresponsible and distracted easy sometimes with emotional problems and constantly on their cell phones. But I do agree that you should be able to drive if you pass your test then your obvious classified. Older people get in car accidents all the time doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be able not to drive. A lot of teenagers are losing them life on the road though so I think they should find a compromise.