Driving Age Essay

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Today in the world you see how driving becomes an everyday thing, everybody uses a car to get to the destination they need whether it’s their job or just to go out. Many out there have their driver’s license, while others are just starting to learn how to drive to obtain their driver’s license. Everybody has always had an issue with what the right age should be to allow people to obtain their driver’s license and drive. While some people don’t argue with the age that teenagers should be allowed to drive, others don’t agree on letting teenagers get their driver’s license at such young age. People had always had various good reasons on why the driving age should be adjusted or why it should be left as it is. In my opinion and what I think is …show more content…

Those accidents which most of the time are caused by young drivers are caused for many reasons, like not paying attention to driving or being mature enough taking driving more seriously. While many people argue over these accidents taking place they think that they should not allow people to get their license at 18 years of age, and even though I need my license I think they should definitely change the age or make them take driving classes before handing them their license. Even though people get their license because they have passed their driving test and signs test, it causes trouble in the road once they start driving. First of all we should all admit that the vast majority of new drivers are reckless drivers because they don’t follow road rules and they are distracted easily. For some reason new drivers get distracted easily because they seemed to be addicted to their phone and can’t put it down for one second and that’s a serious problem. When these new drivers get out there you see as they’re on their phones every time, while waiting at a light, while driving, and even when they’re putting in gas for their cars. It has caused a whole lot of trouble because when driving they get distracted and don’t pay attention to the road causing them to crash and injure or even kill someone who’s walking across the street or simply another car. That’s a …show more content…

Teenagers are out there driving around with their friends and decide to go drinking not thinking of the consequences of drinking and driving because they are young and ignorant. See what happens when they drink is that they don’t know when to stop and they’re not used to drinking so their body can’t handle the alcohol which interferes with their vision and judgement. They don’t know what they are doing because they are drunk out of their mind and stupid. This is another problem that new drivers are causing because when they are drunk they drive they can’t see clearly making them crash into other cars, people, and even take their own life. That’s why the age of getting your license should be changed. Another reason why people think they should not allow all 18 year olds to drive is because some fail to follow road signs and use their directional lights. When these drivers don’t follow the road signs it can also other people to crash instead of just them, for example, if when driving they switch lanes without letting other upcoming cars know it can lead cars to stop in the middle of the road while other car keep coming in. Cars that are coming behind those who don’t use their directional lights cause them to panic and avoid crashing by just turning anywhere, crashing into people or someone’s property. That’s another incident that happens, young

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