Raising the driving age to 18
Posted: Sunday, September 25, 2005
By smartfindsmarketing
I'm fourteen years old, changing the age to 18 is the stupidest thing u could ever do, i turn sixteen i will get a job and how am i supposed to drive to my job?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! This is stupid and my junior year i will be driving my sister to high school with me, i willl not be a senoir taking the bus and having my mom driving me around!!!!!!!!
Great statistics! Although raising the driving age to 18 might be a little drastic, I can understand why some people think it would be the right thing to do.
they should left it as it is
the driving age should be lowerd at least 1 or 2 years its there falt if they die
I am a mother of 2 sons, and the information in this article is very interesting. Not only do I think that raising the age to 18 is wrong, but ridiculous. How do my children get a job, make it to sports practise. If they Graduate earlier than 18 I am the one that will have to drive them to job interviews, back and forth to college, take them on dates, and even more interesting is that they can enlist in the service to protect our country but can't get a license to drive themselves to boot camp. Things that make you go hhhhmmmm.Are you truly that ignorant? Let's see what tune your singing when one of your sons die in a car accident on their way to sports practice. Do a little bit of research on brain development of your child at 16. The executive branch, which weighs risks, makes judgements, and controls impulse behavior, is the most underdeveloped part of the brain at 16 years old. Sounds like a smart idea to me! Let me send my clearly underdeveloped son out on the road even though research shows that he's extremely likely to get into a car accident before he turns 17. Your sons may even be quite mature kids, but that has no bearing on what they are biologically capable of. Do all of us a favor and stop whining about having to drive your children around for 2 more years. They're your children and you should care MORE about their safety. By driving them around until they are mentally capable of controlling those impulse behaviors, you are increasing their chances of living past the age of 18, dramatically!unfortunately your brain is not developed until you are in your mid twenties. im 18 and i can tell from experience that quick judgments will not help. i recently got in an accident ( the fault was of the SOLDIER driving the other vehicle) while yes i did manage to prevent injury due to quick thinking this twenty something year old male had poor judgment. everyone makes mistakes. you cant punish others for the extreme mistakes of another. otherwise when you hit 60, they will try take your ability to drive away. as well as that is a statistic. there are outliers among other things. you can have a perfectly mature child of 16 who is more mentally and biologically capable than an 18 year old.when its raised and the amount of deaths is still the same dont cry to me
This is a good article. You should make a new article.
they should keep it as it is we want to drive PEOPLE!!!
i just turned fourteen and ever since i was 12 i wanted to drive! and know i was like only a year and a half left and im going to get my permit!!!!!! but nooo,they turn it to 16 years old.now i have to wait 2 more year and im a really good driver! ! . 16 and 17 year olds should be able to drive because they need jobs. how are they going to get to and from work? are their parents going to have to quit their jobs just so they can drive their kids to work.I volunteer work at the ymca here in hillsboro and i have to ride a bus there to be there on time.I probubly walk a mile a day to get up to the ymca ,and i was so happy i WAS going to drive soon but not now.i guess ill just keep on walkin!!!.Please coment!!You could continue to take the bus, you could bike, walk, skateboard, or you know any other mode of transportation. The only reason 14-17 year olds don't want anything to change is because they assume that the government is doing it to make a person attack on them. Read and considered the article maybe even look into other articles before you take it personally.
im 14 years old. And i agree with the mom from houston texas why dont the just keep the driving age the same because some kids are mature about driving. and attleast they aint some egnerant adult who thinks the can drink and drive and putting everyone at a risk. that is just my own opinion. And yes i agree there are some kids that do not no how to drive and there is some adults that have some bad eye sight and stuff like that and that causes a bunch of crashes. And I think kids like us that are mature should be able to drive and yes there are kids that make mistakes and so do adults. We are just like adults just younger. And i just applied for krogers and I live like 3 miles away and i dont want to walk that far every day. But my point is some people live farther away than others. I do want to start driving soon but that might not happen because some people want to change it to 18 and I dont want to wait 4 more years to drive I have already been waiting 4 years.
i`m 12 and i enjoy this artical because i dont want to be in a car crash with some stupid teen
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