Raise The United States Licensing Age to 18

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Raise The United States Licensing Age to 18 By Emily Munns

Teens Lack Maturity 16-17 year olds are not mature enough to drive unsupervised “Executive Branch” of the brain isn’t fully developed at 16 Results in dangerous impulsive driving Underdeveloped hand eye coordination and reflexes Risky driving moves Speeding Following too closely Risky passing

Teens Make Bad Decisions 55% don’t wear a seatbelt 43% report using cell phones while driving One in ten high school students reported having driven after drinking within the last 30 days

Teens Are Distracted Drivers Recent study by AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety of 1,700 teen accidents showed 58% were caused by distracted driving looking at something in the vehicle looking at something out of the vehicle besides the road Singing or paying attention to music Grooming Looking at cell phones

Teen Accidents Are Expensive Young teens account for more than 50% of accident related injury expenses Spend over 26 Billion dollars per year on accident injuries caused by young teens

Car Accidents Kill The Most Teens Young teens are three times more likely to be in a fatal car crash Roughly 3000 teens are killed per year in a car accident 292,000 teens were injured in a car accident

Other Countries Have Better Teen Driving Laws Average driving age around the world is 18 The United States has the highest number of teen deaths per 100,000 people Higher driving age mean fewer accident fatalities Sweden: 5.2 (2007) U.K.: 5.4 (2006) Ireland: 8.5 (2006) Germany: 6 (2007) United States: 13.9 (2006)

Conclusion The United States should raise the licensing age to18 Teens brains aren’t developed enough to drive 16-17 year olds make bad driving decisions Young teens cost the country billions of dollars a year because of accident injuries Car accidents are the number one killer of teens Other countries have better policies with lower rates of fatalities

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