That's true because if they raise it to 18 teens will be going off to college and have to drive farther and have a bigger chance of getting in a car accident and at 18 most teens have jobs and will have to drive there everyday and will also have a higher chance of getting in an accident.

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That is true but In 2008, more than 5,500 older adults were killed and more than 183,000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes. This amounts to 15 older adults killed and 500 injured in crashes on average every day.

Source- CDC (2011, April 19). Retrieved December 8, 2014, from http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/Older AdultDrivers/data.html

“Four teenage boys from Chicago went out for a late night drive and had a terrible accident.” It doesn't matter how old you are anyone can get into an accident including professional drivers you can't blame it on how old they were. In Craig County, Oklahoma Anthony Duane Clarkson was killed in a single car accident he was 50 which shows that not just teenagers get in accidents.

Source- News 9 Tulsa Man Killed In Single-Car Crash Near Ketchum. (n.d.). Retrieved December 8, 2014, from http://www.news9.com/story/27336308/tulsa-man-killed-in-single-car-crash-near-ketchum