Bertrand's ACE Debate

I think that the driving age should not be raised because instead of raising the driving age, the government could just have drivers with their temps required to have a certain amount of driving practice so that they would be more experienced when they get their real license. Therefore, I think that instead of raising the driving age, they should require drivers with their temps to practice driving so that they can be more experienced and so that there would be less car accidents.

I think that the driving age should be raised because young drivers aged 15-17 are seven times more at risk of a road accident than the average driver; between the hours of 2am and 5am that risk is 17 times higher.

USA Today did a survey to ask parents about what they think about the driving age, and nearly two-thirds (61%) say they think a 16-year-old is too young to have a driver's license. Only 37% of those polled thought it was OK to license 16-year-olds, compared with 50% who thought so in 1995. A slight majority, 53%, think teens should be at least 18 to get a license.The poll of 1,002 adults, conducted Dec. 17-19, 2004, has an error margin of +/-3 percentage points.

There have been many 15-to-17-year-olds that have gotten in an accident, and between 1995 and 2004, there were 30,917 fatalities in accidents that involved 15-to-17-year-old drivers, according to a study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. About one-third of those deaths were the teen drivers themselves. The rest were pedestrians, passengers, and people in cars that the teenagers hit

There have been many car crashes that have happened with 15-to-17-year-olds, and between 1995 and 2004, there were 30,917 fatalities in accidents that involved 15-to-17-year-old drivers, according to a study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. About one-third of those deaths were the teen drivers themselves. The rest were pedestrians, passengers, and people in cars that the teenagers hit.