Bertrand's ACE Debate

The idea of raising the driving age is not to punish kids who get in accidents, it is to make the new drivers more educated and to feel more comfortable to drive. Making the driving age 18 will give young drivers more confidence and feel like they have more experience behind the wheel.

If they raise the driving age to 18, then the people who are driving will have more experience with that they are doing and be more responsible and trustworthy behind the wheel. According to iihs.org, teenagers drive less than all but the oldest people, yet they get in the most accidents. facts also show that drivers the ages of 16-18 get in crashes going 3 times over the speed limit. This is why I believe that they should raise the driving age to 18 because kids will be more experienced and obey the correct traffic laws.

I agree with raising the driving age because according to CDC.gov, about 2,605 teens ages 16-28 where killed in 2011 due to car crashes. That means that 7 teens a day where killed due to lack of experience when driving. I believe that if these teens where to go to 2 more years of drivers education, they would be more confident and feel more comfortable behind the wheel, with more experience. I also believe that teens should be allowed to drive at age 18 because, people between the ages 15-24 are accountable for $19 billion dollars in motor vehicle accidents. I believe that the driving age should be raise to age 18 because it will cut down on the amount of car crashes, and give young drivers a new out look when they become more experienced drivers.