Raising the age of driving will not reduce the accident rate. Accidents could be caused by lack of experience and or lack of driving skills, which both, young and older drivers can both lack of. In an article, Comparison of Crash Facilities by sex and age group, motor vehicle crashes have declined in the past decade but still have a high rate. The highest rates of car accidents range from ages 21-25, 31-35 and 41-45. The lack of experience and skill is a big factor to driving but another thing is maturity. The body develops quickly during the younger teenage years, they have a good reaction time. Most adults will argue that young kids are not mature enough yet to drive but everyone is different, a kid 17 years old could be more mature than a 40 year old man, no
Raising the age of driving will not reduce the accident rate. Accidents could be caused by lack of experience and or lack of driving skills, which both, young and older drivers can both lack of. In an article, Comparison of Crash Facilities by sex and age group, motor vehicle crashes have declined in the past decade but still have a high rate. The highest rates of car accidents range from ages 21-25, 31-35 and 41-45. The lack of experience and skill is a big factor to driving but another thing is maturity. The body develops quickly during the younger teenage years, they have a good reaction time. Most adults will argue that young kids are not mature enough yet to drive but everyone is different, a kid 17 years old could be more mature than a 40 year old man, no