Underage Driving

Teens under the age of 21 should not be required to drive with a passenger who is 21 or older because an individual’s maturity should be based on the person not their age. Maturity is a quality that is gained over time, not something you instantaneously posses once turning a specific age. It doesn’t matter what age you are, you have to get experience in order to master something. Having a chaperone is pointless because they’re not teaching the person anything they haven’t already learned in driving school and ultimately neglects the concept of responsibility for driving.   Also, there is no just evidence supporting the fact that the driver’s chaperone has better judgment than the underage driver. Telling a senior citizen they’re not eligible to drive because they’re too old is equally illogical as telling a teen (even though they’ve gotten their credentials) they have to be chaperoned while driving.

      Professor Danny Cass, from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, said “The need for greater restrictions on novice drivers was driven by evidence that more teenage lives could be saved”. But, an interesting recent study in 2006 at the Pacific Institute of Research and Evaluation (PIRE) contradicts that comment stating that 7,169 adults from ages 25-34 are killed in car accidents annually whereas the annually number for adolescents from 16-20 was only 5.658. Meaning there’s about a 12% higher chance that the chaperone will crash before the underage driver will. But in reality car accidents

      are going to happen regardless, whether the age requirement is reduced or raised. Raising the age requirement is pointless, will frustrate teens, and like many rules, will be frequently broken. The law says at 18 you posses the age of consent where you are legally obligated to live on your own and make your own decisions. Therefore, if the law allows you to become an adult at 18 you should not be required to be supervised under any circumstances.

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