driving age should be raised from 16 to 21 in the usa

Should the US young drivers get older

In the public mind the attitude towards young drivers and the age requirements on driving has always been dubious . Whereas the conservatives tended to retain young people from driving , the liberals were softer in their mistrust towards the youngsters behind the wheel Thus , on the one end of the stick were banning measures , such as the increased minimum driving age , stricter driving tests or longer periods of suspension on youthful disturbers on the other end there were educational measures directed at plying the youth with

safety knowledge and moral obligations . And the current situation in the USA in regard to teen driving urges to raise driving age from 16 to 21 . Thus conservative measures are proved to be the best judging from multiple living evidences

The present seeks to prove the point that young people should be admitted to get permanent driving licenses at the age 21 after a long period of preparation including specific training (e .g , night driving The essay consists of 6 sub-parts

In the first section an overview of current social framework in regard to adolescent drivers is given . The second section includes the analysis of current statistics on the point of fatal motor vehicle accidents with the participation of young people under the age 21 . The third section summarizes behavioral and psychological underpinnings of young people 's behavior behind the wheel stating that underage drivers are likely to be unsafe drivers . The fourth section provides an overview of existing graduated driver 's licensing (GDL ) system . The discourse then proceeds to the fifth section where current provisions aimed to reduce high levels of fatality among young drivers are discussed . The sixth and the last part closes the discussion of the question whether the entry age level for drivers should be raised

To start with , most Western countries , including the USA , met the 21st century with automobile fatalities taking the lives of young people in their teens and early 20s (e . g , Hurrelmann Settertobulte 1994 in Arnett 330 . Arnett stressed that the occurrence of road accidents with the participation of young drivers was problematically high in the United States because of two reasons . First , while in most European countries the legal driving age is 18 , in most American states a 16-year-old teenager is a licensed driver already . Second , in the USA young people have easier access to automobiles , because of the overall high quality of life , developed transportation system , cheaper car prices and national mentality

Gabriella Boston in her news article for Washington Times (February 20 , 2005 ) quoted a sales manager of the automobile company who remarked about parents and teenage children having different ideas about the adolescent 's first motor vehicle . The sales consultant shared his observations on parents looking for moderate price , high reliability and safety , while the youngsters were more preoccupied with style , features and performance (Boston D01 . The spokesman for the Arlington-based Insurance Institute for Highway Safety , a nonprofit research organization funded by auto insurers...