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__Should The Driving Age be Decreased? by Erin__ Imagine you're sitting at home ready to go to basketball practice. You live 12 minutes away from the court. Uh oh. Your mom just called announcing she had to be at her job late, and now she's stuck in traffic. Are you just going to get there late or will you miss completely? Not only that, but you don't really fit in so you assume they'll make fun of you. Now you wish the driving age was decreased, so that you could drive yourself. Still a few more years!

 I definitely consider that the driving age should be lowered by at least a year or two! There's one small circumstance people could have against my topic. That is that 17-21 year olds receive more speeding tickets. Again, there's OVER millions of speeding tickets given out every day, and they're not all by teens!

On the other hand, adults obtain many more crashes than teens. On a 16 year study the age group 16-21 moved down 61% of severe crashes. However, on the same study, adults ages 25-54 only declined 24%. There was a full 37% variation in the two age groups. Basically, that claims that teens are much safer drivers than adults are.

In addition, teens drink and drive so much less than adults end up! In a 16 year study 16-21 year olds cut down 59% of drunk drivers, which is a whole lot! In that exact same study, adults ages 25-54 only assume 43% of drunk drivers. That's a full 16% variance between the two age groups. Some people may state that's not an abundance, but hey! It surely expresses that teens are keeping more people safe since they're more prone to drunk driving, and isn't that what really matters? Keeping people safe?

Furthermore, adults work late, so they might not get home in time to convey their kids to activities. The average American, people like you and me, labor 7.9 hours every weekday! Not only that, but then on weekends they work 5.5 hours a day on average! If I'm correct, most jobs start around 8-9 a.m. That means with the average work hours they won't attain home until around 4-5 p.m. This implies that if they work too late, they may not get home in time to escort kids to their after school obligations.

Moreover, it uses up a decent amount of time for adults to arrive home from work. Will they make it back in time for their kids' hobbies? On average, it obduces 15 minutes each way to drive to and from work. On those junky traffic days the customary is a full 27 minutes just one way! People who work in cities average 17 minutes each way. Other places people may work could create each way much longer.

In conclusion, I believe that that the state law should lower the driving age at least a few years. I am certain that many people could agree with me. Teens can be much wreck less, and half the time they can't get rides! That is why I so strongly keep the faith that the driving age should be devaluate. Please consider what I have just explained.

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