Argument Analysis: The Driving Ages

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The Driving Ages The highly asked question is whether the driving age should increase throughout the United States or not. All states are different, but as for NJ the driving age is 17. One may believe that 17 is a decent age for teens to start driving. One may also believe that other ages are better such as 16 or 18 for teen drivers to begin driving. There are many reasons that we can argue about the driving age, such as cell phones interfering, attitudes, brain development, certain driving conditions, and lastly accidents. To start brain development is a huge factor to think about when reconsidering the driving age. When one drives they activate many parts of their brain, such as decision making, thrills, and thinking straight can go …show more content…
Phones are important to teens, just as they are for adults and most teens don’t want to put them down while driving. I don’t see cell phones as a problem with teen drivers as adults also has this problem as well. There are also measures to prevent cell phone use while driving as many car companies developed Apple Car play, which displays the phone on the screen monitor. The monitor also allows teens to listen to messages and phone calls through the car, so cell phones are apparent to be a problem with teen drivers. Finally, accidents are a scare with plentiful teen drivers as they are more frequent between this age. Many accidents cost teens their lives so of course we want to prevent it, but it is not only teens with accident problems its adults as well. Many adults drink and drive and that problem are the main reason why accidents occur more frequently, so it is not just teens causing these problems. Now in conclusion, I do not believe the driving age should increase as most of these factors listed aren’t directed to teen drivers only, many occur within senior and adults as well. Looking at all the possibilities for teenagers it is safe to say that the driving age of 16 and 17 should stay in place. One would must trust their young loved teen and enforce many other situations that could occur while