In Ted Gregory's article "should 16-year-olds drive? Report says raising age would save lives" he talks about how raising the age to get you drivers license would be more safe and convent. In one part of the article Ted Gregory talks on how raising the age to receive you drivers license would be more safe. President of The highway safety Association, Adrian Lund, states "were still losing a lot of teens om the road each year, Motor vehicle crashes kill more than 5,000 teenagers a year." This shows that there would be way less accidents if the age of getting your drivers license was increased. There are also people who think it would be a great idea for teenagers to be able to drive and get their license at the age of sixteen. "Idealistically i think it'd be great to raise the minimum age, but practically? No, there's no mass transit to get to work, to get to jobs," Says Ken Biggs, a chairman at the drivers education department at Schoenberg High school. I think the age should stay the same to get a drivers license, but only to the kids who deserve it and does good in school. By giving out licenses this way teens cant get out of control, and they basically have to earn it. Why are teenagers always given something but criticized about it weather they do good or bad at it. The government should do some type of test to prove all teenagers aren't irresponsible.
Good post. One question I have for you, however, is whether you think it is possible to be a responsible person and still get poor grades? What if you have someone who is not strong at academics, but is good at using their hands and needs to get to a construction or plumbing job? 95
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