DRIVING AGE SHOULD BE RAISED

INTRODUCTION

• Car crashes are the 9th leading death for teens
• The age for a person to drive should be raised due their immaturity, distractions, and underestimating problems

MAIN POINT 1

• Immaturity
• NBC news said that 66 percent that crash did not have a seatbelt
• Teens do not realize how important a seatbelt is and to not take a couple of seconds to buckle up is immature.

MAIN POINT 2

• Distraction
• NBC reported that 6 out of 10 teens crash
• Distractions can get yourself relatives injured

MAIN POINT 3

• Underestimate problems
• Fox News interviewed a father of a son who died in a car crashed. He implied that “ The kids don’t think through”, and “I didn’t at that age. I didn’t make connections”.
• Teens finding a shortcuts and trying to reach their destination tend to underestimate their situation.

CONCLUSION

• As a result The age for a person to drive should be raised due to teen immaturity, easily being distracted, and tendency to underestimate problems.
• Your teacher would miss you.
• You should show them that you can make no mistakes on the streets

WORK CITED

• Riley, James A. “The '100 Deadliest Days of Teen Driving' in 2017 Have Begun.” WSLS, NBC 10 News, 1 June 2017, www.wsls.com/news/the-100-deadliest-days-of-teen-driving-in-2017-have-begun.
• Sheil, Bill. “As Teen Driving Deaths Increase, Can Technology Be Part of the Answer?” fox8.Com, Fox News, 22 Nov. 2017, fox8.com/2017/11/22/as-teen-driving-deaths-increase-can-technology-be-part-....