I wrote previously about whether driving age should be increased to 18
I mentioned 4 benefits of increasing the driving age to 18, from 17, which include:
1. Cut the number of deaths.
The highest death rate for drivers is amongst the age group 17-25. If the driving age is increased there would a be a fall in fatalities arising from motor car use. This has a significant economic benefit.
2. Cut Congestion.
Less drivers on the road will reduce congestion and therefore, reduce costs for firms
3. Reduce Obesity
Driving encourages the population to become lazy and obese. If people can’t drive they will be forced to walk, use public transport and cycle. This will help lead to a healthier population, which in turn leads to less strain on the NHS
4. Young Drivers overestimate their skill
Young drivers, especially male drivers, are likely to overestimate their ability to drive at speed and in difficult conditions. For people of school age, there is often great peer pressure to drive excessively and in a dangerous way.
However, to be fair you could make quite a good case against raising the driving age to 18 or 21.
- Disadvantages of Raising Driving Age
- Is public transport good enough to provide an alternative?
- Reduce mobility of young people can have an economic cost, e.g. firms less able to have a flexible labour market.
- Lower demand for cars and therefore lower output in the car industry. (However, jobs may be created on public transport)
- Denial of Freedom. – Not really economic argument, but, a powerful political idea.
Driving should be kept at 17 as it gives teenagers indiepndance
i belive that if the driving age increases to 21 no one will be able to work! YES THERES BUSES but they are exteamly expensive! The age to drive has been 17 for a very long time so why now should it go up? Its just like the smoking age why did it go up its stupid its just since Gordon Brown became priminister everything has gone down the plug hole why should we have to listen? He doesnt have a clue and i personally think he should be out now!!
welllllllllllllllllllllllll 11, 12, 13, AND 14 year olds cant see over the steering wheel or reach the pedals… much less drive. alone.
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the thrid thing is crap cant like ummmmm lose weight walking everywhere
i think the driver age should be 25 and above… but 25 and below could drive,but not on the road…
it more of a responsible age that’s why
teens are responsible but they are also ignorant and careless… they sometimes forget about seatbelts, speeding limit, don’t drive after drugs (cocaine, sleeping pills, any drugs with serious side effects etc) or alcohol etc. , etc., etc.
old people over 50 and above are gradually getting slower and older, so there reflexes are just slow
this is stupid the driving age should be at age 11
That is ludacris….obesity be decreased….everyone of every age has trouble with obestiy not only teenagers.
I mean shouldn’t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think thats absurd, the driving age should rise to 21 and 18. You are brainless, I have trouble getting in time for my jobs and school. The bus won’t even come in time for school. If I need to cycle earlier to get the bus more earlier, i need to skip breakfast or I have to wake up more early and not enough sleep and that is another way of being obesed.
in my point of view hey should change driving 17 to 21 because ass you can see that such drivers are irresponsible of driving, youngsters at he age of 17/18 they all like o drink think the life is just 4 fun. drink and drive, not wearing seatbelts thinking that is cool not to wear it. the government should diffenetly increase it.
i think the driving age should be 13 and up
infact i think it should be increaased to 32
NO THE AGE SHOULD NOT BE RAISED …it should be lowered to 14!!!!:D
How is age a way of determining driving competence? You can be a shit driver at the age of 21, 31 or even 101.
Driving tests need to be more relevant with more time spent on the roads gaining skills instead of pissing about with stopping distances which were probably written in the 60s and based on a Vauxhall Viva doing 40mph on a motorway.
No, they shouldn’t increase the age. because at the moment i am 15. that means I h ave wait for 6 years, if they change the legal driving age to 21.
i think the driving law should not be decreased but more elderly people shouldent be alowed to drive
Don’t increase the driving age, enough said.
second point is that changing it to 18 what other things can people do when they turn 18…. drink. explains its self
and if you want more people on public transport make it better there is not enough trains and buses are crap i love driving because it means i can get out there and sure it may not be the friendly answer to the environment but end of the day as long as people can power their cars they are going to drive them
ok im a 17 year old and i have an apprenticeship that is 28 miles away and you expect me to catch 8 buses to get there every day
my first point is that the driving age shouldn’t be changed but maybe give younger drivers less warnings i have never been pulled over i consider my self a good driver having never crashed or been done for speeding and i drive 7 days a week. my car is my means of transport without it ill loose my job i am sure i am not the only one like that