Teenage drivers and safety roads

| Teenage Drivers and Safer Roads | | | | 9/25/2011 |

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Teenage Drivers and Safer Roads.
In almost every other country in the world the minimum age to get a drivers license is 18 years old. Here in the United States, even with some limitations, when you are 16 years old you are already able to drive and have your own car, allowing teenagers to feel more independent at an earlier age. At the same time, people are concerned about the teenage drivers and they are looking for improvements that can be done to minimize risks and eventual fatalities when teenagers are driving across the country.
According to information from the U.S Department of Vehicles, we can see that teenage drivers between the ages of 16 and 20 years old are responsible for a large amount of violations, leading to fatalities in considerable cases, not only in the state of California but in many others states as well. This has people thinking that the DMV should consider increasing the minimum age of driving, not only for the teenagers safety but also for all adults who are taking a risk by being on the roads.
The fact is that motor vehicle crashes are the number one killer of American teens. In a large amount of fatalities they also claimed other people lives, not only themselves. By not having the proper experience and considering their behavior immature, teenagers are most likely to be involved in car crashes then adults with more driving experience. According to the Safe Four Roads Teen Organization, “Teen drivers ages 16 to 19 have a fatality rate four times the rate of drivers ages 25 to 69. Sixteen-year-old drivers have a crash rate three times more than 17-year-olds, five times greater than 18-year-olds, and two times that of 85-year-olds.” (Safe Roads 4 Teens)
Teenagers also create a large amount of expense to the Country, according to the same Organization, “the estimated economic cost of police-reported crashes involving drivers between