The teen mortality rate has increased over the years. Accidents in motor vehicles is the leading cause of teenage deaths. Car accidents represent more than one-third of all deaths. Teen males have a 46% higher chance of getting in an accident than females. Driving is a very complicated and very dangerous task for teenagers.
There are lots of things that could distract teenagers when they’re driving. Teenagers like to carry around all their friends and go to social events together, it’s so much fun right? Yeah, except when the giggles and screams become a distraction to the driver. Passengers are in the top 3 of the worst distractions to teen drivers. Phones are the #1 distraction to teen drivers. Just being able to see the light from a phone can mess with a driver’s vision and cause a …show more content…
They are four times more likely to wreck than an experienced driver. Teen brains haven’t matured enough at the age of sixteen to handle an emergency such as a car accident. Everyone knows that teenagers will do whatever it takes just to look cool. If they want to show their friends that they can multi-task, they will drive with their knees while texting. Teens have not matured enough to be driving at sixteen.
Driving has been proven dangerous for people with the maturity ratings under the age of twenty-two. Young driving was rated the most common reason of teen deaths. Teens get distracted very easily and those distractions can take the lives of teens very quickly. Teenagers can’t handle the pressure of being responsible of their own and other people's lives. Teens shouldn’t drive, they should increase the driving age. The new driving age should be at least