This report is about teenage driving. We believe that illegalizing teen driving will reduce the amount of car crashes that happen. Teenage driving has had lots of causes and effects. More attention should be paid to the consequences that teenage driving has caused. We believe that a big part of car crashes have been caused by teens for numerous reason. The government should take action by stopping teenagers from driving.
Most teenagers are very immature and irresponsible. It’s very common for an adolescent to get in to a fight or a disagreement. That’s because most teenagers like to push boundaries. It`s also very common for a adolescent to break rules or live by their own rules. That’s because usually when they act they don’t think about the consequences of their actions. They like to do what they want to do in order to please themselves. Driving is a huge responsibility and if it’s given to a teenager that doesn’t understand the huge responsibility that comes with this privilege lots of big problems could occur. And according to a 2008 report from statistics Canada show that crime among teenagers in Canada rose 3 percent in 2006 and 2007 and 12 percent since 1990.These statics prove the fact that teenagers don’t think about the consequences of their actions which makes them very immature and irresponsible.
Statics show teens have the most accidents .According to the 2005 United States of Transportation, traffic accidents are the number one cause of death amongst teenagers in the United States. The report found teenage drivers aged to sixteen to nighteen to have four times the crash rate compared to twenty-five to sixty-nine. A 2007 American study by the children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and State Farm Insurance Company, with 5,600 students reported that 94 percent reported teens they observed dancing, singing and playing loud .The 93 percent saw teens driving with other teenagers .Other adolescent felt the pressure to speed up. Teens