ACE Debate 10R 2016

One reason why I believe that the driving age should stay the same is because the teenagers need to learn the responsibility of driving while still under their parent's control.

Teens need to know how to take care of a car and stay safe while in it when they are still under their parent's roof. They need to know this before they go off to college and need to know how to drive right away.

If the teenagers misuse a vehicle, the parents can punish them and not just have them pay a fine. The parents can help them understand what they did wrong and how to fix it. Plus, the insurance is cheaper with a teenage driver driving.

(All evidence from CNN and the article,"Misusing Vehicles")

One reason why I believe the driving age should stay the same is because of the inconvenience that the kids and the parents share.

Kids will need some sort of transportation when they are in high school and parents do not want to be the ones to transport them everywhere. They will need to go places such as school, friends houses, sports tournaments/games, and jobs. Most kids around the U.S start working at age 16. Parents have had to drive their kids around for 16 years. They probably do not want to wait until they are off to college for them to start driving.

A reporter, Aj Rox, says, "The majority of parents have to take their kids to other activities, they don't have time to chauffeur their kids around to different high school events."

(Evidence from me and a reporter AJ Rox.)

Some kids start drinking at the age of 18 because they go off to college and they have the freedom that they didn't have while under their parent's roof. Raising the driving age will be more deadly with the 18-year-olds with drinks in their hands.

She says that they should raise the driving age because there have been more accidents with young teens than adults. But I disagree because I believe that the driving age should not rise because there will be more accidents with the 18-year-alds. I think this because it is a known fact that when you are younger you adapt to things more quickly. Even in two years they could learn things more easily than an 18-year-old. As such as driving. Alex Koroknay-Patlicz says that kids who start driving at age 16 are going to be at the same level of driving as an 18-year-old who is just starting to drive. There is not going to be more of an advantage to the 18-year-old because they are 2 years older. Therefore, I believe that the driving age should not be risen because it is not going to prevent more accidents from happening.

I believe that the driving age should stay the same.

Raising the driving age could cause more inexperienced drivers on the road.

It is a known fact that when you are younger you adapt to things more quickly. Even at the age of 16 you could learn things more quickly than an 18-year-old. Such as driving. (Evidence from the article "Should the driving age be raised to 18?" by Alex Koroknay-Palicz.)

Alex Koroknay-Palicz, a worker in the National Youth Rights Association says on the NO side of the article, "Should The Driving Age be Raised to 18", "Studies show that it is inexperience, not age, that causes accidents. Raising the driving age will just create inexperienced, accident-prone drivers at age 18 instead of 16."