Raise the legal driving age in Florida to 18
It is estimated that 16-year-olds are 3 times more likely to die in a motor vehicle crash than the average of all drivers. Therefore, the legal driving age in Florida needs to be raised to 18. This can be done with the right reasoning, correct process of passing a law, and some problems that would be encountered along the way.
First, there should be reasoning behind making this new law. These are some statistics on teen driving in the United States. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among teenagers, even above drugs, sucide, and homicide. It is shown that 16 and 17 year old driver death rates increase with each additional passenger. 14%of all deaths due to motor vehicle accidents are a teenaged driver. More than any age group, teens are likely to be involved in a single vehicle crash, even more so than the elderly. The 16 year old population alone will increase from 3.5 million to over 4 million by 2010.......
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