Young drivers

"Two weeks ago two 17 year old teenagers were involved in an accident and hospitalized in a hard condition". Many young drivers are involved in a lot of accidents. An organization of accident victims has recently proposed that the age for getting a driver's license should be raised to 19. I would like to state my opinion on this law suggestion.

On the one hand, I strongly agree with this law suggestion, which can save lots of teenagers and other drivers around them. I think that giving a license to 17-19 year old teenagers is like giving them a "license to death". At this age we do not always think about the right way to drive, but more about "How we look". Therefore, I believe that this is a sufficient reason to raise the license(phr.).

On the other hand, there is another way to save the teenagers without raising the age to 19. I believe that supervised driving, should last longer than 3 months, at least 6 months. Moreover, I think that the supervised driving period, should be esteemed only when the new driver is actually driving, and not 3 or 6 months from the moment he gets his license. In that way, the new driver could(gr.) gain more experience before he allowed(gr. - use the passive) (to)gettion(?) on the road alone.

In conclusion, I support this law suggestion and I believe it could be important and beneficial. But, there are also other ways to lower the accidents among young drivers. I believe that allocating minimum hours for every new driver before he allowed(gr.) getting(gr.) on the road, can help too.


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Daphna