16 AND DRIVING?!?!?!

   In the article Should 16-year-olds drive? By Ted Gregory he explains why teens that are 16 year old really shouldn't drive. He reports that raising age would save lives but some people think that the age 16 really wouldn't be a problem. A Hinsdale Central High School sophomore said  Monday before hitting the road for her driver's education class, "I don't think it matters what age you are, as long as you have the practice and experience." on the other hand some people do think that the age 16 would be a good decision , Lund said, "were're still losing a lot of teens in the road each year, motor vehicle crashes kill more than 5,000 teenagers a year."

      "This is kind of the next logical step," Lund said of the insurance institute's push to raise the minimum age. "Do these teens need to be driving as early as we are allowing them to drive." If people are saying that teens the age of 16 should not be driving then that's a good thing. It's teens out in the world who probably are driving now and in the snap of a finger the could be killed. My honest opinion is if teens are driving at the age of 16 then this means that they could be using the car for no good reason. For example if a 16 year old went to a party and drove their by their self then that means if the teen gets drunk and doesn't have an designated driver to get back home then that teen will be killed because she/he will be driving drunk.  

       For teens they make think that having a car could make them cool or just having a car just to show it off. Just because a teen past their driving test doesn't means that they could prevent themselves from getting on a car accident. Their are many other reason for teens to get in car accidents. Drinking and driving , not paying attention, and the latest one texting. If parents really wanted tier teens to be safe then they would wait a certain age to give their teen a car. I think that they age for a car should be 18-19. But people do have public transportation now (Septa) and it is less expensive than paying for a car or paying insurance from a your teen getting in a car accident.

                                              THE AGE SHOULD BE CHANGED!!!!!