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Some opponents of raising the driving age argue that it would simply delay deaths among young drivers, because inexperience, not immaturity, is what leads to their high rate of fatal accidents, says Adrian Lund, president of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a nonprofit research group funded by U.S.
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Americans increasingly favor raising the driving age, a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll has found. Nearly two-thirds — 61% — say they think a 16-year-old is too young to have a driver's license. Only 37% of those polled thought it was OK to license 16-year-olds, compared with 50% who thought so in 1995.
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Home » Categories » Education » Drivers Education » Raising the driving age to 18 » Printer Friendly; ... Our previous article raised the question of whether the driving age in the country needs to be raised to age 18. With more teen fatalities on the road each year than the amount of deaths reported from 9/11,
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In the past decade state legislatures have shied away from raising the driving age. Parents balk at additional months shuttling their children to extracurricular activities or work; a set of keys at age 16, meanwhile, is a celebrated rite of passage for teens.
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Officials hope to curb accidents by raising driving age; By Andrew Dys The Herald ... With more than 30 years experience working car crashes and notifying families, York Police Chief Bill Mobley said he has no problem with raising the driving age to 16, saying another year of maturity would help. Yet Mobley understands that...
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Auto Safety Group Admits ... "The bottom line is that when we look at the research, raising the driving age saves lives," Lund said. He plans to present the proposal Tuesday at the annual conference of the Governors Highway Safety Association in Scottsdale, Ariz.
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There have been no official statements that the driving age is going to change, but the following might help concerned youngsters see what's ... While the idea of raising the driving age to 18, in line with most other European countries, has been raised many times before, successive governments have always ruled it out.
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Parliamentary watchdogs are to look at raising the driving age to 18 in a bid to cut the carnage caused by young 'rogue' drivers on Britain's roads. ... How is raising the age by 12 months going to help? Daft yobs remain daft yobs until they're in their early/mid twenties. Yet raising the driving age to, say,
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How am I, or any country teen for that matter, supoosed to get to anywhere if the driving age is put up? You can't punish all of us because of the people out there who actually choose to drive at dangerous speeds and end up hurting themselves and others.
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