Teen Driving

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Teens are not the most mature of people. Some might be, but on average, teens from sixteen to eighteen aren’t very mature. This can be seen in the way they work, the way they participate in school, and especially in their driving. Teens have a much higher chance of being in a wreck for several reasons. Not only are they immature, but teens overall have a history of being unsafe drivers. However, some precautions have been taken to help limit the amount of wrecks. Immaturity plays a big part in teen driving accidents, but there are also several different causes. Statistics show that teenagers from sixteen to eighteen have the majority of crash related deaths out of any other age group, even though sixteen to seventeen year olds only account for two percent of all drivers. The statistics specifically state that “sixteen-year-old drivers are more likely to be involved in an accident than any other age group”(“Teen …show more content…
Usually a teen would become fatigued through the day, and become less attentive at the later hours, and for sixteen-year-olds, the risk for a crash is almost double. Also, a car full of teens can be far worse than one teen. On one hand, there would be more eyes to watch the road, and alert the driver for any incoming traffic or problems. On the other hand, there comes the temptation for immature actions, such as “speeding, following too closely, passing inappropriately, and driving without a seat belt”(“Teen Drivers, par 5). Not only that, but teenagers have much less experience and hours than adults, and simply lack the reaction time and resources for difficult driving situations. There have been ways to counteract these affects, though, such as the three stages of a license, which are made up of driving with a licenced person in the car, driving before a certain hour, and eventually, driving by yourself without