Teenager Who Earn Driving License Is More Risky To Have Accidents

Introduction

One of the main problems surrounding teenagers today is that they ignore the duties of a responsible human being. It is generally perceived that be young gives them a freedom to go on about doing anything and in case of trouble use their age as an excuse. It has become quite evident that teens today are the most dangerous and unsafe category of drivers present on the road now a days. Certainly, the main reason of the death of many teenagers is due to car accidents. Though there percentage share in the total drivers is very less, but they are likely to be responsible for more accidents (Males, pp. 655). A common pattern has been identified in teen car accidents for example most of them occur when a car hits a tree, wall or either slides off the road. This clearly reflects reckless driving and least responsible behavior. This problem increases if teen drivers have driving license, as it provides them with an opportunity to drive recklessly, without any legal limitations.

Discussion

It has been suggested by many people that driving age should be increased to 21, as it has been noticed that people who start driving at this age are less likely to be involved in accidents. This also takes away the right of teenagers to get driving license (Williams, pp. 10). Now a day there is a huge list of problems that are commonly faced on the roads for example not following signals, signs, regulations and road rage etc. one of the most likely result of all these problems is the occurrence of accidents on the roads. Accidents are very dangerous, as they do not only risk the life of the driver but also put the life of others at stake.

Causes

When teens usually get their license after going through a rigorous process, they often tend to become over confident and this is a typical teenage psyche which is very common in all the teenagers. They often see danger as challenges and as factors that prove their strength and coolness to the world. This thinking often enforces them to drive recklessly and speed their vehicles. This often becomes the cause of many accidents, because driving license enables them to drive without any fear of being caught by their parents or being charged by traffic police.

Another reason why giving a license to a teenager increases the probabilities of accidents is because it supports their dangerous driving to a great extent. When teenagers do not have a driver license they are very reluctant to drive on roads, as they are scared of being charged or arrested by the police. This also limits to reckless driving, as teenagers know that they are already driving without a permit, so they tend to drive safe. On the contrary, when teenagers do have a driving license, they often misuse it and become too careless and tend to drive more recklessly, which causes accidents.

When teenagers do not have ...