Why should there be increased regulations on teen driving?

Question

Why should there be increased regulations on teen driving?

Answer 1

Teens kill an inordinate number of themselves (leading cause of death among teens) and others. If you want to pull the "what about old people card", I agree that above some age regular testing should be done as well.

Answer 2

As a teen, i don't believe there should be much, other than i do think that only having max of 1 pssenger is good, idk about the 12-5 am cerfue b/c some sat nights i just hang out @ a friends. and obviously every1 buckling up, but not all do.

Answer 3

Because I'm old now and say so!

Plus most teens drive like c**p. No skills and easily distracted. That's why they die so frequently or do advanced airbag testing.

Answer 4

I don't mean to harp, but teen drivers are nut jobs.  As are other drivers, of course, but teens know everything about everything and advice is not necessary.  Go to google and type in top 10 good driving habits.  If you follow them you won't get killed.

Answer 5

MARCH 2008

Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among 15- to 20-year olds.

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, 3,490 drivers in this age group died in motor vehicle crashes in 2006 and an additional 272,000 were injured.

Drivers age 15- to 20-years old accounted for 12.9 percent of all the drivers involved in fatal crashes and 16 percent of all the drivers involved in police-reported crashes.

Twenty-five percent of teen drivers killed were intoxicated. In 2002 (latest data available) the estimated economic cost of police-reported crashes involving drivers between the ages of 15 and 20 was $40.8 billion, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA, http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov ).

Among licensed drivers, young people between the ages of 15 and 20 have the highest rate of fatal crashes relative to other age groups, including the elderly. In fact, the risk of being involved in a fatal crash for teens is three times greater than for drivers age 65 to 69.

Immaturity and lack of driving experience are the two main factors leading to the high crash rate among teens.

Answer 6

because most teens want more regulation on older drivers. what goes around comes around.