Why is the driving age an issue?I'm doing a persuasion essay on why the driving age should be changed....

The minimum permissible age for driving restrictions are imposed for ensuring the safety of the people who drive as well as other users of the road.

The ability to drive with reasonable standard of safety is related closely with physical abilities such as height, strength, physical dexterity, as well as the the degree of judgement, caution and responsibility that can be associated with mental development with age.

While deciding the right driving age the consideration of safety need to be balanced with that of individual need to drive.

When we think seriously about these issues a few things are quite clear. Very young people do not have either the physical or mental capacity to drive safely. Further we can say that very young children also don't have that great need to drive.Once we agree on this, it becomes clear that some kind of minimum age limit for driving is justified. The only thing that remains to be settled is the right age for this. The only reasonable open issue in this matter is, "what is the right age limit for driving?" and not "If there should be a minimum age limit for driving?"

Ideally this age limit should be fixed on objective information on the relationship between the age and the driving ability and need. The exact age limit may differ from society to society depending on:

1. Physical and psychological development characteristic of people. In some regions people may mature at younger age than others.


2. The need for driving. In some regions automobiles are not used that extensively and people have alternate means of transport. In other regions people are dependent heavily on driving for their day to day activities also.


3. The traffic condition. If the traffic conditions are not bad. Plus with advance of automobile design, it is easier to drive safely than it is possible to have lower age limits.