Some people believe that the best way to increase the road safety is to increase the minimum legal age for driving cars. To what extent do you agree or disagree.

In
this
modern world,
people
are increasingly using different types of transportation
such
as cars, trains, planes to minimize the time of travel.
Road
traffic
accidents
have
also
surprisingly risen
as a result
. Most
people
argue that the governments should set regulations to increase the minimum age for driving. I do not agree with
this
opinion because many reasons for RTA outweigh rather than young drivers nowadays. I believe that some
people
are demanding for increasing minimum age for driving in some countries because of insufficient practise and training under supervision.
Moreover
, lack of experience regarding
road
and weather conditions attributed to an increased number of
accidents
. In the US, 2400 newly licensed teenagers were killed, and many of them got
injuries
in 2019. Many factors
such
as not wearing seatbelts, nighttime driving and drug and alcohol abuse are the main culprits for RTA. Rather than that, it can be seen that there are some points regarding
road
safety to be fixed. Motor vehicle crashes are becoming a public health concern in many other countries. One of the factors that contribute to RTA is impaired driving. Many drivers experienced
accidents
while on illicit drugs or alcohol which leads to impaired consciousness. For that reason, many countries are alarming to restrict the use of drug or alcohol abuse while driving. The
injuries
and deaths are preventable after taking action on substance use. Another important point is that we should give training on how to drive in difficult situations
such
as poor weather and night driving.
For example
,
people
with reduced vision are probably to experience unintentional motor vehicle
injuries
,especially at the nighttime. In summary, there are many preventable factors for
road
traffic
accidents
rather than increasing the minimum legal age for teenagers.
Therefore
, I believe that giving more public education for
road
safety on pedestrians and drivers and improving
road
infrastructure would be better strategies to prevent
injuries
and deaths.
Submitted by Shwe Yamin on

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