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.