Some people think that the best way to improve road safety is to increase the minimum legal age for driving a car or motorbike. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Many folks believe that

road

safety could be increased by increasing the minimum

age

for a driving license to ride a bike or a car.

However

,

this

action could minimise the casualties on roads but it is not ideal to control the situation. On the one hand, increasing the minimum legal

age

for driving is a good idea because many youngsters do rough driving. Drifting and speeding are common for them to practise on a highway which is not good for them and others. As speeding is the biggest cause of

road

accidents

as per the survey of the transportation authority of India.

For instance

, my neighbour's child hit his bike to a car because he was at a speed of more than 80km/hour and he failed to handle that speed.

On the other hand

, mature people use their vehicles to commute rather than take it as a sports activity. So, increasing the minimum legal

age

of driving increases mature drivers on the

road

.

Although

, it is not sufficient to reduce

road

accidents

and the government have to take major steps. Transportation authorities have to understand that driving experience is directly proportional to driving safely and it is not directly attached to

age

. They have to give chance to young people to start driving but on without gear vehicles.

Moreover

, they try to increase surveillance on roads with the help of cameras and radars. In

this

way, they can push the drivers to ride their vehicles within the speed limit.

For example

, the Saudi

road

authority installed 5 lakh

road

surveillance cameras in the year 2019. As per their data,

road

accidents

have been reduced by 50% due to

this

action. In conclusion, increasing the minimum legal

age

of driving might enhance

road

safety but it is not sufficient to control

accidents

as required. So, authorities must take more steps too.