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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?

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In the present
age
, every family usually owns more than
one
 car, and naturally, when children in the family become of
age
, they are eager to get their driver’s licences. Some
people
 believe that raising the minimum
age
 for driving a vehicle is the most effective way to prevent
accidents
.
Although
 I agree, that the
age
 increase could play a big part in reducing the number of car
accidents
, I cannot fully support
this
 view because I believe that there are other equally important means that can be taken. On
one
 hand, increasing the minimum
age
 limit would actually decrease death and injuries. Young
people
 tend to get into
accidents
 because of their lack of responsibility, maturity, and experience.
Therefore
, the older
people
 are, the more experience they gain. It is obvious that older drivers deal with stressful and unexpected situations more calmly and find solutions to dangerous situations faster.
For instance
, if there is a car crash in front of a young driver, he might be frightened and panic, meanwhile an older person might press the brakes or turn the steering wheel to avoid collision with other vehicles.
Nevertheless
, there are better measures that can help maintain road safety.
One
 of them is the government’s encouragement to use public transportation
instead
 of private
one
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because that can help reduce traffic, which actually increases the possibility of dangerous situations on the streets. But
firstly
 authorities should invest more in improving public transport so it would be more appealing for the drivers. It is obvious that more
people
 would choose buses if they could see that it is a cheaper, faster and not
such
 an uncomfortable way to travel around the city as it seems. All in all, even though I agree that the raise of the legal
age
 for getting a
drivers
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 licence would reduce the
amount
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number
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 of
accidents
 on the roads, deaths, and injuries, I believe that there are other effective means that can help to deal with
this
 problem.
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