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? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Some people believe that raising the minimum driving

age

is the best solution to enhance

road

safety

. I disagree with

this

idea because I believe that other methods are equally important and should be taken into account as well. On the one hand, I agree that increasing the minimum

age

for getting a driving licence can be an effective

road

safety

measure.

Firstly

, since people are often more mature and have more life experience when they get older, they can make quicker and wiser decisions to avoid dangerous situations on the

road

compared to younger drivers. My father,

for example

, will never use his phone when driving as he knows that he could easily lose his concentration and cause an accident.

Secondly

, raising the minimum driving

age

can allow adolescents to have more time to sharpen their driving skills. They can attend defensive driving courses to learn how to deal with

different

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driving scenarios, which will help them minimize the risk of accidents when driving in the future.

On the other hand

, I think that better

road

safety

can be achieved by other more effective methods without increasing the driving

age

.

To begin

with, more stringent traffic regulations should be imposed, which would act as a deterrent to would-be traffic

law breakers

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. In Singapore, people who run red lights are fined heavily, and

therefore

this

will make them more responsible in order to avoid future punishments.

In addition

, governments should allocate financial resources to improving public transport, which would encourage citizens to drive their private cars or motorbikes less.

As a result

, these residents will no longer worry about the risks that they may face when driving their own vehicles,

such

as drunk driving or falling asleep at the wheel. In conclusion,

while

raising the legal driving

age

can make our roads safer to some extent, I believe that governments should

also

introduce other

road

safety

measures that are discussed above.