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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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Some
people
 believe that increasing the minimum legal
age
 for driving a car or motorbike is the best way to make roads safer. I do not agree because I think most accidents are not caused by young
drivers
 but by irresponsible motorists,
such
 as drunk
people
.
Overall
, a lot of
people
 think that younger
drivers
 are inexperienced and irresponsible and can cause many
cars disaster
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.
However
, it is not totally true. There are many adults and middle-aged
people
 who can be more dangerous at the wheel, causing a lot of accidents. The (major/main/leading) issue is not the
age
 but the behaviour of driving a car,
for instance
, men who drive after drinking alcoholic beverages.
This
 kind of behaviour is too difficult to change without a revolution in mindset and in cultural aspects. I think the police should increase the control of
this
 type of driver by applying several punishments and suspending their driver's licenses,
for example
.
Furthermore
, the public authorities should spend more on advertising campaigns showing how harmful it is to combine alcohol and driving. Obviously, younger
drivers
 must have
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good preparation before starting to drive, taking theoretical and practical classes and defensive driving courses. In some countries, the minimum
age
 for driving is 16 years old,
whereas
 in others,
this
age
 is 18 years old or even more. The minimum
age
 does not appear to be the main cause of unsafe traffic. To summarize, I really disagree with increasing the legal
age
 to drive in order to improve safety, but I understand that the government and traffic authorities should take more actions to avoid accidents and prepare the
drivers
 better, whether men or women, youngsters (young
people
) or adults.
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