Some people say that the best way to improve roads safety would be to increase minimum legal age for driving cars or riding motobikes. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Whether raising the lower limit of legal

age

for driving will work or not is controversial. In my perspective, just changing the

age

limit will do no good compared to education, the reformation of the roads, and the use of auto-regulation. I will provide a balanced discussion about

this

topic in the following sections.

First,

some argue that young reckless driving behaviours are risking normal people's lives.

However

,

for example

, the latest analysis by the Japanese police office has revealed that most car

accidents

are caused by drug and alcohol abusers or

drivers

under certain health conditions with prescription medication.

Furthermore

, an increasing number of children under eighteen years old have become victims of car

accidents

due to

misconduct by elderlies in recent rapidly ageing societies. There should be something to change

this

situation.

Second,

there are lots of countermeasures to reduce the number of traffic

accidents

rather than changing the

age

limit for a driver's licence.

For instance

, arrangement or reformation of the roads

such

as cutting the branches of trees around the corner or putting standing mirrors in order to widen the visual sight for

drivers

. Education both for pedestrians and

drivers

at school or workplace will work

as well as

using auto-regulation systems in vehicles.

Likewise

, we have a variety of methods to prevent future terrible

accidents

. In conclusion,

although

some individuals insist they should raise the legal

age

for a driver's licence, its influence is little because it does not change the fundamental problems. Direct education for both

drivers

and non-

drivers

, reformation of the road, and auto-regulating system are essential for improving road safety.