Raising Driving Age From 16 Would Save Lives

  In the article "Should 16-years-olds drive?-Report says raising age would save lives"  by Ted Gregory he reports about Chicago officials trying to change the minimum driving age so teens can drive at an older age. Motor vehicle crashes kill more than 5,000 teenagers every year.
  The article includes quotes from both teenagers and officials themselves. One quotes that stood out to me was when the article read "Among New Jersey's 17-year-old drivers, the percentage in fatal crashes dropped 33 percent after the graduated license law was enacted." This shows that if Chicago enacted this law teens would be much safer on the road and there will not be as many crashes as there are now.
  I think that passing this law would do everybody on the road some good. Meaning everybody will be much safer on the road since the students will be older, more mature, and their mind will be in a more stable period, there is less risk of an accident. Accidents kill hundreds of people each year so reducing the number of accidents that kill so many Americans each year.
  This article makes me think about how many people have gotten into accidents but thankfully survived. I guess it is really among the younger drivers that get into accidents according to this article also because the grown up i know have only gotten into accidents once or maybe twice and the accident did not end up fatal unlike when teenagers drive. Hopefully in Chicago they pass the law because if they did there would be less accidents and less drivers would end up in fatal accidents.