Introduction
All Florida citizens under the age of 21 should be required to pass a complete driving education course before receiving a license to drive. There have been many accidents caused by teen drivers due to their inexperience in driving and following the state law. Teen drivers are easily distracted with their surroundings and peer pressured. They can be better drivers by passing a driver’s education course or a simulator. It will improve their driving experience and learn about the responsibility that comes with driving on the road.
Inexperience
Driving has always been something that teens considered “freedom” for them. The exciting moment to feel that your almost an adult. What teens don’t realize is the responsibility that driving
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Teens get distracted by their passenger’s, cell phones, social media or texting. On the article that I cited “Centers for Disease Control and Prevention”, stated that “in 2013 2,163 teens were killed in the U.S ages 16-19 and 243,243 were treated for injured. That means 6 teens died every day from motor vehicle injuries”. On an article I read and cited (www.wjhg.com/content/news/teenager killed in traffic crash) of a teen in Bay County, Fla. on May 27, 2016 Tyler Browe 17, was driving a Chevy Tahoe on State Road 388 west of State Road Highway 77, when he ran off the road hitting several trees. He was pronounced dead at the scene and was not wearing …show more content…
It also stated that “teens do more drinking and driving than older drivers”. This is another reason for fatal crashes or non-fatal crashes. In the article I cited, “What teen drivers don’t know about,” (2015) stated that “one in four teens is willing to ride with a drunk driver. In the last year 378 youngsters were killed has passenger’s and 202 deaths were result from riding with underage drunk