need more than a few months of driving experience. Often, 18 year olds will be on their own and without the parental guidance that they would have if they were obtaining a license at 16. Those opposing the current driving age may say 16-year-olds are inexperienced. But to gain experience novice drivers must practice and develop skills. For instance, teen drivers involved in nighttime crashes often lack the training necessary to prevent such a collision. If older, skilled citizens start giving our teens proper driving instruction at 16, they will have the experience and knowledge necessary to live on their own at eighteen.Parents also play a large role in preventing irresponsible teen driving. They should take the time to teach their teenagers how to drive in various conditions and in different situations, as well as helping them understand traffic laws. Teaching kids to respect the automobile and other drivers creates more responsible drivers. To hand over the car keys to their already reckless and immature teens, parents are not providing adequate training. They need to take initiative and decide whether their teen is mature and able to drive without supervision or whether that teen needs more instruction and time. Youth often look to their elders for direction and wisdom and, although they may not realize it at the time, will appreciate the choice made by their parents. Therefore, parental guidance is key to mature and responsible drivers.State governments can also make changes to help teens be better drivers by creating education programs to teach the consequences of bad driving and collisions. Some places have staged realistic portrayals of fatal collisions at school assemblies to show teens how horrifying the collisions are. These mock collisions bring many a shocked student to tears. They prove that the consequences are very real, car accidents kill teens. Certain states have set up educational classes for teenage tr...
