According to a nationwide analysis of car crash data, heavier restrictions on the driving privileges of 16 and 17-year-old drivers haven't necessarily made the roads safer. Although deadly accidents involving the youngest drivers have fallen, the number of crash fatalities in 18 and 19-year-old drivers has doubled. The implication is that younger drivers, who are forbidden from driving at night or with passengers some states, are simply older when they're still dangerously inexperienced.
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2 comments:
THAT'S the Law of Unintended Consequences.
Making the teens wait longer to get thier license only ensures that there will be less young drivers on the road, but they aslo must wait longer to actually gain the experience of driving...therefore when they can drive they may be older but they still have no experience.
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