Being a teenage driver in Florida you learn a lot of things about how bad other drivers are around you. You see some things that others hope to never see while driving on the highway, for instance a flipped car on fire or a crash the resulted in a fatality. Two years ago when I was a junior in high school one of my friends was severely injured in a car accident with another Florida teen driver. I watched her suffer from the pain and flashbacks of the crash, she had to give up many passions in her life because of this accident. I believe that some teen drivers really shouldn't be on the road and even many tourists who are from other countries that don't understand the rules also shouldn't be on the road. The age limit for becoming a licensed driver in the state o Florida is 16 and one can receive their learners permit at the age of 15. Having driven for several years now I understand that circumstances of being behind the wheel in the state of Florida. 


This articles suggests that the legal driving age (16 years old) is just too young and dangerous for people to be driving on these busy roads that we have in America. The executive branch of the teen brain is the part that weighs risks, makes judgments and controls impulsive behavior. The research of this part of the brain explains why 16 year olds crash at a higher rate than older teens. This source can be credible because it comes from a well known news paper, The USA Today, and the author has several people who contributed to this source. The author of this article takes the side of raising the age for a teenager to receive their drivers license. The author makes some very good points on why it should be raised. 


The author of this article suggest that raising the driving age to 18 wouldn't solve anything. Sure they might be wiser and make better judgments during certain situations but by raising the driving age would cause teens to have little practical experience in the world which would cause them to potentially be a dangerous driver. The author suggests that certain laws be set to prevent accidents to happen on the roads involving teen drivers. For instance, South Carolina has several laws that doesn't allow certain passengers in the car with a new driver. Also many states have curfews for drivers under the age of 18. Although there isn't a name for the author of this article and it says it's an opinion the author uses secondary sources to strengthen their argument. 


Ted Gregory gives us a source from the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety stating that 16 is too young of an age for people to be getting their drivers license. Driving a car is the number one killer of teens in America. In many articles that I have read that talk about New Jersey and their graduated licensing laws. These laws have created less fatality's and crashed in the state. The author of this article is credible because he is a reporter for a newspaper and most reporters have a degree of some sort in journalism. This articles also has many quotes from notable people involved in highway safety. 

This research question can be arguable in many ways, one can go the safety route and take about how younger people are less wise then others older than them. You can also go the economic route and talk about how less drivers on the road will cause insurance to go up for older people or gas prices to go up because less gas is being used. There are many pros and cons to both sides of this ever growing debate. The authors of some of the articles that I cited talk about the progression of the brain and that 18-year-olds have a better grasp on making the right decisions when on the road. I still stand with what I believe in about teen drivers; some people just aren't ready to be behind the wheel but they do it anyways because they believe they will learn by driving on the road but it's just a hazard to everyone around them. My research question might be a little too complex because many states like Florida have the same driving laws for teenagers.  
