| Sep 09 |
Hike driving age? Take a hike, some say, but stats don’t lie
In Texas, that age is now 16. The lowest driving age is 14 years and three months (why the three months extra?) in South Dakota. The highest driving age is 17, in New Jersey. And what’s happened in Bruce Springsteen country? The number of young drivers killed in teen driving crashes is consistently lower than in neighboring states with lower driving ages. |
Teens aren’t going to like it, but what’s to like about being dead? Spurred by the fact that 5,000 teen drivers die annually in traffic accidents — and are 10 times more likely to have a crash than drivers 30-59 years old — some are calling for raising the driving age.