Is It Time To Increase the Minimum Age for a Driver's Liscense

[erpowers]

In the area in which I live there have been two SUV accidents involving teenage drivers in about the last two months. In the first case a teenager flipped an SUV. In the second case a teenage driver was involved in a head on crash in which the teenage driver died. In the second case the teenage driver tried to pass a vehicle in a no passing lane and hit an on coming vehicle. In addition, a person I know told me of an incident in which a teenage driver was driving a vehicle with a flat tire while leaning out of the vehicle he was driving and looking into the car of another teenage driver. I know these stories may seem like only a few incidences, but it is easy to turn on the television and see stories of teenage drivers driving recklessly. In addition, I think teenage drivers have a high accident rate. So, should to minimum driving age be raised to 18 in order to give teenagers more time to actually learn how to drive.