I believe young drivers under 21 years of age should have certain restrictions on their licenses. In the present day, the majority of people who own a car are allowed to drive but some people aren’t allowed due to some form of punishment. This punishment could be from drink driving, accidents etc. The main reason for these accidents are young people, mainly under the age of 21. Large amounts of accidents are caused by them due to their lack of experience, maturity and reckless driving. Therefore, I believe that the government should set restrictions of young drivers under the age of 21 to prevent these accidents and situations from happening.
The first and most important reason why young drivers should have special restrictions on their license is that they can decrease number of accidents. Most deaths on the road are caused by young adults. Their lack of experience could contribute to the accidents since they aren’t experienced enough to drive and they don’t know how to deal with certain situations.
Families argue that their children should have equality to have the driver license as adult do, but in fact the majority of children/young adults are less responsible and aren’t mature enough to drive. The less mature the person is, the riskier it is for them to drive as they could do something carelessly such as speed, drifts etc. which can put lives at risk. If the government set restrictions, they could significantly decrease the amount lives at risk.
A lot of young people like the drive recklessly and break the law. Maturity is one reason, but there are many other reasons such as drinking, showing off their car and enjoying the excitement of speed etc. All of these reasons cause fatalities on the roads each year and they’re mostly caused by young people. These fatalities could be easily prevented if the government put certain restrictions on a young person’s license.
Furthermore, the young drivers are more likely to have the road accident than adult due to their age, maturity, lack of experience and reckless driving. From these reasons, you can now contemplate as to why the government should have special rules on driver’s license and restrictions to decrease the amount of accidents and to decrease the amount of lives at risk.