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Do you think the driving age should be raised? I do not think it should. There are three main reasons why it shouldn’t be raised. At fifteen years of age young people are responsible enough to drive, secondly, you do not want to wait one more year. Lastly , they have made the test a lot harder so you really do need to study and know how to drive.

At the age of fifteen we are boys turning to men, girls turning to young woman. We are maturing more and more everyday. We know we need to be mature and safe when were driving, so we are. Young people these days need to be places like town, sport, etc so how do we get there if we don’t have our licence. On http://www.aa.co.nz/ the people of New Zealand have posted and said what they think on the matter and 74% think its better having your licence at a younger age, and its not just young people saying that. My personal link to this is I have my licence and don’t know what I’d do without it.

My second point is why, why wait one more year it’s a waste of time its not going to stop the crashes or the deaths on our roads. Instead of raising the drivers age why don’t we do something that’s really going to work and improve this. So why don’t we lower the cc that your allowed so fore the learner and restricted licence drivers let them drive up to 1800cc vehicle. I think this will really help because all guys think bout is going fast or having the fastest car, this should happen later for now you just want a car that gets u from a to b not some flash car that always breaks down. Guys being guys would try showing off trust me not a good idea ‘I was driving my nannas Holden commodore threw town saw a mate then sped up and just about lost control.                          

The last one is the tests the tests are a lot harder then they used to be. People used to get there licence by just going and taking the tests, no study just common sense. The research I've done on this topic from http://www.drivenewzealand.co/  shows not only are the new tests 23% harder it only has a 64% pass rate to the older test having a 81% pass rate which means our older drivers wouldn't get there licence these days. So in a way that makes the young drives not more experienced but better drivers.

This brings me to my conclusion it’s really a no-brainer, it should not be raised. And why is this. We are responsible. We don’t want to waste another year .and we have the harder test. Think about those three things; put your self in our shoes.