Age-Based Accidents

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses the dangers of inexperienced teen drivers and the issues facing elderly drivers and suggests that the requirements to get and keep a driver's license must be updated, while the way driving ability is tested must also be changed. The paper hopes that if teenage drivers must be supervised while driving until the age of 17 and the elderly will have regular license renewals with ability tests, age-based accidents will stop.

From the Paper:

"Imagine throwing a ball at an upward angle. It travels up for a while, reaches its peak, and then falls back to the ground. The route it travels makes a sort of upside down "U" shape. Now transpose that shape onto a graph where the x-axis is a person's age. What could this graph show us? It could be the money a person makes, or the ability to control when they go to the bathroom, but for the purpose of this essay it is the ability to safely drive an automobile. There is a certain age at which teenagers become mature enough to pilot a car by themselves. In addition, there is an age at which a person becomes too old, whether because of physical or mental disability, to drive a car safely. Studies have shown that the most accidents per mile are caused by teenager and elderly driving (Cox)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Cox, Tim. Research from Quality Planning Corp. Shows Elderly Drivers Involved in More Accidents, Fewer Violations Than Younger Drivers. Quality Planning Corporation. 9 Nov. 2008 <http://www.qualityplanning.com/qpc_resources_public/news/030929-Older%20drivers.htm>.
• "Driving Age." Scholastic Choices 21.6 (Apr./May 2006): 4-5.
• Gravelle, Karen. The Driving Book: Everything New Drivers Need to Know But Don't Know to Ask. N.p.: Walker & Company, 2005.
• Levy, D.T., and R. Martinez. "Elderly Drivers, Car Accidents and License Renewal Policies." American Family Physician 53.4 (1996): 1381.
• Poovey, Bill. "As Boomer Drivers Age, Firms Rethink Car Design." Associated Press 19 Oct. 2008: 3C.

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