“The law is reason free from passion” Aristotle

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Nowadays, it’s a fact that in most of car accidents, young people between 18 to 24 years old are involved. They’re usually leaving parties at dawn and driving under the influence, putting theirs and others lives at risk. Recently, a very well-known journalist published an article in the newspaper saying that the minimum age for driving in Brazil should be reduced to 16.

Inevitably, it caused a lot of controversy, because despite the fact that adolescents want to be more independent from its parents, many people considered this measure a threat to society, as car accidents involving young people are increasing a lot. (And only people up to 18 are able to drive. Imagine if the age was reduced.)

On the other hand, we should emphasize that even thought there are lots of irresponsible teenagers, some part of them is mature enough to drive a car with no adult supervision and it is very unfair to deprive them from this opportunity.

I recognize some vantages, but I’m against the potential law. I tend to think it would only be a good thing if the government invested in education and driving lessons to adolescents.

Otherwise, every time a person turned 16, their friends would think “Oh! There’s one more trying to increase the number of deaths in traffic!”. Just kidding! ;P