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9- The government is planning to set a higher driving age. The law will not 
allow young people below 21 to drive. 
Do you agree or disagree with this scheme? Use specific reasons to 
support your opinion.
The media seem to have developed a grudge against teenage drivers recently. 
They claim that these young people should not be allowed on the road because 
they cause accidents, while teens cause no more accidents than adults do. 
Incredibly the government seems to share this blind prejudice and is going to set 
an unacceptably high driving age. Even if teens cause as much mayhem as the 
government claims they do, they should be given a chance to improve on 
themselves, not wait for themselves to become safer.
An extremely obvious fact that both the government and the media have 
overlooked is that age does not make a person safe. This is why adults cause 
just as many accidents as teenagers do. However, the government refuses to 
see what is plainly under its nose and is going to set an unjust driving age in the 
hope that it will reduce the country’s number of road accidents. Bear in mind that 
adults, who have the exact same rate of accidents, are allowed to roam freely 
on the road. This shows how biased the government is.
The high driving age also creates problems for all the young people who will not 
be allowed to drive on their own, especially university students. They are usually 
forced to take the highly unreliable and mismanaged public transport. As the 
services are usually delayed or overloaded, it causes the young people to be 
late for their daily commitments. They also have to pay more and suffer the 
added frustration. 
In conclusion, I believe instead of taking the easy way out, the government 
should tackle the problem at its roots. Young people usually cause accidents 
because of the lack of experience or awareness, or both. So the government 
should provide education of some sort to help young people build these things. 
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