Young drivers are careless and overconfident, and too many are killed in accidents. To eliminate this problem, we could teach children the skills of safe driving while they are at school. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
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| Young Careless Drivers |
Today reckless driving and
deaths due to road accidents involving younger people driving automobiles is a
growing menace. It has become a dire need to put a check on this problem. There
are certain experts who suggest that it will be good idea if this initiative
could be taken up by schools to impart training and education on safe driving
habits to young generation in their growing years. Some sections though
contradict this and feel it is inappropriate.
Adventurous attitude of youth is assumed to be main cause
behind present trend of rising road mishaps. As it happens that when these
people step into drivable age, they seem to lack proper inputs and training on
how to keep roads safe and in their quest for more adventure, they sometimes
commit serious mistakes loose their lives. If they could be trained by their
educational institution at a very young age, it would not only expose them to basics
of road safety norms but also help them to get right attitude needed to drive
safely.
Similarly, some social scientists feel that when it is the
responsibility of an academic establishment to nurture qualities of a good
citizenship in their pupils, then they should also participate in this mission,
as safe roads also form a premise of a mature and rational adulthood.
There are strong contradictions to this theory as many have
the opinion that teaching children how to drive will be waste of time as this
knowledge cannot be put to use until they grow upto 18 years.
To conclude, I would rather say that stricter license issuing
norms should be established and schools should be left alone as they have many
more issues to address, which are more critical than safe driving.
