Annotated Bibliography Topic: The Legal Age for Driving should be increased to 25 years Source 1 Duddu, V. R., Kukkapalli, V. M., & Pulugurtha, S. S. (2019). Crash risk factors associated with injury severity of teen drivers. IATSS research, 43(1), 37-43. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0386111218300207 The article crash risk factors associated with injury severity of teen drivers written by Duddu and Kukkapalli (2019) shows why teen drivers are at risk to be involved in accidents. The writers begin by stating the sole reason why automobile accidents are the leading cause of death and disability for teenagers. .The article also state that brain immaturity is the reason why teens cannot properly gauge danger in the face of achieving pleasure and excitement. For most teens nothing stands in the way of the pursuit of pleasure until the brain matures and is able to balance risk and reward. The relevance of this article is that many people think that inexperience is the reason automobile accidents are the leading cause of death and disabilities in many teens around the world, but they’re wrong. The main reason why there’s teen accidents is the prefrontal cortex in the brain which makes important decisions isn’t developed yet in teens. Source 2 Regev, S., Rolison, J. J., & Moutari, S. (2018). Crash risk by driver age, gender, and time of day using a new exposure methodology. Journal of safety research, 66, 131-140. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022437517307600 The journal article by Regev et al., (2018) called Crash risk by driver age, gender, and time of day using a new exposure methodology, discusses the importance of raising the driving age to 25 years. The authors’ state that a growing number of Americans believe that increasing the driving age would reduce the epidemic of fatal teen-driving accidents. The authors further explains that many brain researchers and safety experts agree with this statement. Evidence reveals for example that a 16 year old brain is not completely developed. The article states that when teens are speeding, their brain’s thrill center is working perfectly but the part of their brain risks is not fully developed. Since a record number of teens will soon be driving, the time to increase the driving age and avert fatal car crashes is now. The authors argue that the idea of raising the driving age is gaining momentum in the fight to save the lives of teen drivers.
