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Time after time, studies show that requiring teenagers to complete at least 12 hours of

classroom driver's education significantly cuts down on automobile accident rates for younger
drivers. Not only do these classes turn students into better drivers, but they also keep more
careless drivers from obtaining their licenses. After all, if a teenager is unwilling to complete the
course, then he or she is not eligible for a driver's license. This self- selection process alone will
significantly improve road safety by keeping more careless young people off the road if the
state legislature votes to require driver's education for all teenage drivers.

What is most troublesome about the state's proposal is not that it requires all new drivers to
pass a driver's education course, but that it is specifically aimed at new drivers who are also
less than 21 years of age. While we do not argue with the data that show that mandatory
training for new drivers improves road safety, there is no lawful reason why such training
should only be mandatory for drivers under a certain age. Certainly, if such training is as
effective as its advocates say it is, then every new driver should be required to complete it,
regardless of age.

1. The Road Safety Advocate makes an argument that requiring young


drivers to complete a driver's education class will keep more careless young
people off the road. Based on the information given, which of the following is
an assumption that is required by the argument made by the Road Safety
Advocate?
Driver's education classes can benefit adults as well as younger drivers.

Teenagers who enroll in a driver's education class for at least 12 hours are, on average,
20% less likely to be involved in a serious accident than those who take no driver's
education class.

Young drivers are significantly more likely to be involved in a serious accident than adults
who have at least 10 years of driving experience.

Careless teenagers will not simply choose to drive without a valid driver's license.

The requirements of most driver's education classes are not so difficult as to make it
unreasonably difficult to pass the class.
2. Consider each statement. Select Most Supports for the statement that, if
true, most supports the position of the Advocate for Young People's Rights.
Data collected by the transportation bureau shows that a driver's education class can
reduce a driver's likelihood of being involved in an accident in the first 3 years of driving
by 25%.

Studies show that new drivers under the age of 21 tend to exhibit driving habits that are
more risky and dangerous than new drivers over the age of 25.

Many other states have also implemented mandatory driver's training courses for new
drivers under the age of 21.

Recent studies have shown that the total number of years of driving experience has a
stronger correlation to driving competence than age.

Optional driver's education courses are currently offered by driving schools for drivers
over 21 years of age.

3. Consider each of the following statements. In each column, select Both


Agree if it is a statement that both parties would agree with and select
Otherwise if it is a statement that they do not agree with.
Both Agree Otherwise

Driver's education courses can improve driving habits and driving


safety in some or all individuals who take such courses.

All operators of motor vehicles should have a valid driver's license,


including those over 21 years of age.

Driver's education courses should be mandatory for those under 21


years of age, but optional for those above 21 years of age.
4. Consider each statement. Select Most Weakens for the statement that, if
true, most weakens the argument made by the Advocate.
Data collected by the transportation bureau shows that a driver's education class can
reduce a driver's likelihood of being involved in an accident in the first 3 years of driving
by 25%.

Studies show that new drivers under the age of 21 tend to exhibit driving habits that are
more risky and dangerous than new drivers over the age of 25.

Many other states have also implemented mandatory driver's training courses for new
drivers under the age of 21.

Recent studies have shown that the total number of years of driving experience has a
stronger correlation to driving competence than age.

Optional driver's education courses are currently offered by driving schools for drivers
over 21 years of age.

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