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Which reason could best be supported by the evidence in
this passage?
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With car crashes being the leading cause of death among
teenagers, many are in favor of raising the legal driving age
to eighteen. According to the National Highway Safety
Administration, the rate of crashes, both fatal and nonfatal,
for sixteen-year-old drivers is almost ten times the rate as
that of drivers aged thirty to fifty-nine, as calculated per
mile driven. No one disputes the idea that raising the legal
driving age will create issues and difficulties for many;
however, these issues pale in comparison with the issue of
safety. "The bottom line is that when we look at the
research, raising the driving age saves lives,' states Adrian
Lund, president of the Insurance Institute for Highway
Safety, a research group funded by the auto insurance
industry. To date, New Jersey is the only state to raise the
legal driving age to seventeen, and various studies have
shown that the overall rate of teen fatalities linked to
automobile accidents has been consistently lower
Raising the driving age would reinforce the idea that
driving is a privilege
Teenagers are not mature enough to drive at the age of
sixteen.
The legal driving age should be raised to eighteen for
safety reasons.
Eighteen-years-olds are better able to sustain the costs
of driving
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