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.