Date: Saturday, June 6th 2015

Participants (from 11 countries) :

Team A: (Yes) Selly, Brady, Kelly

Team B: (No) Amine, Aziz, Rick, Roya

Team C: (On the fence) Johny (), Maria (), Lala, Sunita, Yusuf

Host: Rick

Moderator: Marwa

Team A summary:

A 21 years old driver can distinguish what is good and right. (Brady)
They know clearly their responsibilities when they drive a car.
When they are in teenager, they can let their parents drive them to school, so they can spend more time with their parents and learn how to drive a car base on their parents' experience, and they can use that time to share their life with their parents.
Avoid racing cars at teenage.
Allowing teenagers of 18 (for example) would give them more independence allowing their parents to take advantage of the time saved.
21 years old drivers often find easy to calm down in front of stressful traffic situations.
A passenger can gain driving skills by just being present inside the car and learn driving and gain awareness by just watching.
Fewer cars in the road can help to reduce pollution. (Rising up the minimum age for driving= fewer people driving)
Rising up the legal age for driving would not only decrease accidents, it would also be beneficial to the environment.

Team B summary:

If you are legally mature enough to join the military, to vote, to potentially start a family, to get a job you shall be allowed to drive as well.
Driving gives people more option in life, more flexibility and even in emergencies, it gives more independence and young people should be allowed to have these options.
Allowing people younger than 21 would give them better opportunities to get a better job i.e.: Delivery, warehouse, etc.
The earlier they start driving, the more driving experience and skill they will gain.
An 18 years old person it is often already mature enough to drive.
Lowing the age for driving gives people more mobility, and allows them to develop their sense of responsibility.
Age doesn’t have much influence at driving because it depends on skills not on the age.
Traffic accidents happen not for the age but for other factors such as texting on the phone, drinking alcohol, or for some other reasons.
The more practical is the experience, less important is the age.
Age is an indicator of experience only therefore experience is more important.
Younger people should be independent as well and not always depend on their parents to go to Schools or elsewhere if they prove to be responsible and mature enough.

Team C summary:

Team B won the debate. Thanks everyone for participating.

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