The state legislature should not pass the bill that would require a person to acquire a high school diploma before they get a drivers license.Among other reasons, teens not having a license puts more pressure on parents, the penalties are less severe, and having a drivers license prepare teens for adulthood through the responsibility of having one before graduating.

When teens get their license, parents do feel a little relieved. If the teen has a vehicle that they can use, their parents do not need to drive them around if they want to go somewhere or hang out with friends. Given this scenario, the teens parents can now do what they would have otherwise not been able to do had they driven their teen around, and therefore getting more things done in that time. Whenever my sister wants to go hang out with friends or go to a school activity, our parents must driver her their and back, usually taking two trips total for each outing. However, when my sister gets her license and a vehicle she can drive, our parents will no longer have to driver her around, and therefore being able to do what they want in the time it would have taken to drive my sister around.

When teens drive, well when anyone drives, accidents do happen. And yes, teens are more likely to end up in crashes or collisions. However, the penalties for a teen driver in and accident compared to that of a young adult fresh out of high school are much less severe, with them only being minors. This would cost them, their parents, and insurance companies much less money dealing with fines accumulated by teens. Which brings me to the responsibility of that factor.

Learning to be responsible at an early age is critical for a successful adulthood. Giving teens a drivers license teaches them the most responsibility at this age, being that they hold other people's lives as well as their own in their hands when they drive a vehicle. When I had gotten my license, or even my permit to drive, I was the most nervous I had ever been. I didn't want to crash, hurting me or others. Having that sort of responsibility weighs down on teens, like it did with me, feeling like a heavy wool blanket had been draped over me. With this responsibility shadowing me, it made me drive like you should, which is the safest way to do so.

So, with the relief of pressure on parents, penalties being less severe, as well as learning how to be responsible for when they become adults, teens should be able to get a drivers license before they get a diploma.