Study shows that sixty-four percent of the world’s drivers are teenagers. Because of safety concerns‚ state legislatures are considering changing the minimum driving age from sixteen to eighteen. The driving age should remain the same‚ because driving allows teenagers to transport themselves to and from school or jobs‚ and they are able to obtain necessary responsibility skills. First thing to remember is that many sixteen year olds are very busy. In most cases‚ many students are involved in extracurricular
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Do you like having your parents driving you around where you need to go? Or having to go places on your parents time because their busy or too tired to drive? No teen want that‚ especially if they can drive themselves. They are trying to establish a new law that teen can get their licenses when they turn 18 when they are more responsible instead of 16. The 16 year old driving age should stay the same instead of trying to increase the age because it can teach teens more about responsibility‚ gives
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Do you think the driving age should be raised? Here are some thing you need to know. The driving age should be raised. Some states allow 14 and 15 year old’s to get their permit. The drive age should be raised because teens need to be more responsible. Some parents don’t want their child to drive at 16. Also most teens can be a little careless at times. Teens need to be more responsible 18 is a better age to drive at because teens will be more mature. The reason 18 is better is because they will
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Ryan Lehane 21 March 2008 License to Parent? The implementation of a parenting license procedure will be of great benefit to civilization in the development of our world. Decisions to restrict certain vocations‚ to forbid privileges such as driving‚ require successful passing of a licensing examination. Today‚ we seem to have created forms of permits and licenses for everything that we have deemed “valuable” with the exception of the most valuable possession anyone could ever obtain
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Isn’t driving to school such a wonderful privilege? Virginia is contemplating changing the minimum driving age to 18. I believe it is a terrible idea change the driving age. To start with‚ getting a driver’s license at 18 is a terrible idea because teenagers would be less responsible‚ more illegal driving‚ and more pressure would be put on teenagers parents. First off‚ teenagers would be less responsible because they wouldn’t have to take care of their car‚ won’t need a job for gas money‚ and
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Advantages and disadvantages of early retirement. Constant pursuit of money‚ making the big time‚ flux‚ accomplishing social status but where is the time to enjoy those attainments? When are we to say ‘enough’? Current pace of life disables us to do so. Just work work and again. Is there any key? Maybe worth of consideration would be early retirement ; what are the advantages and disadvantages of previously mentioned action? Firstly‚ when we are talking about advantages. It is a new start
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Minimum Driving Age Needs to be raised Should the minimum driving age be raised? 15-to-20-year-olds only make up 17% (13.2 million) of the total licensed drivers on the U.S. Teenagers have been involved in many car accidents since 1998. Car crashes among 15-to-20-year-olds have been recorded and studied by Mr. masten and his colleagues. car crashes involving teenagers were really high in 1998; however rules and programs have been applied to teach teens how to be responsible and know how to handle
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Control". Why? Another car accident. The truth is the number of deaths and accidents caused by 16 year olds every day is astonishing. I believe the only way to stop the rising epidemic is to raise the driving age‚ implement a rewards program‚ and increase parental involvement. Raising the driving age would make a huge impact in the amount of car accidents‚ but its not necessarily the teens fault‚ its their brains. Every person is taking a risk when getting into a car‚ but do parents realize how
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child in harms way‚ by making the decision of driving for one’s child instead of letting them make their own decision to drive when 18. Motor vehicles are or should be considered a deadly weapon considering all the deaths a motor vehicle can have. According to The U.S. Department of Transportation‚ motor vehicle traffic crashes were the number one leading cause of death for young teens in 2010. The driving age should be raised to 18 because at the age of 16 the brain has not fully developed‚ young
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