government in the last 18 months have increased the diving age from fifteen to sixteen‚ many people are shocked and lots of teenagers are angry and do not agree with this change‚ but in 88.5% of New Zealanders eyes that was the right thing to do. I am going to tell you my reasons about why I think that they have move the age limit up to sixteen on driving. Firstly‚ the government has done the right and responsible thing for the increase of age for getting your license; they have primarily done it to
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that having sixteen year olds driving is a safety issue because they are young‚ new‚ irresponsible‚ and reckless drivers‚ couldn’t the same be said about eighteen year olds? The eighteen year olds would be just as new to driving as the sixteen year old drivers are. The driving age should stay at the current age of sixteen because of jobs‚ a longer amount of parental supervision‚ and also the amount of recklessness would stay the same. To start off‚ the driving age should be kept at sixteen not
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Driving Age Some people are discussing the driving age for teenagers. How it should be raised or lowered. I am going to explore both sides and in the end choose one for my self. The different sides include; Keep the age the same‚ lowering it‚ and raising it‚ of just making it to where you can get your permit earlier but still drive at 16. The age for driving could change over the next couple of years‚ so there will be positive and negative consequences. If we keep the age at 16 and not change
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Driving is one of the most dangerous activities that exists today; yet everybody is involved in it nearly every day. Of the common stereotypes in society‚ perhaps one of the most common is that of the immature teenagers behind the wheel taking the lives of others. This stereotype is completely false. Although teens may be more susceptible to car accidents‚ the driving age should remain the same because the problem is lack of practice‚ teenageers need to travel around‚ teenagers are not the only
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Increasing the Driving Age to 18 Years of Age According to recent statistics collected by Stats Canada‚ there are approximately 160 000 road accidents in Canada each year. Information recorded by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada states that of these 160 000 road accidents‚ there are approximately 2850 fatalities. Of these fatalities‚ over 5000 are predominantly teenagers aged 16-20‚ who are relatively new drivers. Furthermore‚ 400 000 drivers of the same age category are seriously injured
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accident later on in life. Teenagers who are older usually get into accidents. If the minimum age is raised‚ teenagers won’t have the rights they deserve. The minimum age driving age should remain at the age of 16 because teenagers need to learn responsibility‚ they will be able to help their parents‚ and they would be able to work a job. First of all‚ teenagers need to learn responsibility when it comes to driving. If teenagers learn to drive early‚ they won’t rely on everyone else to take them places
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Argumentative Driving Age There have been 1‚348 fewer deadly crashes involving 16-year-old drivers‚on the other hand in a year there were 4‚358 deaths of teens under 21 from alcohol use.The government should not raise the minimum driving age.Driving makes teens more responsible and makes them more focused.Some people say that it should stay the same for many reasons one being that teens are not responsible enough. If we lowered the driving age it would help make teens more responsible and experienced
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raise the driving age to 18 years old has been a touchy subject on every level of the spectrum; from State Highway Safety Association to teenagers and everybody in between. Although everyone has some degree of approval that raising the driving age would be a good idea no one has really put forth the effort to actually have it come to pass. This has lead to the ongoing debate of whether it should even be a consideration anymore. There are several reasons that establishing the driving age at 18 is a
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My state is thinking about raising the driving age by one year and they are thinking if they should do it or leave it. As a underage teenager‚ it difficult for me to be getting around‚ especially when my parents is always working so I usually doesn’t have a ride to go anywhere. I strongly believe that the state should not raise the driving age by one year. First of all‚ it hard for us teen to be going out to places on their own‚ especially if you are playing in a sport that requires staying after
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drivers‚ who are not ready yet to have the power of driving a car. It is dangerous to have a place where young reckless drivers do not know the importance of attetion needed when driving a vehicle. The driving age in United States should be changed to eighteen‚ to avoid young people to take a too big responsibility early in life. Even though a lot of places in the United States are completely illegal to use the cellphone while a person is driving‚ there is still a lot of states in US where this
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