Increasing Safety by Increasing Age Limits of Drivers Many Albertans and fellow Canadians may agree that driving is an act of responsibility and maturity. Giving out licenses to teenagers‚ who tend to make risky and thoughtless decisions‚ is something the country should considered prohibiting. Due to such careless actions‚ crash rates are much higher for younger drivers than older‚ more experienced ones. The increase in fatality for teen drivers may be highly influenced by the lack of wearing seat
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Should We Raise the Minimum Driving Age? Ever since automobiles were introduced to the general public‚ a minimum driving age has been a topic of controversy. For example‚ in the year 1909 in the state of Pennsylvania‚ the age was set for 18 to obtain a license. Fast-forward one-hundred and eight years later and the current Pennsylvania minimum age is 16. Is this change positive or negative? Should the age be higher? Well‚ the statistics have a rather clear answer to these questions. I believe
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The driving age for adolescents should stay at 16 rather than being changed to a higher age because high schoolers need the ability to drive after school and the age doesn’t result in fatalities‚ its experience. Furthermore‚ graduated driving licenses creates a step by step guide to create problem solving and decision making while in tense situations and continues to drop fatality rates in states. Roughly 80% of high school students work at part time jobs and if the driving age is changed to 18
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Ellis Driving for many teenagers is there first passage to freedom‚ nothing is more exciting to many teens than becoming the legal age to drive. In the United States‚ most states legal age limits are set somewhere between 15 to 17 yrs old‚ each state having there own licensing process often with some type of probationary period before teens can obtain a full license. Recently law makers in Florida‚ Georgia‚ Delaware‚ Illinois‚ and Massachusetts have debated raising the legal driving age. Many of
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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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considering raising the age for legal drivers from sixteen to eighteen. It is believed that this is the correct path for numerous reasons‚ but there are two very important reasons for its implementation. First‚ drivers will acquire increased maturity‚ which leads to better judgement before hitting the road alone. Second‚ this law could reduce car accidents for those sixteen to eighteen year olds and possibly reduce car accidents overall. However‚ some argue that by keeping the driving age at sixteen gives
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consider them “standard” in our lives. Although‚ before obesity rates spiked‚ fast food was not as unhealthy or cheap‚ driving an automobile was only possible for a select few‚ and technology did not exist like it does now. In order to eliminate such high obesity rates in America I believe we must raise awareness on the damages obesity can have on our well-being. In order to so‚ there should be a higher emphasis put on healthy living rather than promoting fast food and other habits that are harmful to our
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Running header: RAISING THE DRIVING AGE Raising the driving age Sandy COMM 215 January 2007 Raising the Driving Age Should the age to receive a driver’s license be raised and‚ if not‚ should graduated licensing be instituted? This is a growing question across America. The percentage of teenage accidents involving automobiles is on a constant rise. Whether caused by the lack of experience or under the influence of alcohol‚ death has become all too common among teen motorists. This problem
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The Legal Drinking Age Should Be Raised By: Adrian Did you know that about 88‚000 people die a year from excessive alcohol use? Alcohol is a popular drug worldwide. It is often used at parties or clubs. Alcohol can lead to many deaths if you are not responsible with it. The drinking age is supposed to reduce deaths among young adults. Raising the drinking age has been a question for a long time. Young adults are not mature enough to make smart decisions yet because they are killing citizens and
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The Drinking Age in The U.S. Should Be Lowered When a person turns eighteen‚ he or she can get married‚ vote‚ pay taxes‚ purchase cigarettes‚ be tried as an adult for crimes‚ legally use their own credit card‚ purchase real estate‚ and even enter the military. When a United States citizen turns eighteen‚ that person is considered a legal adult. According to The United States Constitution‚ “The right of citizens of the United States‚ who are eighteen-years of age or older‚ to vote shall not be denied
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