teenagers die from car crashes every day. In the U.S.‚ most states start the driving age as young as 14 to 16 years old. Although having a learner’s permit requires a parent or adult guardian over a certain age to accompany the minor while driving‚ age 14-16 is too young to start driving and the age limit should be changed. There are three major factors that contributes to accidents among teen drivers and why the driving age should be changed. The lack of experience because they’re too young‚ distractions
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regarding drinking is whether the legal drinking age should be lowered from twenty-one to eighteen. Lowering the drinking age from twenty-one to eighteen would be an effective and beneficial step to help reduce alcohol-related accidents and deaths‚ encourage safe drinking activity‚ and allow those of legal adulthood the opportunity to fully and responsibly make adult decisions. In the United States age‚ eighteen is the age of adulthood‚ and adults should have the right to make their own decisions regarding
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The people who are in the ages of 18 to 26 years years of age have the responsibility to be educated about the sake of becoming healthy‚ because every individual that are 18 through 26 are role models for young and elderly people. Many people look up to the 18 through 26 years of age because they have the power of voice to influence others. For instance‚ many people who are in college eat unhealthy because on campus there is a lot of food places for them to go out and eat. In the Sacramento Bee
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the minimum wage is an evergoing danger that Americans must fight against. The minimum wage has the ability to ruin or stabilize our economy. The government must be more cautious in its implementation of the minimum wage. The minimum wage should not be raised because it will increase inflation‚ take away jobs‚ decrease job opportunity for untrained individuals‚ and hurt small businesses. A rising minimum wage will result in a higher price of goods and raise inflation of our economy. Increasing
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Drinking and Driving Persuasive Essay Comm215 July 12‚ 2010 Drinking and Driving Each year numerous lives are lost due to careless and irrational driving. The disregard for safe driving has been a predicament to the United States of America for years. Many years Police have relied heavily on speed cameras‚ breathalyzer tests and heavy fines as a deterrent against unlawful drivers. Over the years fatality rates have increased‚ so the Department of Transportation and Highway Safety has
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reckless driving cases‚ specifically from the time periods 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. A 12 a.m. curfew on weekends and a 10 p.m. curfew on weekdays would help to protect teens and others on the roads late at night from getting into troublesome or dangerous situations. In my town of Leesburg‚ Virginia‚ a 12 a.m. to 4 a.m. curfew is placed on anyone under the age of 18 on all days of the week. The curfew is used to minimize the amount of inexperienced teens on the road during hours where driving can be
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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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English 111 26 June 2009 A Fatal Addiction One minute you’re talking on the phone with a friend‚ driving home from the store‚ the next you wake up in a hospital bed with serious injuries covering your body‚ wondering what happened. An estimated amount of traffic injuries and deaths combined are 350‚600‚ and 330‚000 being injuries. Everyone you know has a cell phone‚ we all use them constantly‚ every minute of everyday. Knowing that it is dangerous to text and drive‚ we still do it; we text‚ play
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Minimum wage has been a controversial debate for many years. Many proponents argued that the minimum wage should be raised for many positive reasons. These reasons include: lift people out of poverty and create income equality‚ reduce government welfare spending‚ and increase consumer spending. While many other opponents argued‚ minimum wage should not be raised because of the negative impacts associated with it. These impacts include: increase in poverty because many workers will lose their jobs
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People argue on lowering the drinking age to eighteen whether it is a good idea. Some teenagers start experiencing drinking in high school. Many teenagers think there is nothing wrong with a drink every now or again at a party. In fact‚ many teenagers see drinking alcohol as an important stage in becoming an adult. For this reason‚ teenagers are more temped to consume alcohol. The legal drinking age should be lowered from twenty-one to eighteen because eighteen is considered to be a legal adult‚
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