not‚ but those who think the driving age should be raised are wanting this to happen. They are labeling all teens before they got into an accident or even before they got behind the wheel. They believe that because of someone’s birth date‚ they are by definition dangerous (“Lund”). The minimum driving age should stay at 16 of age because if it is raised‚ it will delay the experience of driving and it will cause an inconvenience for parents. Raising the legal driving age will only delay the experience
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Texting while driving is one of the most common causes of accidents on roads. This is because texting while driving results in physical‚ visual and cognitive distraction. It greatly increases the amount of time a driver spends not looking at the road. It is a very serious distraction that can cost you your life or the lives of other people. According to recent research by Queensland’s RACQ‚ using a mobile phone in general can relay reaction time as much as having a blood alcohol content of 0.08%
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10‚076 people were killed last year due to drunk driving. Drunk driving is one of the major problems that comes with alcohol‚ and as the years go on‚ more and more teens are choosing to drink even though it is in fact illegal. So this brings up the question‚ should the legal drinking age of alcohal be lowered to 18 years old? Many people around the nation state that teens of 18 years old are developed enough to not get affected by alcohol‚ that it would decrease binge drinking‚ and that teens would
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physically and emotionally. I believe the best way to put an end to this is by changing the age limit to get a driver’s permit. Teenagers should not be able to get their driver’s permit until the age of 18. The age limit to get a driver’s permit should change because teenagers are inexperienced drivers‚ and teenagers are easily distracted. The age limit to get a driver’s permit should increase to the age of 18 because teenagers are inexperienced drivers. Teens are less experienced with solving problems
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Riley Warner English 1 Period 1 3/5/12 Should the Legal Drinking Age Be Lowered: CON There is a huge problem with underage drinking in the U.S. Some states have already lowered the drinking age such as Maine‚ Massachusetts‚ and Michigan. One main point on why it shouldn’t be lowered is because of a higher chance of depression in teens. Second‚ it increases health and educational problems in teens also. Lastly‚ it would increase the amount of alcohol related accidents because of teens brains not
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What age should a child be considered and adult‚ I believe that a child should be considered an adult when there legally 18 yrs. of age. When someone turns 18 yrs. of age there aloud to vote‚ drive‚ work and do lots of adult like things. When a child legally turns 18 yrs. of age‚ they should be considered an adult When a child legally turns 18 yrs. of age‚ I think they should be considered and adult. The reason why I believe when they turn 18 yrs. of age they legally are an adult because they
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should the congress raised the driving limited to 21? The legal driving age has been a constant debate and every few years another log is thrown onto the fire. Should we really raise the legal age to drive? Would it save lives? Today the driving age is 17 or ever younger . In my opinion is should be raise at least to 21 it could be a good idea to rise the driving age because young driver are the main cause of road death and injuries. Also young drivers drink and drive at the same
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Raising the Legal Driving Age from 16 to 18 years old There is currently a debate occurring in Illinois and several other states regarding the legal age for obtaining a driver’s license. Changing the legal driving age from 16 to 18 years old‚ following a series of mandated courses‚ tests‚ and experience behind the wheel. Some of the primary arguments for doing so revolve around driver and public safety while the arguments for keeping the legal age at its current 16 years of age center on drivers’
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boyfriend‚ but you over sleep. You wake up all panicy‚ youre already an hour late. You don’t want them to think you stood them out so you don’t even bother changing your clothes or fixing your hair. So you jet off in a rush and head to the car. As you’re driving you decide to send them a text to let them know you didn’t forget and you’re on your way… little did you know you were on your way to the hospital‚ with a pit stop at the county jail. It turns out that in those 2 seconds where you were looking at
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whole (not sure if this is how it is in other parts of the world outside of the U.S. • Topic Should elders above the age of 65 be allowed to drive? • Specific purpose To persuade the audience to if not want to change the laws when it comes to our elderly and their access of being able to drive a motor vehicles‚ at the very least‚ to do a better job of being more cautious with the elderly and access to driving. • Thesis I live in Port Saint Lucie‚ Florida and about a week or so ago‚ a 98 year old male
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