03 December 2014 Driving in the Hands of a Minor The leading cause of death among teenagers in modern society is not suicide. It is not drowning‚ nor is it homicide (“Duffer”). According to Robert Duffer of the Chicago Tribune ‚ the leading cause of death among teens today is motor vehicle accidents. Numerous critics of raising the driving age suggest that doing so will solve nothing. This statistically is not true. Many factors should be accounted for when proposing the legal driving age. The pivotal reasons that
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of Self-Driving Cars According to loc.gov the first automobile was invented by Karl Benz around 1885 and by 1912 Thomas Russell wrote the book called Automobile Driving Self-Taught where he calls the act of driving an art and presents all the rules and steps to become a good driver; however‚ since then automobile manufacturers have been creating more cars and implementing better technologies and improving automobiles to the point that today most new cars are semi-autonomous and driving has become
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Essay : "should young people be allowed to drive before the age of 18 ? " People are discussing the driving age for teenagers. I don’t know why we should lower it. I think its important to keep it at 18 years of age . possibility of parents losing control over their children‚ the immaturity of teenagers‚ and the history of the teenagers’ accidents and deaths are the main reasons. Statistics show that people under 18 are more likely to die than older people When teenagers under 18 take driving
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Driving under the influence of alcohol has affected and devastated countless people’s lives. Driving under the influence is one of the most dangerous situations you can put yourself or someone else into. If you drink and drive‚ not only do you possibly put yourself at risk but your passengers‚ as well as other people on the roads too. “Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for teens‚ and roughly 1/3 of these accidents involve alcohol or another substance.”(DoSomething.org) These victims
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the United States (US). Meaning that such law could actually end up being a life saver. That law can and will make the road a saver place to travel. Texting while driving and Drunk driving is very dangerous‚ it almost doubles the chance to get into a car accident. So a such law will almost double the safety of the road. Driving while texting is so dangerous and some people don’t even recognize how dangerous it is. When a person text and drives they think they’re multitasking‚ while most people
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The Importance of Safe Driving According to the Center for Disease Control‚ motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among people ages 5-34 in the United States.1 In fact‚ between 2000 and 2005‚ 42‚000 people died on our country’s roads and highways.2 Additionally‚ the lifetime costs of crash-related deaths and injuries among drivers and passengers were $70 billion in 2005.3 While all of these are the result of accidents‚ a large percentage of these are accidents that could have been
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Stanley Bussey Essay 2 Draft 4 Eng 103-0870 Dr. David Sibbitt Texting and Driving‚ You Never Know Not a care in the world. Teenage years are supposed to be the best time in my life‚ because all I have to worry about is me. Why should I care about the next person? Who can I hurt by sending out this text? My girls and I are just fooling around and having some fun and I’m just texting some boy teasing my friend in the back. It will only take a second to send this text and then I’m right back to
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Drunk Driving‚ Groups‚ Affects‚ Laws How much longer will it take to get rid of careless drunk drivers? Drunk driving has been a problem in the United States since the beginning of automobiles; however‚ it did not become an important social issue until the mid 1980’s. Drunk driving was defined as a problem located within individuals or groups. Drunk driving is illegal in every state. It is not only illegal‚ but unsafe to operate an automobile if you are under the influence of alcohol. When a person
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at 16”(Applying). This is a fairly young age and may not be the best‚ because teenage driving causes lots of accidents and deaths. Currently‚ there is lots of debate surrounding whether the minimum age to get a driver’s license should increase or not. One major piece of evidence answers this question‚ which is that car accidents are “the number one cause of death in teens”(Gregory). This shows that teenage driving is a big problem which is why something needs to change. Due to car accidents being the
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Victoria Busgith Dr. Polistena-D’Agosto Comp II 3307 30 November 2014 Distracted Driving: Learn From Example How does Distracted Driving effect teens in society today? There are many distractions that teens face today. Research has given the basic reasons why there is distracted driving like: peer pressure‚ technology‚ speeding‚ violating laws‚ and driving under the influence. In the year of 2011 distracted related crashes have claimed 3331 lives and injured 416‚387 people nationwide. With
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