101-041 Kevin Morris 22 March 2012 Audience: Professor Kevin Morris Changing the Driving Age Should Not Be Raised It should come as no surprise that when the issue of whether or not the driving age should be raised is brought up‚ most people will argue that it should. If these same individuals were to take a look at some of the facts on this issue‚ their minds might be up for a change. The issue of raising the driving age has been a topic of discussion for many years because most of the evidence
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RYAN NETTLE 11/11/14 5.10 Final Draft DRIVER’S LICENSE AGE It would be personally beneficial to having the driving age lowered to fifteen years old. This would give me the ability to have a part-time job now. Also‚ I could go to the gym more to work out if I could drive. Then‚ if there were scheduled rodeos or ropings on dates that my parents already had plans‚ I would still be able to attend them. Several of my friends‚ which are also doing their schoolwork at home‚ like to practice roping
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A majority of states in the United States legal driving age limit is sixteen (forty-three states have sixteen years old as the legal driving age limit). On contrary to other states where the age limit to have a restricted license at the age of fourteen‚ fifteen‚ or seventeen‚ sixteen years old is the most successful age for states to allow teens to get a restricted license. The legal driving age in the United States should stay at sixteen years old because it allows teenagers a sense of responsibility
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minors are mostly involved in crashes. Some regulations have been made to help decrease the dangers of teen driving‚ for example‚ the Graduated Driver License and the banning of cell phones while driving to help prevent distractions. Even though there are regulations‚ minors don’t always follow them which is why the dangers of teen driving are underrated. One of the leading dangers with teen driving is the amount of cell phone usage. Teenagers are in the prime of their social life and always have a cell
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Texting while driving is a national epidemic that has quickly become one of the country’s top killers. (Texting and Driving Safety‚ n.d.) America has developed a problem with needing to stay connected at all times. Many American’s today live extremely busy lives and try to offset some of their workload by getting things done while driving. Most American’s now have smartphone and are able to check their email inboxes on the go. They will do this on the road as well as send text messages or make phone
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of the move towards self-driving cars and whether self-driving cars are safer than human operated cars. In 2017 Opposing Viewpoints Online‚ Gale‚ Lou Frenzel published “Self-Driving Cars Take the Fun Out of Driving”. He has concerns with how the car itself will operate and the impact it will have on people. Frenzel foresees this move having more negative effects on people rather than positive. He created this text for the purpose of addressing the concerns on self-driving cars. Lou Frenzel is a technology
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For many people‚ getting a driving license is a basic thing in life. Driving license sometimes is symbol of freedom for some teenagers. In Malaysia‚ a person from age 16 is qualified to have a motorcycle licence and a person from age qualified to have a car driving license if they can pass all the test given to them by Road Transport Department. If you are a starter‚ firstly the person should contact an instructor who’s is certified and has experience in teaching how to drive or to ride. In such
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which way. Will this happen to you‚ if self-driving cars become mandatory? Will you trust your life in the hands of a computer? Self-driving cars should not be mandatory for everyone and we should be able to choose if we want to drive
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Do you like having your parents driving you around where you need to go? Or having to go places on your parents time because their busy or too tired to drive? No teen want that‚ especially if they can drive themselves. They are trying to establish a new law that teen can get their licenses when they turn 18 when they are more responsible instead of 16. The 16 year old driving age should stay the same instead of trying to increase the age because it can teach teens more about responsibility‚ gives
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Texting While Driving In 2011‚ at least 23% of auto collisions involved cell phones which equal 1.3 million crashes. In the year 2009 alone‚ nearly 5‚870 innocent lives were taken due to careless driving while using a cell phone behind the wheel. In statistics of Oklahoma 2008 car crashes‚ 1298 accidents were cell phone related‚ nine of which resulting in death. Overall cell phones cause roughly a quarter of all accidents in the United States. “And a rough consensus between science‚ policy‚ and
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