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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Driving is a daily activity that has been ingrained in the American culture. The anticipated sweet sixteen unleashes a rush of emotions and excitement for many teens‚ but it releases a completely different rush of emotions for parents and adults. Giving a sixteen-year-old the keys to a car and freedom of the open road can be both convenient and terrifying for parents. If a parent had a choice between their child dying or having an inconvenience of driving them around‚ hopefully‚ they would choose
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English 101 In today’s society driving plays an important role. It is a well sought out mode of transportation‚ rite of passage for teenagers‚ and a basic necessity. Driving is a symbol of freedom for teenagers who pass their driving test and get their license. Driving is also something serious and shouldn’t be taken lightly. In 2008 alone‚ traffic accidents that caused injury totaled at 32‚769 accidents. Aggressive driving can be linked to this because aggressive driving is dangerous and never ends
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and shootings are of the norm in the United States in this time period. Once the door is opened and the questions are asked the mother’s worst fears are confirmed; she then is driven to the hospital to view the remains of her pride and joy. Drunk driving is an appalling practice‚ which is held to be completely normal and acceptable‚ regardless of the countless lives lost and impacted by the gruesome crime. Alcohol is considered a mind-altering drug because it acts on the brain and central
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Everything changes in an instant. Checking a cell phone while driving could result in severe injury or death. I agree with the law to make it illegal to drive while using a hand held cell phone. Implementing this law will make travel safer and it will protect people’s lives. Cell phones have become major distractions. Many are addicted to their phones. The inability of people to look away from their phone screen has cause many fatal accidents. Texting and the use of social media keeps a constant
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each year in crashes due to texting while driving (Ramirez). Texting and driving not only puts a high risk of danger on the driver‚ but creates a dangerous environment for everyone surrounding them. Surpassing drinking and driving‚ the leading causes of death among teenagers is texting while driving. Virginia Tech studies show that anyone who texts while driving makes a crash 23 times more likely to be in an accident (“Dangers of Texting While Driving”). Also‚ if the driver is dialing they
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Drunk driving has been a huge phenomenon in the United States and has taken lives of innocent people. Laws have been becoming stricter on this manner by raising fines and also jail time. This is to make people second guess themselves before putting themselves behind the wheel and putting innocent lives at risk. This doesn’t have an affect on everyone‚ but it does on some. Typically people from the ages 16-24 are the more common people to drive drunk. Now there are not many pros to drunk driving‚ but
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Texting While Driving: A Killing Addiction How often are drivers distracted while driving without even knowing it? Playing with the radio‚ adjusting the mirrors‚ drinking a beverage‚ are all forms of distracted driving‚ but the king of them all is most certainly texting. Jason Gage‚ an everyday driver‚ was coming home from work on a perfect night in May of 2011‚ when he struck and killed a walking college student named Kyle Rowley. The police believed that Gage was probably viewing or sending a
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Introduction: Driving alone has many dangers involved. Texting while driving just increases the risks involved while being behind the wheel. Numerous accidents caused by texting while driving lead to death or serious injuries. Many people are taking precautions to make the road a safer place to be for drivers‚ passengers‚ and bystanders. Today‚ mobile communication companies are taking a stand on Texting and Driving. Many have created advertisement campaigns to persuade their audience not to
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But this also creates a need to get driving lessons. There are so many traffic rules and guidelines every driver must be aware of and you definitely also need to understand car basics before you go behind the wheel. Driving schools offer driving lessons to prepare every driver for the road and you should make sure you get a school you can trust to offer you quality driving training to keep you safe and confident on the roads. So what then makes a good driving school? Qualified and competitive instructors
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