Minimum Driving Age “In 2008‚ 5‚864 drivers ages 15-20 were involved in fatal crashes.” Remarkably‚ this is a 27% decrease from 1998. The minimum driving age should rise because there will be fewer crashes among the 15-20 year old age group‚ at about this age‚ they are dealing with sleep deprivation which impacts their driving‚ additionally they tend to make simple mistakes that result in crashes. This matters because young lives are still being lost to inexperienced driving on the
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drinking age was put in place. (Hook) Over the years‚ the law has saved many people from dangerous or fatal traffic accidents but as time goes on‚ many still believe that the drinking age should be lowered‚ higher or stayed the same. The drinking age should remain the same as it already and still save lots of lives already and that the human body will be fully functional by that age. (Thesis) One reason why the drinking age should be kept at 21 is that when the person becomes the age of 18‚ they
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org site‚ there are fewer drunk driving traffic accidents and fatalities in many countries with a minimum drinking age of 18. This is a statistic which is supporting lowering the drinking age. This is showing how there is a drop in numbers of people who are involved in drunk driving accidents because their drinking age is 18. When you lower the drinking age‚ it makes the urge and temptation of alcohol not as high. When they are able to start drinking at a younger age‚ they are able to learn how to
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My state is thinking about raising the driving age by one year and they are thinking if they should do it or leave it. As a underage teenager‚ it difficult for me to be getting around‚ especially when my parents is always working so I usually doesn’t have a ride to go anywhere. I strongly believe that the state should not raise the driving age by one year. First of all‚ it hard for us teen to be going out to places on their own‚ especially if you are playing in a sport that requires staying after
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drivers‚ who are not ready yet to have the power of driving a car. It is dangerous to have a place where young reckless drivers do not know the importance of attetion needed when driving a vehicle. The driving age in United States should be changed to eighteen‚ to avoid young people to take a too big responsibility early in life. Even though a lot of places in the United States are completely illegal to use the cellphone while a person is driving‚ there is still a lot of states in US where this
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the wheel may be one of the most dangerous actions‚ why does every young adult wish to do it? The age to obtain a drivers license needs to be raised because the amount of accidents would decrease‚ young drivers would have an opportunity to gain more experience‚ and more restrictions with a permit could save an increasing amount of teen lives. If the lawmakers of Pennsylvania changed the driving age from sixteen to seventeen or higher‚ fewer accidents would occur. Many sixteen year olds (boys in
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In my opinion driving age should not be changed to the minimum of 16 to 18 years old.Right now the minimum of teenagers to get their permit is 15 with some months and to get their license is 16 with some months.Lots of people might think that teenagers will be irresponsible while starting to drive but not all teenagers are the same.The things that support my opinion is that teens have important things to do and another things is starting to drive. First‚what it means about teens having important
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IT FAIR? Do the ages driving matter?The majority of young people do not take anything seriously and they are irresponsible and unwise. Learning to drive is seen as an exciting and necessary experience in everyone’s lives. Everybody has the right to feel safe while driving‚ as detective Kollerer states “The insurance for teenagers are more expensive” because teens are more likely to cause a car accident. Letting a teen drive could be dangerous if they are not responsible while driving. Being a teenager
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the person’s age. Agencies are trying to increase the legal driving age in hope for a better change. By changing the age‚ teens would not be able to have the opportunity to explore the adult world. For example‚ having a job and learn the norms and rules of it. Also‚ if teenagers start driving at six-teen‚ legal gardiens or parents have fully control over them. Starting little by little teens will go through the process of full understandment of how seriouse they need to take driving. In the other
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Analysis ’ of Articles on the Subject of Lowering the Voting Age to 16 A debate that has seemed to become more popular in the past couple of years is the voting age n the United States‚ and whether it should be lowered to 16. Many teenagers across the nation have reached out and tried to bigot to help get the subject some attention and get those in the political world talking. Many others‚ mostly adults‚ are astonished and appalled at this idea‚ and don ’t seem to take them or the uproar towards
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