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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Teens are some of the most reckless drivers. But the thing is most teens are very inexperienced behind the wheel. You can get your permit any age after 15 years old in the United States. In my opinion I think teens should be able to drive from place to place. Car crashes are the leading cause of american teens. 1 third of all deaths of sixteen to eighteen-year olds. 2 percent of drivers in the US are 11 percent of the Car Crashes in the US. That’s actually pretty sad because that makes up more
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Module 1: Driving is Your Responsibility: Complete the K-W-L information below. K- What you Know Discuss two things you know about driving. 1. When driving‚ it requires your full attention. 2. Driving is a multitasking responsibility. W—What you Want to know Discuss two things you want to know about driving. 1. I want to know the different signs while driving. 2. L—What you Learned Discuss at least two new things you learned from Module One. 1. 2. If you do not have your permit
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A pet peeve. Everyone has one‚ a pet peeve is something that a person can find frustrating‚ aggravating‚ or just maddening. There a lot of things that I could classify as a pet peeve. I find nothing more aggravating than a bicyclist on a high traffic road. They have no need to be there‚ they are not only putting themselves in harms way but other people too‚ and they have no respect for the rules of the road. First of all‚ I live in an area of Colorado with some of the most dangerous roads around
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Dear state legislature‚ The greatest risk oftraffic crashesis among teenage drivers. These days most teenagers are not capable of the driving precautions nessisary to be on the road with other drivers. The legal driving age of sixteen years old should be highered to eighteen years old. Driving can be dangerous even for safe driver. Car accidents happen everyday. According to the DMV website‚ "the crash rate for 16 year-olds is 3.7 times higher then drivers of all ages". Another source on the DMV
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Teen Drivers Getting into high school and becoming a driver is something that is very exciting‚ although sometimes teen drivers can be dangerous because of being distracted. Many states have looked for solutions to help put an end to reckless‚ unsafe driving. This is very important and needs to be stopped‚ the solutions that will help are parents playing more of a role in teens learning how to drive‚ more up-to-date training and laws prohibiting friends and cell phones. Parents play a big part
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As a parent‚ do you really want to put your child at risk of death because of the lack of driving skills? Or even as a teenager‚ do you want to end your life early because you don’t know the proper rules of the road? I don’t think a teenagers life should ever be in danger because they aren’t sure how to do a correct left turn going into oncoming traffic‚ or how to yield at a yield sign. The driving age should be raised to eighteen so teens are more responsible‚ mature‚ and ready to take on a very
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Driving to The Funeral By Anna Quindlen Writer Anna Quindlin was born in Philidelphia‚ Pensylvania‚ in 1952‚ and now lives in New York City. At the New York Times she became a regular op-ed columnist‚ winning the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1992. If someone told you that there was one behavior most likely to lead to the premature death of your kid‚ wouldn’t you do something about that? The four years of high school grind inexorably [inevitably] to a close‚ the milestones passed.
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Do you know how to convince teens to drive more safely? Well I do‚ I would first start by giving my children a lecture about how quick accidents can occur from a parent’s perspective. Also‚ I would tell them to drive without a cellphone because a cellphone is a main distraction of a teenager. Now i’m going to tie into giving teens advice to drive more cautious. To begin‚ children now and days will not listen to giving a lecture but sometimes you just have to use words that can relate to them
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