COM 101 Argumentative Speech Legal Driving Age Raised I. To vote you have to be 18‚ to buy cigarettes you have to be 18‚ and to buy alcohol you have to be 21. So why is it that teenagers are able to drive at such a young age? Driving should be one of the privileges and responsibilities of adulthood. While some may say‚ it prepares them for adulthood and it’s essential for young people to have the ability to travel for their livelihood. But every year the same headlines occur‚ “High
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Zealand it’s 18. In the United States it’s 21‚ and in places such as China and Portugal there isn’t one at all. But what is this I’m talking about? It’s the legal drinking ages of countries around the world. Many people argue that the drinking age should be lowered to 18‚ just look at our surrounding countries with lower drinking ages. Some argue that the United States has the most careless drinkers with little self-control when it comes to alcohol usage‚ and some may even say that this is because we
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Legal Drinking Age In the United States‚ the legal drinking age for all fifty states and the District of Columbia is twenty-one. The drinking age is twenty-one because the government decided this is when a person becomes legally responsible to handle the repercussions of consuming alcohol. The U.S. has the highest legal drinking age in the world. Only four countries in the world have a legal drinking age over eighteen‚ making the US an exception rather than the rule. Some people may argue that
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The appropriate age for a teenager to obtain a driving permit is 16 years old‚ however I believe it should be raised to 17 since there is a high rate of teenagers causing accidents. There might be some exceptions why they should keep it at 16 but due to the high rate of teen crashes they should raise the age to 17. Statistics have shown that teenagers have a higher chance of accidents. Teenagers from the ages of 15 to 17 are more likely to cause a car crash for many reasons. While teenagers go out
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crib. Then when they could ride a bike they would have a helmet‚ knee pads‚ and elbow pads to save them from getting hurt. However at age 16 they let their kid jump in a car and drive when they can get themselves killed by reckless driving. That is why the driving age needs to be raised so parents can protect their kids for a little longer. Rising the legal driving age would save teenagers lives. More than 5‚000 teenagers die each year in car accidents (Lund).That is too many minors dying each year
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United States has their opinion on what the legal drinking age should be. The consumption of alcohol has created many debates amongst different groups of people. The legal drinking age of 21‚ is one of the strictest laws in the U.S. From only letting “true adults” drink which causes a riot among many young citizens to go against the law. However‚ numerous forms of evidence can prove why the drinking age 21 is preposterous. The drinking age should be lowered for various reasons including that 18 year
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Legal Drinking Age One of the biggest arguments that you will find going on today is‚ what the legal drinking age in The United States of America should be. Today in the USA the legal drinking age is twenty-one‚ but why twenty-one why not eighteen or thirty? Why have a drinking age of twenty-one in this country when there are over two hundred other countries that have lower drinking ages‚ and none that have higher? Who gets to decide the age at which someone is mature enough to consume alcohol
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Driving can end lives in mere seconds‚ don’t we want what is safer for everyone? Even though teens are more likely to be distracted while driving I believe that the Maryland state government should consider changing the current driving age‚ whether it be raised or lowered because of the following reasons. On the one hand teens have accelerative impulses which can cause them to be unsafe on the road. On the other hand teens can learn responsibility from learning to drive at an earlier age with
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Minimum Driving Age Needs to be raised Should the minimum driving age be raised? 15-to-20-year-olds only make up 17% (13.2 million) of the total licensed drivers on the U.S. Teenagers have been involved in many car accidents since 1998. Car crashes among 15-to-20-year-olds have been recorded and studied by Mr. masten and his colleagues. car crashes involving teenagers were really high in 1998; however rules and programs have been applied to teach teens how to be responsible and know how to handle
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18 year old drives. With this research it seems that the restrictions placed on young drivers and the idea of raising the legal driving age would trade in one set of problems for a new set. So I say it is better to stick with the devil you know then the one you don’t. In many states‚ including California and Florida‚ restrictions have been
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