and it was a 16 year old driving and it sounded like "Crash" "beep" "beep" said the news reporter. That is the main reason why I think that you should have to be 18 years of age to be able to drive. I would like to cover three main reasons why I think it should be changed. As you get older you get more mature‚ cautious ‚ and responsible. These are my three reasons why you should change the of driving age to 18. Being mature can have a big picture to do with driving. Becoming mature takes a long
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Julio Alvarado English 914 “Driving While Stupid” Summary In his article “Driving While Stupid‚” Dave Barry shares his experience of bad drivers. He talks about many scenarios that are taking place in many places. He first starts by stating that downtown Miami is home to the worst drivers. He claims that although some may try to say otherwise‚ that there is no way to compete with Miami on the worst driver scale. Barry backs up his clam by giving examples of how he has driven in every major U.S.
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ascend the minimum age of driving to eighteen due to safety concerns. For instance‚ If some states do increase the age of driving by a couple of years‚ they will be saving more lives. Teenagers look forward to receiving their licenses from the time they turn thirteen. Most parents agree with the decision to rise the age of receiving driver’s licenses because they can save a lot of money for a couple of years. I agree with the settlement to add on a couple of years of driving practice so that teenagers
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Have you ever wondered why when‚ you’re young no drinking especially no driving? teen drinking and driving‚a short nonfiction article by the CDC. Basically‚facts on how drinking and driving as a teen can and will get you in a serious car crash. You’re more likely to drink and drive at a certain ages. At age 18‚ male‚ you are at about 18%a year are going to drink and drive. So you are more likely to get into a accident but that’s only 18%. If you drink and drive at 16 you are less likely to get into
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Sherylyn Taylor Composition Two Drunk Driving October 02‚ 2012 We as American can save more lives by not driving while under the influences. Setting a good example for our children in today’s world we need to be a good role model. Driving and drinking are not a good fit. DUI could possibly screw up your life and others. Now is losing your driver license and going to jail really worth it. Drunk driving has been a major problem among American people. Every single
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How would you like being in a car driving then all of sudden you get in a crash and die. 4‚of 5 teenagers aged 13 to 19 died in auto accidents‚6‚000 of those 4‚000 are the results of distracted driving. Being a safe driver is important because it impacts the individual and the community. Increase in seatbelt use‚56 percent of teen driving have been in at least one crash (teen driving#21) out of 5‚665 teen 9th-11th grades teens with good parents and safe driving habits will stay alive than those
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The Dangers of Driving Under the Influence Did you know that more than 10‚839 people will die this year with one dying every 30 minutes?(Main) Just thinking about one person dying every 50 minutes is very eye opening! Now think about if you were that person under the influence‚ got in someones car‚ started driving and next thing she knows she see bright car lights and her life is changed. One should take more caution when thinking about drinking. Drinking is getting way out of hand for teens and
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— a professional nag who heads an organization of nags — says that teenage drivers are a menace to themselves and others and wants to use the billy stick of the federal government (via withheld highway funds) to compel states to raise their legal driving age — just as the billy stick of federal money was used to impose the 55 mph speed limit‚ virtual Prohibition of alcohol and “primary enforcement” seat belt laws. This time‚ it’s not merely “for the children” — it actually involves them. And
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Driving Age Epidemic State legislature has considered raising the minimum driving age from 16 to 18. Doing this would cause many issues with teens throughout Virginia. The driving age should remain the same because most 16-year-olds have jobs and need transportation‚ it teaches responsibility at a younger age‚ and lets teens experience more of the world at a younger age. Around the age of 16 most teens are considering getting jobs. When these teens accomplish their goal‚ they realize that they’re
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Impaired driving affects both teens and adults‚ but it affects adults a lot more than it does teens. “ There is approximately one death every 53 minutes from driving impaired. Everyday in the united states 28 people die from driving while impaired.” (intoxalock.com). The problem our group came up with was how teens are better than adults while being impaired. The hypothesis we had was when teens are impaired they will be able to react to things better than adults. The experiment we had to do was
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