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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Lowering the legal drinking age from 21 to 18 will not solve the problem of binge drinking. Many different aspects can lead a teen to drinking however‚ lowering the drinking age will only cause more issues in today’s society. The numbers of teens drinking would increase to rise to greater numbers than what they already are. The chances of an eighteen year old buying alcohol for a sixteen year old will increase causing more individuals to obtain alcohol. Giving teens the chance to purchase alcohol
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Our age worships youth. We yearn for beauty of youth. We encourage toddlers and teens to be individualistic and award them with full manhood. We hype 18 years old as our pop icon. We vote 40 years old into Presidency. But in retrospect‚ we think of the past just as much we think of the future. We respect culture and even dig into history for wisdom and guide for future actions. To maximize our own future benefits we have no choice but to pay attention and learn from the older and more experienced
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1.Is old age a positive or negative for you? Growing old is a positive for me. Growing old shows that you have over come life’s obstacles. It shows a sense of strength. 2.Has old age made you look at life different? It never made me look at life different but it help me understand what life means. 3.If you could had been any age your entire life‚ what would it be? I would be somewhere around my early 30’s. I still felt alive but at the same time I lived long enough to learn from
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have proven to be incapable of obtaining respectable driving skills. According to “Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association‚” motor vehicle crashes were the leading cause of death among 13-19 year old males and females in the United States. Culpable for this statistic is the three main distractions: visual (taking one’s eyes off the road)‚ manual (taking one’s hands off the wheel)‚ and cognitive (takings one’s mind away from the driving task). Factors causing these distractions are cell phones
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Old Age Homes/ Day Care Centres/ Elder Residential Complexes For many older people who don’t have a roof over their heads or a place to call their own‚ HelpAge-supported old age homes & day care centres are safe havens where they can live their lives with dignity and interact with their peers. A rising trend is being noticed among the urban elderly also‚ who move out of their homes and into habitats especially catering to their needs‚ in order to spend their later years in comfort. HelpAge
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Should the drinking age be lowered to 16? At the moment in Australia the drinking age is 18 and I think that it is time to taking the case of lowering the age into our own hands. Surveys show that nearly 10 million youths aged 12-20 in Australia report that they have consumed alcohol in a 30 day period in 2011. The century council has created a survey‚ results show that over 55% of teenagers (12-17) said they had been offered or had the opportunity to drink alcohol in the last 12 months. Most teenagers
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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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Increasing the Driving Age to 18 Years of Age According to recent statistics collected by Stats Canada‚ there are approximately 160 000 road accidents in Canada each year. Information recorded by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada states that of these 160 000 road accidents‚ there are approximately 2850 fatalities. Of these fatalities‚ over 5000 are predominantly teenagers aged 16-20‚ who are relatively new drivers. Furthermore‚ 400 000 drivers of the same age category are seriously injured
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Should the driving age be lower than 16? Do you think the driving age should not be lower than 16? I believe that it should not‚ because first of all there’s a lot of irresponsible teens out there in the world. Secondly‚ teens may not be able to drive safely behind the wheel. Last but not least‚ there is more than enough immature teenagers already driving. The first reason why the age limit for driving should not be lower than 16 is that they are irresponsible. Davis points out that‚ auto safety
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