Should the legal driving age stay at 16? Despite what people might think‚ most car accidents aren’t caused by the age of the driver. Car accidents are caused by the lack of experience or knowledge of the road. Sixteen is the perfect age to drive because it’s the age where teenagers start to mature and learn how to deal with responsibility. Driving is a necessary part of life. Teenagers drive themselves to school and to work‚ they help pick up a bit of the responsibilities their parents have
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Kayla Couch Professor Dunn English 101 December 10‚ 2014 Should The Legal Drinking Age Be 18? The minimum legal drinking age in the United States is 21. Many have suggested lowering the drinking age to 18. I do not think the legal drinking age should be lowered because of the following reasons. Lowering the drinking age to 18 would have a negative impact on the lives of the youth of the United States. Making it legal for 18 year-olds to buy alcohol would increase the number of teens who drink. It
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Legal Age to Drink: Should it be Changed? In this day and age with more sophisticated teens and young people abusing alcohol‚ the issue concerning whether or not teenagers should be able to drink at a younger age is an important topic. In the article “Perils of Prohibition” Elizabeth M. Whelan argues that alcohol should be legalized at the age of eighteen instead of twenty-one. She hopes to persuade readers‚ parents‚ and educators to support her proposal for the change by successful alcohol
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16 Year Olds and Driving Permits Motor vehicle crashes are the most common cause of death among teenagers in the United States. A question among many debaters is if teens should be allowed to drive at the age of 16‚ what about if it affects the driver to drive with other teens‚ also if it affects the driver to be driving at night. I will list the positives and negatives of these the questions‚ and you‚ the reader‚ may choose your side. In 1998‚ 38% of deaths from all causes among teens 15 to 19
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In the article Takoma Park 16-year-old savors his history making moment at the polls by Annys Shin it talks about the proposal of letting 16 year olds to vote. I believe they shouldn’t be allowed to vote. They shouldn’t be allowed simply because most 16 year olds do not really care about politics‚ nothing motivates them to vote and even 18 year olds have low voter turnouts. The 16 year olds I know do not care about politics that much either. This is a sign that they shouldn’t be allowed to go into
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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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Paper Raising Driving Age to 18 In the 13 July‚ 2011 USA Today newspaper article by William Van Tassel‚ manager of AAA’s driver training program‚ says that‚ “ Teens do continue to drive distracted even when they recognize the dangers‚” According to the teen driving statistics that are provided by the CDC‚ about 3‚000 teens died in auto accidents in 2009 and 350‚000 were treated for injuries. For all those reasons‚ I think the legal driving age should be raised to 18 from 16. One shocking
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victim of inexperienced teenage driving who adds to the high statistics on casualties resulting from inefficient laws. According to the teen driving statistics that are provided by the insurance companies‚ 16 year-olds are three times more likely to die in a motor vehicle crash than individuals who fall within the range of the average age of all drivers. Therefore‚ I think the legal driving age should be raised to 18. One thing I’ve found is that it isn’t necessarily the age‚ but that they are inexperienced
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The mayor of your city is trying to decide if a 7:00 p.m. curfew for those under age 16 is needed. What do you think? What are the advantages/disadvantages? Youth curfews are widely used in the USA to keep children off the street at late. How many people you know‚ who go outside after 7 pm? A lot of people go outside after 7 pm. The curfew is a great law for under age 16 years old children. A 7 pm curfew is a wonderful idea. The main reason of curfews is usually lowering the crime percent. Curfews
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937 drivers age 16 who were involved in fatal crashes"(Davis 249). 16 teen year old’s are the youngest and most immature drivers to hit the road. 16- year- old’s need more development in their brains to be safe drivers. 16- year- old brains are not fully developed to obtain their license. Also teens are too inexperienced because they are new drivers. 16- teen- year old’s are not getting enough experience with Co drivers. The driving age should be raised in Washington. 16- year- old teenagers’ brains
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