Many have disagreed that the minimum driving age should be raised from 16 to 18. It should stay at 16. There are many advantages to driving at an age younger than 18. Various teenagers are unable to participate in extracurricular activities due to no available way to get to and from the activity‚ teens are able to get jobs and need a way of transportation without depending so much on their parents‚ and numerous high school graduates are younger than 18 or just turned 18. First of all‚ various
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Research 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
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consumption of alcohol has a long history‚ the law regarding drinking age has changed over years. The debate over the drinking age in the U.S. is still causing stir. Nowadays a person who is 21 or older can legally purchase alcohol beverages. This policy attempts to protect younger people from making wrong decisions and abusing alcohol. Not everyone agrees with this theory and I’m one of these people. In my opinion young people who turn 18 should have the right to purchase and consume alcohol beverages. There
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Why Texting While Driving Should Be Forbidden September 18‚ 2013 Why Texting While Driving Should Be Forbidden How would you feel if someone that you held dear to your heart was severely injured or robbed of his or her life over a simple text message? What would be your choice of action if you received a text message while driving? Texting while driving is a dangerous habit that drivers have developed due to texting’s popularity and entertainment. However‚ the dangers
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difficult question to the table. Where do we draw the line? How old is old enough to be trusted with a drink that can so drastically warp one’s conscious thought? As of now‚ 21 years old is that line‚ in an effort to discourage young drinkers‚ stop drunk driving and binge drinking. But the attempt to constrict and criminalize alcohol is a primary source of these issues in and of itself. Allowing individuals to drink earlier on in their lives‚ but under safe‚ regulated conditions will teach our youth the dangers
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Several would argue that the 21 year old drinking age is possibly too low‚ some even think that the age should be lowered‚ and some even think the age should be at 25. I believe that the drinking age should remain the same at 21 due to the fact that there are already plenty of issues with underage drinking. “The Age of Responsibility” by Alan Greenblatt‚ goes into depth about the different problems and aspects that go into searching for a golden age to entrust people to have the ability to accomplish
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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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Why The Drinking Age Should Remain The Same Final Draft In 2009 it was reported that the 21- to 24-year-old age group had the highest percentage‚ 35 percent to be exact‚ of drivers in fatal crashes with blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) levels of .08 or higher (Steven C. Markoff). Coincidentally studies showed when the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) was lowered to 18‚ the fatalities in traffic accidents that were related to alcohol were decreased by nearly 7.5 percent. However‚ the argument
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July 1‚ 1971 the 26th amendment was passed which lowered the minimum age to vote from twenty one to eighteen years old. Shortly after the amendment was passed twenty nine states across America started lowering the drinking age from 21 to either 18‚19‚ or 20 years old. This new freedom for young adults only lasted for a brief time by 1984 the Uniform Drinking Age Act was passed. The Uniform Drinking Age Act forced states to change the drinking age back to twenty one years old; by reducing the federal
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I think teenage driving should not be raised and remained the same. Driving can be complicated for people that haven’t experienced it at all‚ especially‚ the ones that are nervous and seen the downsides of driving on drivers education. Getting the teens to drive vehicles can overcome their fear and help them learn more outside. Not only that‚ but it also have them get used to land vehicles they are already familiar with the roads‚ the signs‚ etc. Early driving comes with three good benefits such
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