Teen Driving: It’s Really Dangerous Over the years‚ there has been many car crashes. Many of those crashes begins with a teen behind the wheel. Government officials have created a system for teen drivers called Graduated Driver’s License. GDL’s have strict laws for teens to follow so that teens won’t get into fatal car accidents. “In the first year of driving‚ 1 out of 5 drivers that are 16 years old are involved in an accident” (Geico). Most of the accidents that occur are fatal. While teens
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Tiffany Gallt Ms. Wing English 12 15 December 2012 Voting Age: Should it be reduced? The very idea of America is freedom and opportunity for everybody. Amongst these is the most valued legal right within a democracy: the right to vote. However‚ an unfortunate reality is that the majority of the people ages 16-17 cannot ("Age and Sex Composition in the United States: 2011"). With the ever falling number of participants in political votes due to the event of the generation of the baby boomers dying
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device while driving. For adults and teenagers alike‚ it’s incredibly tempting to pick up their cell phone while stopped at a red light‚ when it seems that they’re on the road alone‚ or when they just need to answer that one text. Thankfully‚ many states are passing laws to make driving while using a hand-held device illegal. These laws will drop the number of vehicle crashes and injuries or deaths‚ help drivers devote concentration and awareness to their driving‚ and enforce safe driving habits.
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Alcohol drinking age should be decreased National University July 14‚ 2013 The drinking age should be decreased from age 21 to 18 years old in the United States. One of the biggest problems
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serious accidents than any other group on the road. For this reason‚ I believe that the age of obtaining a driving license in Malaysia should be raised to 21 years old. Firstly‚ at the age of 21‚ humans leave their teenage years into early adulthood. During this period of life‚ humans gain more maturity physically and mentally. Mental maturity is an absolute requirement for all drivers. At a younger age‚ teenagers are fueled by a competitive lifestyle where everything seems to be race for
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drinking age should be in the United States. Many people think that it should remain at 21 years old and others believe that it should be lowered to 18. While both have their own various reasons‚ this has been an important topic in our country for a long time. President Ronald Reagan signed and passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Law in 1984 which obligated states to raise their legal drinking age to 21 or suffer reductions in Federal highway funds. The highway funds and drinking age was linked
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should the congress raised the driving limited to 21? The legal driving age has been a constant debate and every few years another log is thrown onto the fire. Should we really raise the legal age to drive? Would it save lives? Today the driving age is 17 or ever younger . In my opinion is should be raise at least to 21 it could be a good idea to rise the driving age because young driver are the main cause of road death and injuries. Also young drivers drink and drive at the same
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Should the voting age in UK be changed to 16? Countries such as Austria have implemented this change already. It is natural for changes to take place as they are a sign of progress‚ however some are dedicated to the opinion‚ that allowing young members of society to vote might destabilize the country‚ as young politically unaware people might be easily persuaded and their opinion swayed‚ that they are not motivated to conduct a research in order to have a good understanding and knowledge of their
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Drinking Age: Change or Keep More than twenty one thousand lives have been saved with the drinking age being twenty one. For about 10 years in the early 1900’s‚ our country ratified the 18th amendment which banned the production and consumption of alcohol. This amendment led to extreme crime‚ violence‚ and even speakeasies. Our country realized that it wasn’t the best idea for prohibition‚ and we then ratified the 21st amendment that repealed the 18th amendment. The 21st amendment has helped prevent
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John Smith Negative: The legal drinking age in the U.S. should be lowered to 18. Introduction We believe that the drinking age across the United States should stay at 21 years of age. Several states are currently petitioning that the drinking age be lowered; however‚ we find this to be dangerous and extremely unnecessary. The first reason why we would like the drinking age to stay the same is because of history. From the end of Prohibition (when alcohol was not allowed to be manufactured
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