The drinking age be lowered to 18 "Alcohol is the drug of choice among America’s adolescents‚ used by more young people than tobacco or illicit drugs... [T]here are 10.1 million underage drinkers in the United States... 39% of current 8th graders‚ 58% of 10th graders‚ 72% of 12th graders‚ and 85% of college students have tried alcohol.” -The National Institutes of Health (NIH) wrote in their fact sheet titled "Underage Drinking" on report.nih.gov. Apparently keeping the drinking age at 21 is not
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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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So why as a parent would one put their child in harms way‚ by making the decision of driving for one’s child instead of letting them make their own decision to drive when 18. Motor vehicles are or should be considered a deadly weapon considering all the deaths a motor vehicle can have. According to The U.S. Department of Transportation‚ motor vehicle traffic crashes were the number one leading cause of death for young teens in 2010. The driving age should be raised to 18 because at the age of 16
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accidents? "National Teen Driving Statistics" showed that 16-year-old teenagers are three times more likely to die in car accidents than the average of all drivers. In 2002‚ 40.8 billion dollar was the estimated economic impact of auto accidents involving drivers who are 15-18 years old. The possibility of parents losing control of their children‚ the immaturity of teenagers‚ and the history of the teenagers’ accidents and deaths are three main reasons why driving licenses should not be given to people
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drive safe. Then why do Illinois agree for older kids to get the driver license at the age of 16? Maybe they do it because they have not really focus that all types of crashing accidents teenagers are the more involve than any older people. Alcohol and No Seat belt are the factors more mentioned in all car accidents. For the fallowing reasons‚ the driving age should be raised to 18‚ Safety and financial problems will get better. The first reason should be because financi the driving be raised to 18
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license at 16”(Applying). This is a fairly young age and may not be the best‚ because teenage driving causes lots of accidents and deaths. Currently‚ there is lots of debate surrounding whether the minimum age to get a driver’s license should increase or not. One major piece of evidence answers this question‚ which is that car accidents are “the number one cause of death in teens”(Gregory). This shows that teenage driving is a big problem which is why something needs to change. Due to car accidents
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Here is why I believe you should be 18 to drive a car or a motor vehicle. Drivers under the age of 18 shouldn’t be driving. There are many reasons why the driving age should be raised. In 2009 drivers aged 15-24 were involved in 112 fatal traffic crashes. 755 were serious injury crashes. 15-23 year old drivers were at fault for 1.3 billion dollars. Teens are more likely to take risk with their friends looking on. Some teens have the emotional maturity of an adult twice his or her age. Drivers
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idea of increasing the driving age to 18 with a minimum of 18 months on ‘P’ plates has been suggested to reduce the number of teens’ deaths by car accidents. Although that proposal will lead to some inconvenience for young drivers‚ it can prevent them from unsafe and immature way of driving‚ which guarantees the reduction on teens crashes. One drawback of the issue that the driving age should be increased to the age of eighteen is the inconvenience caused to teenagers. Driving is becoming essential
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Minimum Driving Age Should Be Raised Teenage accident rates and mortality rates have increased dramatically over the years. Nothing that the parents do and law enforces will protect the teens all the time‚ especially from themselves. Teenagers do not realize the responsibility that comes with driving. They are often distracted with other things such as texting while driving. Most importantly‚ parents always worry about the safety of their kids on the road. Some people may say that the driving age should
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A parent driving their kids around until they are 18 is unnecessary. That is why the driving age shouldn’t be raised. If the driving age limit is set at 16‚ then parents don’t have to stop what they are doing to bring their child to work or school. The child will also learn to be responsible at an early age. Plus‚ 16-year-olds have stricter laws when it comes to driving. If you let 16-year-olds drive‚ the parents don’t have to worry about bringing them back and forth to work or school. The child
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