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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Is 16 too young to drive? If you’re 16. you probably think not. But it’s those over 16 — adults like the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s Adrian Lund — who will get to be the deciders on this one. Lund and some others want to push the age at which a person can get their first driver’s license to 17 or even 18. Of course‚ it’s all about “safety.” Lund — a professional nag who heads an organization of nags — says that teenage drivers are a menace to themselves and others and wants
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the same or a different purpose‚ giving many of the things that would otherwise be thrown away a second life. And when it is finally time to throw something away‚ recycling makes sure that the materials used to make it are used again. What is Reducing? "Reduce" means using fewer resources in the first place. This is the most effective of the three R’s and the place to begin. It is also‚ I think‚ the hardest because it requires letting go of some very common notions‚ including: the bigger the
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driver’s permit at 15 and a half and your 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
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The driving age for adolescents should stay at 16 rather than being changed to a higher age because high schoolers need the ability to drive after school and the age doesn’t result in fatalities‚ its experience. Furthermore‚ graduated driving licenses creates a step by step guide to create problem solving and decision making while in tense situations and continues to drop fatality rates in states. Roughly 80% of high school students work at part time jobs and if the driving age is changed to 18
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I am sure that we all know that having a driver license is a big compromise to 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
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As many people know the legal driving age is sixteen years of age‚ but what if it was raised to eighteen. That is what I believe should happen. Though many teenagers would not agree with me I think it would be much safer for others and themselves. When you turn eighteen you are more responsible .You can vote and be drafted into the army. If people were more responsible then maybe there would be fewer crashes and deaths. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety‚ In 2003‚ 3‚657 teenagers
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LEGALLY RAISING THE DRIVING AGE IN THE UNITED STATES TO 18 1 Legally Raising the Driving Age in the United States to 18 and Reducing the Teenage Driving Fatalities and Accidents LEGALLY RAISING THE DRIVING AGE IN THE UNITED STATES TO 18 2 Abstract This paper explains the reasoning of increasing the legal driving age in the United States to age 18. It gives insight into the statistics of driving fatalities among teens‚ allowing the teenage brain to
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Ellis Driving for many teenagers is there first passage to freedom‚ nothing is more exciting to many teens than becoming the legal age to drive. In the United States‚ most states legal age limits are set somewhere between 15 to 17 yrs old‚ each state having there own licensing process often with some type of probationary period before teens can obtain a full license. Recently law makers in Florida‚ Georgia‚ Delaware‚ Illinois‚ and Massachusetts have debated raising the legal driving age. Many of
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Should the driving age be raised to 21? Introduction: The driving age at the moment is 17 but sometimes it takes longer for people to do there test‚ in other countries its lower (some parts in America is 16) or higher (some parts of America). It could be good to rise the driving age because young drivers are the main case of road deaths or injuries. Also young drivers drink and drive. If the driving age is 21 fewer deaths would happen and roads would be safer. Main Part: It could
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