Persuasive Essay On Raising The Driving Age
Running header: RAISING THE DRIVING AGE
Raising the driving age
Sandy
COMM 215
January 2007 Raising the Driving Age
Should the age to receive a driver's license be raised and, if not, should graduated licensing be instituted? This is a growing question across America. The percentage of teenage accidents involving automobiles is on a constant rise. Whether caused by the lack of experience or under the influence of alcohol, death has become all too common among teen motorists. This problem is not going to go away by itself; action needs to be taken.
Turning the age of sixteen is a huge step in the life of a teen. I myself remember when I turned of age and got my drivers license and than my own children turned of age and received theirs. When becoming the age of sixteen a new challenge is brought into a …show more content…
But if one stops to think about it, there is no need for these drivers to be on the road. Most of these drivers still live at home and have no job because they're still in school. So they have no job to drive to or from. To go to school they can take the bus or be dropped off by their parents. But since this is not going to happen there must be stiffer laws taken and action should be applied. Examples: Imposing restrictions on 16-year-old drivers limiting the number of passengers they can carry or mandate a curfew and barring late-night driving or flatly forbidding 16-year-olds to drive without parental. These actions are now applied in California. Thirty-one states now impose passenger restrictions and limit night driving for 16 to 18 year olds. (Yee, Larry)
My daughter now 16 has her license and a car of her own. I monitor her very avidly on her comings and goings and to whom she is associated with. Her travels are limited and monitored. I have to say although she has proven to be very good regarding her expectations on having her
Raising the driving age
Sandy
COMM 215
January 2007 Raising the Driving Age
Should the age to receive a driver's license be raised and, if not, should graduated licensing be instituted? This is a growing question across America. The percentage of teenage accidents involving automobiles is on a constant rise. Whether caused by the lack of experience or under the influence of alcohol, death has become all too common among teen motorists. This problem is not going to go away by itself; action needs to be taken.
Turning the age of sixteen is a huge step in the life of a teen. I myself remember when I turned of age and got my drivers license and than my own children turned of age and received theirs. When becoming the age of sixteen a new challenge is brought into a …show more content…
But if one stops to think about it, there is no need for these drivers to be on the road. Most of these drivers still live at home and have no job because they're still in school. So they have no job to drive to or from. To go to school they can take the bus or be dropped off by their parents. But since this is not going to happen there must be stiffer laws taken and action should be applied. Examples: Imposing restrictions on 16-year-old drivers limiting the number of passengers they can carry or mandate a curfew and barring late-night driving or flatly forbidding 16-year-olds to drive without parental. These actions are now applied in California. Thirty-one states now impose passenger restrictions and limit night driving for 16 to 18 year olds. (Yee, Larry)
My daughter now 16 has her license and a car of her own. I monitor her very avidly on her comings and goings and to whom she is associated with. Her travels are limited and monitored. I have to say although she has proven to be very good regarding her expectations on having her