response the driving age should not be raised.This concern has been a problem then and still is today. The Driving age should not be raised ‚ one reason is 16 or 17 year olds drive everywhere in case of emergencies ‚ for work ‚ school and we shouldn’t take that away from them.If the 16 year old or 17 year old are trying to drive they at least should have a permit and should require it so that if they get stopped by a patrolling officer they know if they have the privilege to drive or not and should get fine
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The legal driving age should not be raised because students need to get to school and after school activities‚ kids need to take on responsibilities‚ and they will still be inexperienced drivers by raising the driving age. The legal driving age should not be raised because students need to get to school and after school activities. An article from Tribune Business News shows that‚ “After years of carting kids to school and back and taking them wherever they need to go‚ it’s a relief to let them
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The appropriate age for a teenager to obtain a driving permit is 16 years old‚ however I believe it should be raised to 17 since there is a high rate of teenagers causing accidents. There might be some exceptions why they should keep it at 16 but due to the high rate of teen crashes they should raise the age to 17. Statistics have shown that teenagers have a higher chance of accidents. Teenagers from the ages of 15 to 17 are more likely to cause a car crash for many reasons. While teenagers go out
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Minimum Driving Age Needs to be raised Should the minimum driving age be raised? 15-to-20-year-olds only make up 17% (13.2 million) of the total licensed drivers on the U.S. Teenagers have been involved in many car accidents since 1998. Car crashes among 15-to-20-year-olds have been recorded and studied by Mr. masten and his colleagues. car crashes involving teenagers were really high in 1998; however rules and programs have been applied to teach teens how to be responsible and know how to handle
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have a helmet‚ knee pads‚ and elbow pads to save them from getting hurt. However at age 16 they let their kid jump in a car and drive when they can get themselves killed by reckless driving. That is why the driving age needs to be raised so parents can protect their kids for a little longer. Rising the legal driving age would save teenagers lives. More than 5‚000 teenagers die each year in car accidents (Lund).That is too many minors dying each year in crashes. In 2008 there were 5‚864 minor died
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around the United States; should the driving age be raised to 18? If you ask me the driving age should not be raised to 18; there are too many teenagers that depend on a driver’s license. There are some teens that need to drive themselves to and from school or work. If the age is changed to 18‚ it will not stop the accident rate of young drivers‚ and finally teens would most likely drive anyways. Many teenagers everywhere depend on having their drivers’ license. Teens need to be able to drive
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wants to help his family but he can’t drive to work because the legal driving age is eighteen and work is too far away to walk to. The legal age for driving should not be raised to eighteen because teenagers need to have autonomy‚ driving at sixteen can teach responsibility‚ and also transportation issues will arise. First‚ the driving age should stay at the age sixteen because teenagers need to learn autonomy. While driving they will learn to be more responsible and make better choices from things
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Driving age 18 Why should the legal driving age not be eighteen? I believe that the driving age should be raised to eighteen. Some teens have no reason to be driving‚ some have a lack of experience‚ and most of them are not even mature yet. Also‚ teens get into more car accidents than anyone in a different age. First or all‚ teens have no reason to be driving‚ some have nowhere to go. When teenagers become eighteen they probably might have a job or they will probably be buying groceries or supplies
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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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parent‚ do you really want to put your child at risk of death because of the lack of driving skills? Or even as a teenager‚ do you want to end your life early because you don’t know the proper rules of the road? I don’t think a teenagers life should ever be in danger because they aren’t sure how to do a correct left turn going into oncoming traffic‚ or how to yield at a yield sign. The driving age should be raised to eighteen so teens are more responsible‚ mature‚ and ready to take on a very dangerous
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