There are times when you might not want to worry about driving. During these times it might feel good to just sit back and relax‚ while you leave the driving to someone else. Perhaps you’re going on a brewery and wine tour with a group of friends‚ for example. It just doesn’t seem fair that one person has to skip tasting the wine or beer in order to be the designated driver. What happens if the designated driver isn’t as responsible as you thought? This can lead to a host of problems that can quickly
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Texting while driving can also increase the likelihood of running over and killing pedestrians‚ a 2009 study by the same team found. That research‚ which involved 21 teens and a driving simulator‚ found that texting while driving or even fiddling with music players while driving increased "lane position deviation" and rapid changes in speedAlthough 71 percent of parents with teenagers aged 12 to 17 years old say they know how to and do text‚ kids still perceive their elders as being out of the texting
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Driving to school has been tough because most kids at my school dont know how to properly drive within the lines and park straight‚ so dodging a bunch of reckless rednecks in trucks and preppy girls in smart cars is a struggle. It’s not getting to school that’s the problem for me it’s the leaving at the end of the day with the other 1‚700 kids that drive. Our school population is about 2‚400 something and the more kids that decided to try for a parking permit is only making traffic worse. One evening
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drivers are inexperienced and they cause problems. One such problem is that they are distracted while driving. Distracted driving is any activity that deters your attention from the road. This occurs when your focus is on other matters besides the task of driving. Instances of distracted driving are: eating in the car‚ drowsiness‚ and dressing or applying make-up in the car. Although distracted driving is a problem‚ there are several ways to curb it. One such solution is to eat outside of the car. Eating
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government in the last 18 months have increased the diving age from fifteen to sixteen‚ many people are shocked and lots of teenagers are angry and do not agree with this change‚ but in 88.5% of New Zealanders eyes that was the right thing to do. I am going to tell you my reasons about why I think that they have move the age limit up to sixteen on driving. Firstly‚ the government has done the right and responsible thing for the increase of age for getting your license; they have primarily done it to
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first introduced. Self-driving cars seem to be the talk of every town and the headlines for every news broadcast world-wide. This essay has one purpose‚ to either persuade you for or against self-driving cars. Below all possible Pros and Cons that come with self-driving cars will be listed in detail with evidence. Some questions that will be answered in this essay are as followed. Are self-driving cars safe enough to drive an entire family from place to place? Are self-driving cars more efficient and
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Many people are debating what should be done about the driving age since more fatal car accidents are happening day by day. There are many pros and cons to each side and so far‚ most attempts to raise the driving age have failed. Society usually sees 18 as the age that young people become adults. Shouldn’t driving be one of the privileges and responsibilities of adulthood? The driving age should be raised to 18 because it reduces significantly the number of accidents and will benefit society as a
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English 101 9/24/2013 Am I an Adult Yet? Some would argue that the drinking age shouldn ’t be lowered because of three very real risks‚ drunk driving‚ alcohol poisoning‚ and violent or destructive behavior. Drunk driving is a stain on our civilization. An average of 17‚000 individuals die each year in drunk driving related deaths. It seems quite plausible that were alcohol to be legalized for those under the age of 18‚ the 15.1% of 18 to 20 year olds who drink before getting behind the wheel
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that having sixteen year olds driving is a safety issue because they are young‚ new‚ irresponsible‚ and reckless drivers‚ couldn’t the same be said about eighteen year olds? The eighteen year olds would be just as new to driving as the sixteen year old drivers are. The driving age should stay at the current age of sixteen because of jobs‚ a longer amount of parental supervision‚ and also the amount of recklessness would stay the same. To start off‚ the driving age should be kept at sixteen not
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In this day in age‚ almost everyone has a Facebook page. Elderly people have an account‚ adults‚ teenagers‚ and even young children. Perhaps that’s what makes Facebook such a controversial topic; the fact that people of all ages have a Facebook account. Nevertheless‚ Facebook is made up of nothing but pixels and negativity which is why its age limit should strictly be eighteen. One of the biggest concerns on any social media website is cyber bullying. In the article‚ “Should Children be Allowed
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