Because of safety concerns‚ many states have increased the age at which teens can begin to drive. The state legislature is considering raising the minimum driving age from 16 to 18. I do have a opinion on this subject. I am in the age group of these teenagers which the age is trying to be raised. The driving age should not be raised. The driving age shouldn’t be raised because at the age of 16 you can be working. A driver’s license will allow a teenager to have transportation. The transportation
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There’s a reason the legal driving age in Ohio is 16 and 16 1/2 in Kentucky. Kids younger than that in most cases lack the emotional and cognitive skills to bear the responsibility of operating a vehicle‚ said Dr. James Brush‚ a child psychologist who has a practice in Monfort Heights. “Children at age 12 can become frightened or overwhelmed much more than older children‚” Dr. Brush said. That’s what may have happened early Friday when 12-year-old Courtney Mathis of Mount
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Turning the age of sixteen is an important part of your life‚ you get to have that huge birthday party‚ your parents start giving more respect and responsibility‚ and of course‚ you get your drivers license. This might all change if congress pass a bill the was recently proposed. This bill will raise the driving age from sixteen years of age to eighteen years of age. This bill was proposed because teenagers make up 7 percent of Licensed drivers‚ while they are involved in upwards of 20% of accidents
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Changing the minimum age for driving will change people’s lives drastically. Many teens who look forward to driving when they turn 16‚ will be forced to rely on their parents to get around for 2 more years. Most parents don’t have the time to drive their kid everywhere they need to go‚ which‚ will make teens less likely to get a job. Teens will be given less responsibility at a younger age so they won’t be as responsible when they turn 18. I believe that changing the minimum driving age from 16 to 18 will
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Comms 101 7/22/2012 Prof. Perkins Persuasive Speech I. Attention 1. You tube video clip‚ “Dedicated to Loved Ones Lost” 2. Every day in America‚ another 28 people die as a result of drunk driving crashes. (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 2011.) II. Central Thesis Drunk driving is an epidemic that continues to have severe and life threatening consequences for those involved‚ if we simply take a few steps against drunk driving we can help decrease this epidemic. III
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Texting while driving is a large taboo in this country. We are told not to text while driving in school. We are shown the tragic advertisements‚ the heart wrenching statistics‚ but all of this still leaves a disconnect. It can never happen to me is an unfortunate assumption that most of us make everyday without even intending to be self-centered. The idea that we could cause ourselves or others harm is a mood point that few care to consider‚ but we must if we are ever going to face the epidemic
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At the age of 18 you are legally considered an adult in the U.S. It entitles you to what you would think to be the freedoms of a responsible adult. You can vote‚ get married‚ join the army and fight for our country‚ and even sign contracts. But somehow you’re not considered mature enough to have a sip of alcohol? This law should be considered discrimination against young adults in the 18-20 age range. What many people don’t know‚ is the real reason why we have the world’s highest drinking age. In 1984
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Intro There’s 300‚000 incidents of drinking and driving every day. If a person makes a stupid mistake‚ not even a paramedic or hospital‚ can save a person from being ignorant. Driving while impaired isn’t okay. There are several people out there that would take a person’s home or a place that person could stay‚and that’s why we continue to have cabs as well. Drinking in general has such a bad impact on the body over time. People tend to drink/drink and drive‚ to seem cool‚ regardless to the effects
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Lowering the Voting Age Do you wish that we would get a teen’s input on world events sometimes? What about getting them to vote? It’s their world too‚ shouldn’t they get to show what they want for our country? I mean they are still getting educated at school about world events. I believe that they should lower the voting age to 13. First of all‚ most of the teens in school are mature enough to truthfully vote who should be president. Evidence shows that when you vote at a younger age you are more likely
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At the age of 16 we get our license. With one simple test we get a card that says were allowed to drive. We get in an over 4‚000-pound object and move it around at 60 miles per hour. This causes around 8 teen deaths per day‚ making car accidents the leading cause of teen death. We get behind a wheel‚ we get distracted‚ we cause an accident‚ and just like that someone loses a child. At 18 we’re allowed to smoke. We put a different combination of 4‚000 chemicals in our bodies for no specific purpose
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