teenagers die from car crashes every day. In the U.S.‚ most states start the driving age as young as 14 to 16 years old. Although having a learner’s permit requires a parent or adult guardian over a certain age to accompany the minor while driving‚ age 14-16 is too young to start driving and the age limit should be changed. There are three major factors that contributes to accidents among teen drivers and why the driving age should be changed. The lack of experience because they’re too young‚ distractions
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AT&T It Can Wait Introduction How tempting does it sound to glimpse at a text while driving on an empty road? I know for myself and the rest of my generation how hard it is to resist that temptation of grabbing the phone to send a text. Most of the time‚ the text may not even be that short so it seems okay to grab it really quick and reply back to that friend. Everyone at some point in time has been warned by many family and friends of how dangerous it is to text and drive. This problem of
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dangerous driving is? The teen mortality rate is always increasing because of things that could distract young drivers. The current driving ge is a few years too young. Teens maturity levels are still way low at the age of sixteen. The teen mortality rate has increased over the years. Accidents in motor vehicles is the leading cause of teenage deaths. Car accidents represent more than one-third of all deaths. Teen males have a 46% higher chance of getting in an accident than females. Driving is a very
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ELDERLY PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 65 SHOULD HAVE TO RETAKE THEIR DRIVING TEST Abstract This paper talks about the risk of elderly drivers. I talks into detail of the health problems that elderly have. The things that elderly people have done and could do to put you or your loved ones in danger. It gives lots of real life examples of dangerous situation’s elderly have put themselves in and others. A recent story “Fatal crashes involving senior drivers renew debate over licensing‚ testing requirements”
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violation rates of any other age group. Teenagers today have become one of the most dangerous people who drive‚ they are even more dangerous than old people. There are many things teens do while driving that are not save and violate laws and safety procedures that keep people safe on the road. One of the major things teens do while driving is having a lack of attentiveness. whether it is changing the radio station or thinking about something else other than driving‚ it is very dangerous. Teenagers
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reckless driving cases‚ specifically from the time periods 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. A 12 a.m. curfew on weekends and a 10 p.m. curfew on weekdays would help to protect teens and others on the roads late at night from getting into troublesome or dangerous situations. In my town of Leesburg‚ Virginia‚ a 12 a.m. to 4 a.m. curfew is placed on anyone under the age of 18 on all days of the week. The curfew is used to minimize the amount of inexperienced teens on the road during hours where driving can be
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Texting While Driving: A Killing Addiction How often are drivers distracted while driving without even knowing it? Playing with the radio‚ adjusting the mirrors‚ drinking a beverage‚ are all forms of distracted driving‚ but the king of them all is most certainly texting. Jason Gage‚ an everyday driver‚ was coming home from work on a perfect night in May of 2011‚ when he struck and killed a walking college student named Kyle Rowley. The police believed that Gage was probably viewing or sending a
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Distracted driving is an extraordinarily important topic that should not go unaddressed. More than ten people pass away and 1‚161 have been injured every day due to careless and inattentive driving. Half of teen car collisions result from either a text message or tweet that could have waited. Life is so precious and should not be taken away from someone because‚ of a new status on Facebook. Texting while driving already had a major impact on the road and with the addition of social media it will
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English 111 26 June 2009 A Fatal Addiction One minute you’re talking on the phone with a friend‚ driving home from the store‚ the next you wake up in a hospital bed with serious injuries covering your body‚ wondering what happened. An estimated amount of traffic injuries and deaths combined are 350‚600‚ and 330‚000 being injuries. Everyone you know has a cell phone‚ we all use them constantly‚ every minute of everyday. Knowing that it is dangerous to text and drive‚ we still do it; we text‚ play
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In the past few years‚ innovative carmakers have taken the initiative to develop and test self-driving or driverless vehicles in an effort to transform what was once a futuristic dream into a reality. However‚ this emerging technology is sparking controversy over whether society should adopt it as the standard transportation method of the modern technological age. Supporters of driverless cars cite their increased safety compared to human drivers and the other traffic-related problems that they will
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