org site‚ there are fewer drunk driving traffic accidents and fatalities in many countries with a minimum drinking age of 18. This is a statistic which is supporting lowering the drinking age. This is showing how there is a drop in numbers of people who are involved in drunk driving accidents because their drinking age is 18. When you lower the drinking age‚ it makes the urge and temptation of alcohol not as high. When they are able to start drinking at a younger age‚ they are able to learn how to
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Driving Age Some people are discussing the driving age for teenagers. How it should be raised or lowered. I am going to explore both sides and in the end choose one for my self. The different sides include; Keep the age the same‚ lowering it‚ and raising it‚ of just making it to where you can get your permit earlier but still drive at 16. The age for driving could change over the next couple of years‚ so there will be positive and negative consequences. If we keep the age at 16 and not change
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Increasing the Driving Age to 18 Years of Age According to recent statistics collected by Stats Canada‚ there are approximately 160 000 road accidents in Canada each year. Information recorded by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada states that of these 160 000 road accidents‚ there are approximately 2850 fatalities. Of these fatalities‚ over 5000 are predominantly teenagers aged 16-20‚ who are relatively new drivers. Furthermore‚ 400 000 drivers of the same age category are seriously injured
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Persuasive speech outline purpose: To persuade my audience to donate blood through the American Red Cross. Introduction: 1. Did you know that blood donated to the American Red Cross saves XXX lives per year? 2. People should give blood because it is easy and though there might be a little pain involved it is worth it because it saves so many lives and you get great snacks. Body: I. Giving blood is easy a. It only takes about an hour b. You just lay back and let the nurses do the work c. It
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accident later on in life. Teenagers who are older usually get into accidents. If the minimum age is raised‚ teenagers won’t have the rights they deserve. The minimum age driving age should remain at the age of 16 because teenagers need to learn responsibility‚ they will be able to help their parents‚ and they would be able to work a job. First of all‚ teenagers need to learn responsibility when it comes to driving. If teenagers learn to drive early‚ they won’t rely on everyone else to take them places
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Although the legal purchase age is 19‚ a majority of young people under this age consume alcohol‚ and too many of them do so in an irresponsible manner. This is largely because drinking is seen by these youth as an enticing forbidden fruit‚ a trophy of rebellion against authority‚ and a symbol of adulthood. We can relate the illegal ways of the youth today‚ to the measures taken during the prohibition in Canada from 1918 to 1920. These efforts to prevent drinking were unenforceable and created serious
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drivers‚ who are not ready yet to have the power of driving a car. It is dangerous to have a place where young reckless drivers do not know the importance of attetion needed when driving a vehicle. The driving age in United States should be changed to eighteen‚ to avoid young people to take a too big responsibility early in life. Even though a lot of places in the United States are completely illegal to use the cellphone while a person is driving‚ there is still a lot of states in US where this
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Driving Age Teenagers need to be able to drive to get to school‚ work and sport practices. People think that teenagers shouldn’t be able to drive at such an early age but when really even if they were to start when they were 18-years-old they would still be a hazard on the roads. Teens need to be able to learn how to drive at some point so the earlier they learn than the quicker they become more safe drivers. Learning how to drive is one example for how teens can show their responsibilities by getting
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IT FAIR? Do the ages driving matter?The majority of young people do not take anything seriously and they are irresponsible and unwise. Learning to drive is seen as an exciting and necessary experience in everyone’s lives. Everybody has the right to feel safe while driving‚ as detective Kollerer states “The insurance for teenagers are more expensive” because teens are more likely to cause a car accident. Letting a teen drive could be dangerous if they are not responsible while driving. Being a teenager
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the person’s age. Agencies are trying to increase the legal driving age in hope for a better change. By changing the age‚ teens would not be able to have the opportunity to explore the adult world. For example‚ having a job and learn the norms and rules of it. Also‚ if teenagers start driving at six-teen‚ legal gardiens or parents have fully control over them. Starting little by little teens will go through the process of full understandment of how seriouse they need to take driving. In the other
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