the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s Adrian Lund — who will get to be the deciders on this one. Lund and some others want to push the age at which a person can get their first driver’s license to 17 or even 18. Of course‚ it’s all about “safety.” Lund — a professional nag who heads an organization of nags — says that teenage drivers are a menace to themselves and others and wants to use the billy stick of the federal government (via withheld highway funds) to compel states to raise their
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Driving age Turning the age of fifteen is a huge step in the life of a teen. When becoming this age a new challenge is brought into the person’s life‚ the task of driving a car. But are fifteen year olds ready for this task. Driving a car is a task that should only be taken on by teenagers over the age of eighteen‚ because they are more responsible and understand the risks involved. In this essay I will explain and give reasons on why I think that the driving age should be raised to be able to
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claiming lives of the people. No sooner had the Karnali road accident happened in Jajarkot in which several dozen people were killed a fortnight ago‚ a bus accident claimed six lives in Prithvi Highway the oth Car accident injuries The most common type of personal injury suffered in car accidents is whiplash and it is estimated that as many as 250‚000 Britons are affected by it every year. Whiplash is basically the overstretching of the tissue in the neck and spine and can result in weeks‚ months
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Santiago Salazar Ms. Manchisi ENG 2D1 22 February‚ 2013 The rising age Many young adults get into car accidents every day; this is why the legal driving age should be raised to 20. It is said that at least 1.2 million people die every day because of car accidents; a great percentage of that number is from young adults at ages 16-19. When it comes to driving young adults are careless‚ always distracted and over confident‚ this causes fatal accidents. In my opinion the legal driving age should
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give our kids the car keys and we applaud when they pass their driving test – and still we don’t twig how dangerous it is A recent report has recommended that the age for probationary driving licences be raised to 18. Photograph: Alamy Would you give a child a loaded gun? Loaded guns are unbelievably dangerous‚ and children’s brains not yet capable of properly understanding danger‚ or heeding warnings. Of course you wouldn’t. But would you allow a 17-year-old to drive a car? We’ve all been right
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Do you know that one of the leading causes of the death of many teenagers is car accidents? "National Teen Driving Statistics" showed that 16-year-old teenagers are three times more likely to die in car accidents than the average of all drivers. In 2002‚ 40.8 billion dollar was the estimated economic impact of auto accidents involving drivers who are 15-18 years old. The possibility of parents losing control of their children‚ the immaturity of teenagers‚ and the history of the teenagers’ accidents
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is roadside memorials and whether they should be allowed on the side of the road or not. There is a large controversy over roadside memorials because some people believe they are distracting and should be illegal altogether because they have caused car accidents that result in more deaths. Others believe that people deserve the right to express their grief in any form. This issue had become problematic because the amount of roadside memorials in increasing. Roadside memorials should be illegal because
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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 School students‚ die in car crash”‚ “Teens killed in car wreck”. What needs to happen in order for families to not go through such tragedies? So‚ that’s why today I am going to support the following claim that the legal driving age should be raised for the following three reasons. The first
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driving. Recent studies in 2011 show that 49% of 25 years and younger receive and send texts while driving. More so in the 16‚ 17‚ and 18 year old drivers. This is a sign of immaturity while driving. Also young new drivers will try and show off their cars by racing‚ doing burnouts‚ speeding‚ ect. Young drivers do all these things and all these things lead to accidents. According to AAA and Seventeen Magazine 34% of teens don’t think anything bad will happen while driving distracted. Now I think if young
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Road accidents are global tragedies with an ever-raising trend. In Malaysia‚ it represents a major public problem because of the high number of victims involved and also the seriousness of the consequences for the victim themselves and to their families. Accidents are generally classified as single vehicle accidents in which the vehicle is either colliding with fixed objects or with pedestrians Besides that‚ the vehicle may fall in a ditch and multiple vehicle accidents in which two or more than
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