should not be raised in my opinion. If young teens have jobs and have to go to school and are not eligible to receive special bus transportation how’re they going to get to that place on time?. Driving to young teens is a dream come true and when you take that from them do you think they you’re going to take them down without a fight?. Well no there is going to be conflict, for example: riots, protest and things will probably get heated. ”Aside from teens hating the idea”, do we really want our kids
and a pleasure for many American teens. It is a way to get away from nagging parents and siblings, and a way for a kid to have a little responsibility. Even though people think most students who are of age to get a driver’s license would have one, research is showing that the average age a person first gets their license is going up. Regardless of the age when a teenager receives their license, the number of passengers for teen drivers should be limited. New drivers spend many hours on the road with
caused by teens looking at their phones and the use of social media behind the wheel. If more stricter laws are set on phones in cars that percentage should fall. In general, the use of phones today by people is just about everyone and people should be more smart and not be using their phones while driving not just for their safety but others. Furthermore, the amount of teens that die in car accidents is “Four times the amount of drivers twentyfive to sixtynine”(Klass & Roney 3). Younger drivers do not
age of sixteen years old. These teenage drivers are prone to being unsafe on the road ways. According to the article, “Teen Drivers,” car crashes are the leading cause of death in teens of the age sixteen to eighteen. Being teens are still young their immaturity can take over when they drive causing them to be unsafe drivers. The statistics of teen drivers being in accidents is crucially high. The article “Teen Drivers” says teens make up 2% of the drivers on the road, yet cause 11% of all motor
experienced drivers, the young generation of drivers makes up most of the causes of life- threatening accidents. Therefore, in order to decrease the number of life-threatening accidents substantially the driving age limit should be raised to eighteen. Earning a driver’s license is most important for most young Americans, but teens are the ones with poor driving performance. According to “traffic safety facts” (22) in 2008: 5,864 15-20-year-old drivers were involved in dangerous crashes. Teens are proven
a municipal of reasons why the driving age should be lowered. During the teen ages you are exposed to many real world experiences. Whether its driving to school, running errands, going to work having a license comes in handy. Also, it helps to be a safer driver so parents will be less worried when their children are driving on the highways. Most teens that are still in high school use driving in everyday task so why not grant them the responsibility of the road. Teens face many responsibilities
being able to drive. Driving for most teens is important because the teens always want to go go go. The parents don’t have time to take them places such as: to work, school, or to hang out with friends. Most teens get their license at 16, and after that they think they can do what they want on the roads. Teens have such little experience on the roads, and they need all the practice before taking on the roads. Teen drivers have a history of being unsafe drivers, so precautions have been made to limit
eighteen they should raise it to eighteen. First reason why lawmakers should change the legal driving age is because most accidents are caused by teens driving at the age sixteen, compared to eighteen. Another reason is, they spend more time paying attention to their phones than the road. The last reason is teens are immature now these days and they don’t listen to the rules, only when taking the test to pass. At the age of sixteen, most teens already know how to drive, but they have a higher crash
Teenagers and Seatbelt Safety: Identifying the reasons Why 16 to 19 Old High-School Students Do Not Wear Seatbelt Melissa Simmons Research Methodology Prepared for Soheyl Amini PhD September 2012 Objectives The aims and objectives of this study include the following: (1) to identify the percentage of teenagers between the ages of 16 to 19 that do not wear seat belts when in a car; and (2) to identify the reasons why teenagers between the ages of 16 to 19 do not wear seat belts when
provoking, why are so many people killed in accidents involving texting and driving every day? Why do people, especially teens, seem to disregard these powerful messages concerning their life or death? In just five seconds, a car can travel the distance of a football field if it is going fifty five miles per hour. Many teens are aware that texting and driving can be really dangerous. Why would someone want to jeopardize his or her life if they know how dangerous texting and driving is? Teen drivers are