Instead, a good idea would be to increase the amount of time a teen needs a permit for, in order to get more experience before actually getting a license. Advocates of raising the driving age often cite immaturity as a reason that the sixteen to eighteen age group has so many crashes. This is the part of the problem that raising the driving age will best address, but not all young drivers are immature. It would be unfair to punish the group as a whole for the actions of a few. Besides, there is already a way to prevent teens from driving before they are ready.
These p-plate laws are affective in reducing accidents on the road, because they reduce p-plate drivers to a low speed as well as slow cars. Peer pressure is another important factor which can cause accidents on the road. The current laws help to reduce peer pressure, by not allowing p-plate drivers under the age of 25 no more than one passenger at a time under the age of 21 between the hours of 11pm and 5am. This p-plate law helps in reducing peer pressure related accidents, because it stops overcrowded cars and distractions from friends, which allows the driver to focus only on the road. Lastly, Drivers safety is an important issue within the current p-plate
Lowering the drinking age will lead to more health problems to teens. Traffic fatalities decreased when the drinking age is increased. The article shows graphs and statistics of alcohol rates. It also shows the pros and cons of lowering the drinking age and can see both sides of the argument. The death rates that are caused by alcohol are presented in the article.
However, the use of red light cameras has resulted in more tickets being issued to motorist rather than providing safety. There has been rising controversy over the recent installment of photo enforced traffic light cameras for this reason. Red light cameras do not improve traffic safety, in fact they are only installed to generate revenue and have increased accidents. Supporters of the cameras claim they increase safety and reduce accidents. However, opponents argue the cameras only bring in revenue for cities and do not prevent accidents.
Topic: The increase of gun control legislation decreases civilian safety. Guns are not for everyone. When dealing with guns, it is key to maintain the control on this lethal weapon. Improper use can lead to great consequences but proper gun control can reduce violence and the threat of crime within neighborhoods. Gun control is most worldwide debated topics today.
my first article is about the new cameras in the school areas. I think that the cameras detecting your speed was a good step towards solving the problem of speeding but as i have noticed, many people slow down just for that area. Although it'll help the children, right after exiting the school zone, the people go back to speeding 10,20 miles over the original limit. This was a good solution for school areas but it has not solved the issue of speeding overall. The next article i have is about a drunk driver.
They believe that by making the drinking age a lower age, alcohol would become more accepted in American society and it would encourage more people to engage in drinking, at a younger age, as well as adults. Mothers Against Drunk Driving fight for keeping the drinking age at 21 because their organization believes that a younger drinking age would result in more drunk drivers. They think that the younger people are who are legally aloud to drink, the more irresponsible America’s alcohol-drinking people will be. Also, some people think that lowering the drinking age to 18 will result in more youth participating in binge drinking. When people binge drink, they are more likely to engage in other illegal
Lowering the Drinking age In today’s world teenagers have built up a rebellious tendency, they always want to do things they are told not to do. The same comes with alcohol; laws that were created to avoid reckless driving and take the death rate in traffic accidents down have made drinking a bigger problem. For example in anarticle by Melissa Giamo a chief of police from Boulder Colorado named Mark Beckner is interviewed about this topic and makes some of the same points. He says “We're not in a situation where we can stop it. The best we can do is try to contain it.”(Giamo 1) Giamo then asks Beckner if they enforce it and Beckner replies "Well, we do enforce it, but what we're seeing is it's not being effective.
security and severely drop the demand for fake IDs. Rising the drinking age hasn’t prevent underage drinking; it has caused 18-20 year olds to over drink and become addicted to alcohol. The drinking age should be lowered to 18 because when you turn 18 you earm so many rights, why not be able to drink and celebrate a little. Drunk driving is most common between the ages of 21-24 instead of 18-20 years old. When you are first allowed to drink is when people get inane and don’t know how to handle alcohol and driving.
Then if drinking alcohol slows your driving time you have more time to react, causing alcohol to make driving a car much safer. We could use more drivers who drink and drive. They cause drivers to pay more attention and it causes drivers to be more conscious of their driving situation. Sober driving is horrible not only to families of the innocent; it also costs the public $114.3 billion a year in damages. This means the taxpayers have to give money to build poles and plant trees in various traps to ensnare drunk drivers.