Teenagers are reckless and we must do everything reasonable to prevent deaths. Raising the driving age will cut the number of accidents on the roads. Teenage drivers are much more likely to have accidents than older drivers. In the USA there were over 30 000 deaths in crashes involving 15-17 year old drivers between 1995 and 2004 (Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association, RMIIA). Raising the driving age by a year or two will greatly reduce these accidents and deaths.
Teen deaths in the United States are becoming more common as years go by. In the year of 2011, about 2,650 teens in the U.S. ages 16 to 19 were killed in car crashes. That averages to seven teens dying per day due to these crashes. Also, not to mention that almost 292,000
Pros and Cons of Lowering the Drinking Age Anonymous Central High School Abstract Alcohol is a huge part of American culture. When depressed, stressed, or under the influence of any other psychological illnesses, young adults tend to turn to alcohol. Alcohol consumption is one of the biggest causes of death in America. Twenty-one is the age of consent when dealing with alcohol. Lately, this topic has become a big deal.
Between 1970 and 1975, “there was an increase in teenage car accidents because 29 states in the United States had a MLDA lower than 21” ("Drinking Age ProCon.org”). “These changes occurred when the minimum age for other activities, such as voting, also were being lowered” ("Minimum Legal Drinking Age"). Scientists began doing “several studies in the 1970’s that showed the effects of lowering the MLDA” ("Minimum Legal Drinking Age"). The studies “found that motor vehicle crashes increased significantly among teens when the MLDA was
That is not to mention the number of crimes/deaths that are prevented because the age is so high. Alcohol-related incidents are still the number one cause of death among teenagers. 38% are caused by car accidents, 32% are caused by homicides, and 6% are the result of suicides (Schwartz 4). Research also states that the brain doesn’t fully develop until the mid-twenty’s. The lobes in the brain that go through the most development are the frontal lobes, which are essential for decision making, impulse control, and language (4).
But the main reason for doing so is “breaking the law.” 87% of high school seniors have used alcohol. That means that a large quantity of teens under the age of 17 to 18 have used alcohol before. We all know the reason why teenager drink, is common since. Just the feel that they get of breaking the law is huge. Being rebel and not following the rules is an important role of a teenager life somehow.
This raised his eyebrows and he started too put together numbers to figure up the effect of what this many more teenagers would have on the society. He believed that six percent of them would become repeat offenders, and that about 30,000 more of them would become violent criminals. Two other professors John Diluilo of Princeton and James Fox of Northwestern, also believed that with the staggering number of children that were about to become teenagers was going to be a nightmare for the future of our juvenile justice system. In figure 8.1 on page 107 it shows the actual and projected population of the youth between ages thirteen and seventeen from 1960 to 2010. This table is focused on the ages thirteen through seventeen, because that is the age that had the highest juvenile arrest statistics.
300 deaths occur from suicide. Several hundred are also injured from falls, burns and drowning. (NIAAA, Janu) Why would you want to jeopardize your long life ahead as a result from drinking and driving? An 18 year old in the US has the right to vote, serve in the military, can purchase tobacco and lottery products, can make a legal commitment to marry someone. So if a 18 year old can decide who the potential leader of our country should be and purchase lottery and tobacco products and take a bullet for their country, they should have every right to purchase and drink alcohol.
Persuasive Essay Janelle Logemann College Writing Period 7 1-23-12 The United States Department of Transportation estimates that two thirds of fatalities are at least partially caused by aggressive driving. The speed limits should not be changed on the highways and interstates because the faster people are allowed to drive, the more reckless they may become. The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety reviewed insurance claims, police reports, and newspapers from 16 cities revealing 10,037 incidents of aggressive driving between 1990 and 1996, resulting in 218 deaths and more than 12,610 injures. In Illinois approximately 32 percent of all fatal crashes are speed-related. As the number of vehicles operating at higher speeds on 65 mph interstates is increased it results in a chance of collisions due to increased speed variance and greater risk of fatality resulting from higher crash impact speeds.
This act required all states to raise their legal age to twenty one; if they refused, their annual federal highway dollars would be cut by ten percent. This act was backed by Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD). According to MADD the drinking age of twenty one has saved some seventeen thousand lives since 1988. (Daniloff) One of the main groups leading the charge to have the legal age lowered is college presidents all over the United States. In 2007 former Middlebury College President John McCardell founded Choose Responsibility (CR).