''It takes away any ambiguity about 'am I below the limit or not' and the errors people make in judging whether they are OK to drive when they are not.'' A total of 2837 people aged 18 to 25 died on Victorian roads between 1987 and 2012. This age group accounted for more than a quarter of all road deaths despite making up only about 12 per cent of the population. Vicki Richardson, whose 20-year-old daughter Brooke was killed while texting and driving last December, said extending probationary license restrictions would save lives. ''I don't think young adults have that sense or fear factor in them until they are about 25,'' Ms Richardson said.
Name Instructor English 2 3 November 2013 Maturity Behind the Wheel Most fatal car accidents that occur each year are caused by teenage drivers. In many states the driving age is usually around fifteen or sixteen. What many do not realize is that allowing adolescents to drive at such an early age can be fatal. These young drivers tend to make bad decisions behind the wheel. Many teenage drivers are not as responsible as they should be out on the road which is why the driving age should be raised to 18 years old.
All of this has been gathered from the US News World Report News. Now the real problem comes with teens and not having enough time behind the wheel. All this leads to them being unsafe about themselves while driving. * 4th Article As seen in the Graph you can tell the many violations that teens are more likely to pass through their driving years. It goes from highest percentage violation to lowest.
Their high crash rates per 100,000 miles driven are matched only by drivers age 85+ (Janke, Masten, McKenzie, Gebers, & Kelsey, 2003). The over involvement of teenagers in crashes is not unique to California; it is a problem nationwide and worldwide (Twisk, 1996; Williams, 1996). In fact, traffic crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers across the United States (Foss & Goodwin, 2003; Jonah, 1986; Mayhew & Simpson, 1999; Shope & Molnar, 2003). High teen crash risk is due to a number of factors, including an obvious fundamental lack of driving skill. However, contrary to what one might think, the evidence suggests that poor vehicle control skills account for only 10% of novice driver crashes; the remaining 90% is accounted for by factors such as inexperience, immaturity, inaccurate risk perception, overestimation of driving skills, and risk taking (Edwards, 2001).
* Ashley Gardiner stated in the Herald Sun on December 2010 “only four of Victoria’s 20 most dangerous accident black spots are monitored by speed cameras”. Recently in some states, speed cameras have been subcontracted to private companies. Now that this is happening people are now thinking that speed cameras are more a source of revenue then a life saving implementation. If it is a revenue boosting change, I would hope that this extra money was going back into road safety initiatives and not into the pockets of private
Unfortunately for me I realized that at the end of my senior year. For a teenager, getting a license is a very important event in their lives because it is a great way to become more responsible, become more independent, and it opens doors to many new opportunities for teenagers. Responsibility is one of the most important things for a teenager to learn at a young age. Many teens, after getting their license, might get a car from their parents or another close relative. Having a car is one of the biggest responsibilities for a teenager.
Copeland said, “The lives of innocent people are being taken every day due to a simple distraction”. According to the National Safety Council, there are 1600000 car accidents per year and, 11 teen’s death per day every day are caused by drivers distracted by texting while driving, and . This number adds up to nearly 25% of all car accidents. Also, according to some studies, in 2011, at least 23% of auto collisions in 2011 involved cell phones, which is adds up to almost 1.3 million car accidents. Car accidents are four times more likely to result from take place from drivers being distracted by texting than other causes.
About 1,900 people under 21 die every year from car crashes involving underage drinking. i) Young people are more susceptible to alcohol-induced impairment of their driving skills. ii) Drinking drivers aged 16 to 20 are twice as likely to be involved in a fatal crash as drinking drivers who are 21 or older. iii) For every 100,000 Americans under the age of 21, 1.4 people were killed in drunk driving fatalities in 2010 iv) The rate of fewer than 21 drunk driving fatalities per 100,000 populations has declined 48% over the past decade. v) In 2009, 11 percent of all drivers involved in fatal crashes were young drivers 15- to 20- years old.
Problem/Solution Essay One of the biggest problems facing teenagers today is the fact that they tend to ignore a lot of responsibilities,such as safe driving. Teens are the most unsafe group of drivers on the road. For teenagers; car accidents is their leading cause of death in the US. Some reports say that teens account for only 2% of all drivers, but they are responsible for more than 10% of all traffic accidents. A large portion of those accidents happen when one vehicle hits a wall, tree, or even slides off the side of the road, this shows that the cause is reckless driving.
Statistical significance The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has compiled startling evidence which unearths the gravity of the situation. During the year 2002, approximately 12.5 million licensed drivers fell between the ages of 16 and 20. This comes to 6.4% of the total driving population and looks to be an insignificant figure. However, the following facts depict another story: 1. During the year 2004, 4,767 fatal teenage accidents were reported by the CDC.