They do not pay attention as much as an older driver would and that can cause many crashes. Teens also tend to go to parties and then drive home or try to drive home and get into and accident. They are not responsble enough to not get in the car and not drive while under the influence. Another reason why teens are not responble enough is they can barly even get a job at 15 or 16, why would they be old enough to drive and put others at risk? Most teens abuse their privilege to drive.
20 Apr. 2014. "Judge orders Texas teen Ethan Couch to rehab for driving drunk, killing 4." CNN Wire 6 Feb. 2014. Opposing Viewpoints in Context.
Police Brutality: who’s going to stop them? High-speed chase On the night of March 3, 1991, King and two passengers, Bryant Allen and Freddie Helms, were driving west on Foothill Freeway the in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. Prior to driving on the Foothill Freeway, the three men had spent the night watching a basketball game and drinking at a friend's house in Los Angeles. Five hours after the incident, King's blood-alcohol level was found to be slightly below the legal limit, implying his blood alcohol level may have fallen from 0.19 while he was driving, which is more than twice the legal driving limit in California. At 12:30 am, Officers Tim and Melanie Singer, husband-and-wife members of the California Highway Patrol, noticed King's car speeding on the freeway.
These are innocent people who had such a life ahead of them and had it so abruptly taken from their hands. Something needs to be done and it needs to happen soon. Many people have lost loved ones due to drunk driving, I know I almost did, but she was lucky enough to live. Another fact that I found truly astonishing is that the south had more fatalities each year due to drunk drivers then the north. Maybe that is because a lot of southerners like to have a cold beer on the weekends after a long work week, but they forget to leave their stupid butts where they are at instead of trying to drive home even when they know they can’t.
Another motorist stops to help and tells you, “I was behind your car for a few miles, I saw the whole thing happen. Your vehicle flipped 2 times, landed on its’ top and skidded for several feet.” This scenario actually happened to me in 1996 near Boise, Idaho. What I didn’t know was the reason my friend had fallen asleep at the wheel was because he was drunk also. He’d had several shots over the course of the night and hadn’t bothered to tell me before we started our trip home. He not only put his life in danger but mine as well.
Going to college is my number one priority and I could’ve lost that all in one night and it was very stupid of me. I also could’ve lost my car if I had decided to drive that night, and also my life or anybody else’s. I know I would never drink and drive but when you’re under the influence you can’t think right. You also lose your morals while intoxicated which isn’t good and it fogs your judgment for what is right. Alcohol is nothing to be messing around with until your 21 or older, I made that mistake and now I have to pay the consequences.
No law can prevent her from having an accident and possibly killing herself or someone else. Underage drinking use is widespread in the U.S. The greatest risk for underage drinking is when that young person decides to get into a vehicle. Six thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight people aged from 15 to 20 were involved in fatal crashes in 2003. Twenty nine percent of these drivers in this age group
Almost one-third of car wrecks are caused by teen drivers, a whole thirty percent! If we took out that one-third of car wrecks out of the total amount of car wrecks a year in the united states there would only be a total of four million car wrecks instead of an astounding six million! Also teenage drivers pose a threat to other drivers. Since there are six million car wrecks a year in the united states that means that there is a total of twelve million cars wrecked in the united states approximately every year. If teenage drivers were taken out of that equation a total of at least four million people would not have to go through the trouble of getting in a car wreck in the United States every year.
Blake Fischer English 300 Professor Goldbar 30 November, 2011 Death on Wheels Automobile accidents continue to be the leading cause of injury and death among teenagers across the nation. In 2008, 5,864 teen drivers aged 15-20 were killed, and another 228,000 were injured ("EdgarSnyder.com"). So it has become that the most dangerous threat to the livelihood of our youth lies not in the hands of serial killers, disease, or drugs. Rather, it is without question that teenagers are in greatest danger when they have their own hands on the steering wheels of an automobile that they are operating. However, taking the necessary steps in the direction of safety, education, and awareness, can successfully bring change to the nightmare that teen driving has become.
Most teenagers try and find the popular friends so that they can fit in with the crowd. Hanging with the crowd provokes teenagers to be peer pressured into drinking. Going to parties and clubs are exposing alcohol to teenagers. Parents or any other adult supervision are not around to supervise so they feel a shot at drinking at least one time will not hurt anything but that’s where they are dead wrong. Social media could cause teenagers to drink also.