Is 16 Too Young To Drive? The question about increasing the minimum age for a driver’s license has been pushed to the headlines because of the growing amount of car accidents. Whether it would reduce or even prevent accidents of this sort or will simply do no good is the heart of this argument. The reason for wanting to raise the driving age is because it has been proven that teenagers have caused most accidents (Koroknay-Palicz). The argument is a big decision for whether it should be raised or shouldn't it be raised because of the consequences of both sides.
Potential driving distractions include grooming, using your cell phone, eating and drinking, or even reading maps or adjusting the radio. Each day in the United States, more than 9 people are killed and more than 1,153 people are injured in crashes that are reported to involve a distracted driver. A Massachusetts teenager was sentenced to one year in prison, after he swerved into oncoming traffic and hit another vehicle head on, killing one person and seriously injuring another. He will also have his license suspended for 15 years. 69% of drivers reported they talk on their cell phones while driving.
He causes many dangers to everything around the road, and I know he is not the grandpa that drives poorly like this. If there was a law to be retested, he would definitely be stripped of his license. The best way to help this cause is to create a test so when drovers reach a certain age, let’s say sixty, which they are required to retest for their license. Then From there every five or ten years they must take another test. I do agree that not only elderly people cause these problems but they are one of the larger groups of people that cause danger on the road.
Rachel Shumate Mrs. Doss English 10 12/5/12 Why People Should Not Drive Drunk Every year 1.5 million people get pulled over for DWI (Driving While Intoxicated). One third of those people are repeat offenders, who even though they got pulled over once, go out and drive drunk again because they have no serious punishments (Curran, 1). Drunk drivers should be imprisoned on the first offense because they are endangering the lives of the other people around them. People who are arrested for DWIs are commonly known repeat offenders. About 1.5 million people get arrested for DUI (Driving under the Influence) each year (DeMichele, 1).
They both affect ones vision of the road, and make the driver lose concentration. Both texting while driving and drinking while driving cause many accidents, injuries, and even death every day. Neither one is worse than the others. They both cause accidents, injuries and even deaths. Texting and driving has 11 deaths every day, 330,000 injuries per year, and 1,600,000 accidents per year where drinking while driving one, person dies every 48 minutes, has over 10,000 accidents and injuries per year and
This was obviously devastating news to everyone that knew him and the thing that made it even sadder is that he was so young and only a few days away from graduating high school. Drinking and driving is irresponsible and our lives are just too valuable to throw away in such a way that is so preventable. FACT The average Blood Alcohol Content among fatally injured drinking drivers is .16 The relative risk of death for drivers in single-vehicle crashes with a high Blood Alcohol Content is 385 times that of a zero-Blood Alcohol Content driver and for male drivers the risk is 707 times that of a
Texting while driving is just as dangerous as driving drunk or high. It can put your own you safety in jeopardy. Every time you text while driving your putting your life at risk and whoever around you life’s at risk. The people around you can be affected by you texting and driving. You can hit their car and permanently hurt them and if you don’t get hurt then you will have a huge lawsuit on your hands for that person’s health care and car damage.
(Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 2010) Throughout this age, tees are going through many experiences and changes. Emotions are running wild, and stress and peer pressure can cause teens to make bad decisions such as drinking and driving. Teens tend to take more risks as they are easily influences by friends, the media, and their own emotions. (Loughry, 2004) Drinking and driving is another leading cause of fatal car accidents among adolescents. When teens drive after drinking alcohol, they are more likely than adults to be involved in a car accident, even when driving less alcohol than adults.
He carjacked a truck at a gas station, police said, then executed a businessman and stole his BMW. A few minutes later, he killed a plumber and took a work truck. He shot indiscriminately at morning commuters on the 55 Freeway, hitting at least three cars. In the end, authorities say the gunman killed three people and wounded three others before fatally turning his gun on himself. Authorities were stunned by what they described as the "senseless violence," which spanned about 25 miles of normally placid suburbia.
Gallo was driving drunk and hit the rookie pitcher Angel and his two friends and killed them in a horrible accident. He accepted his mistake and was given 15 years to life on each of the murder counts and six additional years for the other crimes. He was going at 65mph when he hit three people and killed them. His alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit when he crossed the red light. I feel very sorry for him because he was unlucky that night and he got caught in an accident.