A high-school student, Michael Schoenfeld, and five of his friends left school to have some fun. Instead, Schoenfeld drove only half a mile, and sped on a busy highway. Then he collided into another driver. Two of his classmates on the left passenger side and the truck driver died. Schoenfeld had received his driver’s license only two weeks before the crash. This teen’s reckless driving and immaturity killed three people (“Teen Driving”). Teens should not receive their driver’s license until the age of eighteen because accidents involving teenagers are usually caused by inexperience, alcohol use, and texting while driving. First, according to the internet database Facts On File News, (“Teen Driving”), teens are inexperienced and need more
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According to Facts On File News (“Texting While Driving”), text messaging has become one of teen’s favorite ways of communicating. Teens are taking their eyes off the road to send a message to their friends, Facebook, and Twitter. Teens are tweeting “stuck in traffic no fun,” and are not thinking about the consequence of reckless driving. Teens that are not concentrating and not paying attention to the road are likely to have a crash. About 47% of teens have admitted to texting while driving. In some states, violators who texts face jail time and have banned texting while driving. This law is difficult to enforce because police cannot always tell if a driver is texting or just being distracted. For example in 2007, Washington State passed a law that banned texting while driving. Parents should not be so quick and welcome to let their teen have a cell phone evening, though it is for their safety and well-being. But it is an additional distraction for teens while driving. Many high school teens have admitted to texting while driving, and 48% said they were in the passenger seat while the driver was looking down texting (“Texting While Driving”). Another high school student said that he keeps his cell phone up by the windshield, so he would not hit another driver and see when a vehicle is
According to Facts On File News (“Texting While Driving”), text messaging has become one of teen’s favorite ways of communicating. Teens are taking their eyes off the road to send a message to their friends, Facebook, and Twitter. Teens are tweeting “stuck in traffic no fun,” and are not thinking about the consequence of reckless driving. Teens that are not concentrating and not paying attention to the road are likely to have a crash. About 47% of teens have admitted to texting while driving. In some states, violators who texts face jail time and have banned texting while driving. This law is difficult to enforce because police cannot always tell if a driver is texting or just being distracted. For example in 2007, Washington State passed a law that banned texting while driving. Parents should not be so quick and welcome to let their teen have a cell phone evening, though it is for their safety and well-being. But it is an additional distraction for teens while driving. Many high school teens have admitted to texting while driving, and 48% said they were in the passenger seat while the driver was looking down texting (“Texting While Driving”). Another high school student said that he keeps his cell phone up by the windshield, so he would not hit another driver and see when a vehicle is