With growing up, comes many more responsibilities. You are faced with endless challenges that push you to your limit and test your strength. As you matures, you will be given different tastes of freedom than before. One example of this is driving: getting a permit and then a license. Getting a driver's license is a leap of freedom from what you had before, for you are now able to go out when you please and do what you choose. With this, comes an enormous new set of responsibilities and most teenagers are not ready to handle the stress. With all the stresses of high school, the driving age should be pushed back to 18.
When teens enter high school, they are placed in a whole new atmosphere. The girls and boys are meaner (jealousy, bullies, gangs, …show more content…
They have a Bluetooth system that will read messages and let the drivers reply, listen to voice commands, call people, etc, all with the pleasure of not having to touch their phone. Some cars can even restrict phone use while driving. But even though these cars are readily available, they are not widely used. Teens become so engulfed in their phones and social media, that with one ding of the phone, it sends them staring down at the screen checking to see what the notification was about. Teenagers are faced with a lot of distractions when they are driving and are tempted by these. Passengers in a car also pose a big threat. Teens do not have enough experience to be driving with passengers. They distract the driver from the road in front of them and the teen driver does not focus on the vehicle he is driving. There are so many distractions in and around the vehicle (phones, passengers, air controls, inability to find a control, etc) and teenagers have a hard time ignoring them. The interactions with passengers and the use of cell phones are not the only causes of crashes from distractions. In fact, looking at something in or outside the vehicle, singing to music, grooming, and reaching for an object, are also main causes of teenage car
When teens enter high school, they are placed in a whole new atmosphere. The girls and boys are meaner (jealousy, bullies, gangs, …show more content…
They have a Bluetooth system that will read messages and let the drivers reply, listen to voice commands, call people, etc, all with the pleasure of not having to touch their phone. Some cars can even restrict phone use while driving. But even though these cars are readily available, they are not widely used. Teens become so engulfed in their phones and social media, that with one ding of the phone, it sends them staring down at the screen checking to see what the notification was about. Teenagers are faced with a lot of distractions when they are driving and are tempted by these. Passengers in a car also pose a big threat. Teens do not have enough experience to be driving with passengers. They distract the driver from the road in front of them and the teen driver does not focus on the vehicle he is driving. There are so many distractions in and around the vehicle (phones, passengers, air controls, inability to find a control, etc) and teenagers have a hard time ignoring them. The interactions with passengers and the use of cell phones are not the only causes of crashes from distractions. In fact, looking at something in or outside the vehicle, singing to music, grooming, and reaching for an object, are also main causes of teenage car