We have a few problems that have been overlooked with our young drivers. The biggest problem currently, is our new drivers are hitting the road causing incidents with motor vehicles. Within the United States, we have created a program called the “Graduated Driver License” a program that has worked with moderate success; but we still need some re-working to get this program to its full potential. Secondly, minors and alcohol abuse, our young drivers are just starting to learn to drive and somehow they are gaining access to alcohol. The complication of alcohol and driving is a disaster with any driver, but is a bigger problem with our novice drivers because; they aren’t familiar with either of the two actions. Additionally, we need law enforcement
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“Even more appalling is the carnage coming out of the city’s bars on a regular basis when patrons get drunk, get behind the wheel and end up killing themselves or someone else” (Littlepage, 2002, p. 1). The only option to help prevent minors from getting a hold of alcohol are law departments cracking down on the person selling or buying, longer sentencing and big fines. We will never be able to completely eradicate the issue of minors and the use of alcohol, but we can do more than his current …show more content…
Today we are faced with more of these tasks than ever before, and cell phones being the biggest problems. A few other distractions that need to be highlighted are other people in the car and roadside distractions. With all these things going on around us it is easy to lose focus on the task at hand. This is even a bigger problem for novice drivers, these drivers are still learning how to drive, but at the same time answering text messages and eating fast food. Recent studies have been conducted and during this study period, “167 crashes and near-crash among novice driver and 518 crashes and near-crashes among experienced drivers were identified. Additionally, the risk of a crash or near-crash among novice drivers increased significantly if they were dialing a cell phone.” (Klauer, 2013, p.54). Consequently, there is a known issue with distractions while driving and something needs to be done about it. People driving a vehicle will obviously get distracted, it’s part of being a human, but we can propose ideas to change this behavior. New laws must be created to enforce a standard of no distractions while driving. If law enforcement officers would hand out larger traffic fines for driver’s texting or even eating while driving, driving incidents with minors and seasoned drivers will drop and save lives. Another avenue that could take place is more advertisements such as television commercials
“Even more appalling is the carnage coming out of the city’s bars on a regular basis when patrons get drunk, get behind the wheel and end up killing themselves or someone else” (Littlepage, 2002, p. 1). The only option to help prevent minors from getting a hold of alcohol are law departments cracking down on the person selling or buying, longer sentencing and big fines. We will never be able to completely eradicate the issue of minors and the use of alcohol, but we can do more than his current …show more content…
Today we are faced with more of these tasks than ever before, and cell phones being the biggest problems. A few other distractions that need to be highlighted are other people in the car and roadside distractions. With all these things going on around us it is easy to lose focus on the task at hand. This is even a bigger problem for novice drivers, these drivers are still learning how to drive, but at the same time answering text messages and eating fast food. Recent studies have been conducted and during this study period, “167 crashes and near-crash among novice driver and 518 crashes and near-crashes among experienced drivers were identified. Additionally, the risk of a crash or near-crash among novice drivers increased significantly if they were dialing a cell phone.” (Klauer, 2013, p.54). Consequently, there is a known issue with distractions while driving and something needs to be done about it. People driving a vehicle will obviously get distracted, it’s part of being a human, but we can propose ideas to change this behavior. New laws must be created to enforce a standard of no distractions while driving. If law enforcement officers would hand out larger traffic fines for driver’s texting or even eating while driving, driving incidents with minors and seasoned drivers will drop and save lives. Another avenue that could take place is more advertisements such as television commercials