Driving Age Should not be Raised Essay

at the mall, mom I have an orthodontist appointment. This is just a small list ideas going though the minds our state legislators in deciding if they should change the age guidelines for young drivers in Utah. If they do change it this "Mom take me places" will last forever. When we're little kids it was our dream to drive. We played imaginary driving with our friends, and when you turn fifteen you can't wait until you get your driver's license. That is what makes the sixteenth birthday big and…

argument of whether the legal drinking age should be lowered has been in great opposition. According to Brandon Grigg’s article “Should The U.S Lower Its Drinking Age”, published in CNN. A 2007 Gallup poll found that 77% of Americans opposed lowering the drinking age in all states to 18. I'm in favor of that and believe that lowering the drinking age will result in more harm than good. Gregg also talks about how a couple of decades ago the legal drinking age was raised from 18 to 21. According…

graduated driver licensing program, driving provides a pathway that helps teens become autonomous young adults. Even though I can lack experience, I should get my Drivers licence because Driving gives me more time to gain experience, take responsibility for my own transportation, and If I can drive, it enables me to rely less on my parents. While it is dangerous to put teenagers on the road who lack experience, the only way I will gain experience is to be out driving. For teenagers, one of the…

Young adults and new drivers should be required to undergo lessons and information sessions prior to driving on the roads. Drivers between the ages of 15 to 34 represent close to 30% of the driving population; however, they have accounted for 40% of the fatalities and 45% of the serious injuries, demonstrating that younger drivers are a great risk to everyone when driving. Before allowing young and inexperienced drivers to enter the world of driving, there should be many new/ and modified…

perform them they would get a bigger punishment; that’s due to the fact that their brains have developed therefore they know better, they can distinguish what is right and wrong. Therefore, should adults be allowed to drink alcohol at the age of 21, be allowed to drive at the age of 16, and should children under the age of 18 be tried as adults? In the military, soldiers are allowed to drink in military base even if they are underage. I believe that during their time in the military, soldiers…

Drinking Age The age of 21 is when people finally get the right to drink alcohol, but why isn’t it at the age of 18? Consuming alcohol can become dangerous if not careful or under supervision, but this shouldn’t keep 18 year olds from having the right to drink. At this age people are considered to be at the stage of adulthood and should be treated like adults. In 1984, President Ronald Reagan signed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act, establishing the legal drinking age at 21. This act…

In 1984 the legal drinking age in the United States was raised to 21. The United States should lower the drinking age to 18 because the law may not be protecting teens and others. Although the drinking age was raised to protect teens, “it may have made drinking even more appealing to teens, whose brains naturally seek out risk more than adult brains do without considering what the consequences might be”. Some people argue that teens brain aren't developed enough to handle drinking, but…

altered, it could save thousands of lives every year. In the last decade, over 68,000 teens have died in car crashes, often involving alcohol and distracted driving. (“Tips and Statistics”) If the United States were to raise the legal driving age to 19 it would decrease accidents caused from lack of experience and fatalities from distracted driving. The main leading cause in death among teens are fatal car crashes. Take for example sophomore Clayton Boen, a young basketball player who was…

underage driving, a practice that has killed thousands of minors as early as their sixteenth birthday. A topic that has caused controversy in the last few decades, the minimal driving age has affected America in multiple respects. In ‘Is 16 Too Young to Drive a Car?’ by Robert Davis and ‘Fatal Car Crashes Drop for 16 Year-Olds, Rise for Older Teens’ by Alison Audrey, both argumentative articles deliberate the pertinence of raising the legal driving age, or opting out on it. Thus, the legal…

Should the drinking age be lowered? Some people believe lowering the drinking age would be a good thing. However, others believe the drinking age should not be lowered because the brain is still developing until about the age of 25. ( SAMHSA). Drinking alcohol underage can affect a developing brain in many ways. Drinking alcohol, even at the age of 18 can be dangerous because the brain is continuing development. Drinking under the influence can be more dangerous for inexperienced drivers. When…